Jay, William (
c.1793–1837). English architect. His Albion Chapel, Moorfields, London (1815–16—demolished) was admired by none other than James
Elmes. Jay, however, emigrated to Savannah, GA, USA, in 1817, where he designed some of the earliest houses there in the
Greek Revival style (e.g. Owen Thomas House Museum, Telfair House, and Scarborough House (1818, 1820) ). He returned to England in 1822, and probably designed houses in Columbia Place, Winchcombe Street, Cheltenham, Glos. He was responsible for Watermoor House, Cirencester, Glos. (1825–7), and two of the houses in Pittville Parade (now Evesham Road), Cheltenham, were by him. He went bankrupt, and obtained an official post in Mauritius, where he died.
Bibliography
Colvin (1995);
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, xxii/4, (Dec. 1963), 225–7