Richard Castle
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| Richard Castle | |
| Born | 1695; Hesse, Germany |
| Died | 1751; |
| Notes | |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/architects/Richard_Castle.html |
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[edit] Works
- Annaglee, at Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland, 1740 to 1770. Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
[edit] Discussion
(b. Hesse, Germany 1695; d. 1751)
Richard Castle was born in 1695 in Kassel, Hesse, Germany. Arriving in Dublin in 1728 from London, where he probably established contact with Lord Burlington's circle, he became the assistant and protege of Edward Lovett Pearce, a leading Irish Palladian. When Pearce died in 1733 Castle assumed his commissions, including a series of lavishly detailed country houses.
In Dublin, Castle designed public buildings and several important aristocratic palazzi. He used a particularly robust and masculine Palladian style that was quite distinctive. He was particularly influenced by Pearce and by James Gibbs.
Castle died in 1751.
References
Adolf K Placzek. Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects. Vol. 1. London: The Free Press, 1982. ISBN 0-02-925000-5. NA40.M25. p393.
