Architectural College.
An Architectural College was founded in London, on Advent Eve, 1842, for the cultivation of the various branches of the art, under the denomination of the “Free-Masons of the Church, for the Recovery, Maintenance, and Furtherance of the True Principles and Practice of Architecture.”
It appears that the objects contemplated in the foundation of this Institution are the rediscovery of the ancient principles of architecture; the sanction of good principles of building, and the condemnation of bad ones; the exercise of scientific and experienced judgment in the choice and use of the most proper materials; the infusion, maintenance, and advancement of science throughout architecture; and, eventually, by developing the powers of the College upon a just and beneficial footing, to reform the whole practice of architecture, to raise it from its present vituperated condition, and to bring around it the same unquestioned honour which is at present enjoyed by almost every other profession.
It is proposed, by having numerous professors, contributors, and co-labourers, to acquire a great body of practical information; and that, whenever any knowledge of value shall be obtained by the College, the same shall be immediately communicated to each of its members, without waiting for the production of a whole volume, and before the subject-matter shall have lost any of its professional interest.
By the appointment of a “Professor of Architectural Dynamics,” the gravitation of materials will be taught to the student in practical architecture: thence in all designs the present mystery, in which the quantity of materials merely absolutely requisite to cause a building to hold firmly together, may be ended; architectural designs may in future be made on certain principles of stability, and therefore on principles of natural and philosophical taste; and through the economy of discharging from buildings all lumber, as is the case with all living members of the creation, the architect will be enabled to restore to his work, frequently without extra expense, the carving and other exquisite beauties for which ancient architecture has in every age been celebrated.
By the appointment of a “Professor of Architectural Jurisprudence,” it is judged that the practical profession of architecture will be rendered more sure, through the acquirement of fixed and certain rules relative to contracts, rights of property, dilapidations, and other legal matters.
By having a “Professor of Architectural Chemistry,” it is confidently expected that a more certain method will be assured to the practitioner in the choice of proper and durable materials.
By the appointment of the various other professors and officers, it is judged that the very best information will be obtained upon all material matters connected with the science and the practice of architecture, and that a degree of perfection will be thus induced, and will thus mix itself with the practice and execution of the art in a manner which is not now very often the case.
As a first labour of the College, it is proposed that the present unsatisfactory division and nomenclature of pointed architecture shall be remedied, and that all the publications of the society upon that subject shall be issued according to such classification and nomenclature. Not indeed that the perfecting of so desirable a project can be expected at once; but such a nomenclature can be laid down as shall immediately distinguish the different members of the art, which are as numerous as those of heraldry; and these can be superseded by more primitive or more simple and energetic terms, as they shall be recovered from ancient contracts and other documents, or shall be invented by more judicious and mature consideration. But to prevent doubt or future mistake, it is proposed that a cut of each intended object shall be executed, and that a reference shall be made to where exemplars of it are to be found, and also to its chronology.
Further, it is proposed to render this College still more useful, by joining with it a charitable foundation, for the behoof of those and their families over whom it shall please Providence, after a life devoted to the service and practice of architecture and its dependant arts, that need shall fall.
This institution, the scope of which is most extensive, is silently, but rapidly forming, and has already connected with it many of the chief men of the literature and science of architecture: few of those whose names will be found amid the subjoined list have not distinguished themselves by the authorship of some eminent architectural work, and many of them are well known in the sciences and arts connected with architecture. A power, an order, and a propriety previously unknown in the profession since the fall of pointed architecture in the sixteenth century, are being worked out, by having every man at his post, and with ability to fill that post well.
Twelve meetings of the College are appointed to take place in every year, and four have already been held.
The following elections have taken place:—
Advent-Eve, 1842.
1. Edward Cresy, Esq., F.S.A., Architect of Trafalgar-square, as Professor of Pointed Architecture.2. Thomas Parker, Jun., Esq., of Lincoln’s-Inn, as Professor of Architectural Jurisprudence.3. Valentine Bartholomew, Esq., F.R.B.S., Flower-Painter in Ordinary to the Queen, of 23, Charlotte-street, Portland-place, as Professor of Fruit and Flower Painting.4. George Aitchison, Esq., Architect, A.I.C.E., Surveyor to the St. Katharine’s Dock Company, and to the Honourable the Commissioners of Sewers for the Precinct of St. Katharine, as Professor of Concreting and Opus Incertum.5. W. R. Billings, Esq., of Manor House, Kentish Town, as Itinerant Delineator.6. William Bartholomew, Esq., of Gray’s Inn, Vestry Clerk of St. John, Clerkenwell, as Honorary Solicitor.7. W. P Griffith, Esq., F.S.A., Architect, St. John’s-square, as Baptisterographer, or Delineator of Fonts and Baptisteries.8. Frederick Thatcher, Esq., A.R.I.B.A., Architect, of Furnival’s Inn, as Recorder, or Clerk of Proceedings.9. William Fisk, Esq., of Howland-street, as Professor of Historical Painting.10. C.H. Smith, Esq., of Clipstone-street, as Architectural Sculptor.11. Thomas Deighton, Esq., of Eaton-place, Belgrave-square, Architectural Modeller to her Majesty and Prince Albert, as Modeller of Buildings.12. W. G. Rogers, Esq., of Great Newport-street, as Gibbons Carver.13. J. G. Jackson, Esq., Architect, of Leamington Priors, as Correspondent Delineator for the County of Warwick.14. T. L. Walker, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., Architect, of Nuneaton, Warwick, as Correspondent Delineator for the County of Warwick.15. John Mallcott, Esq., of Newgate-street, as Professor of Masonry.16. Alfred Bartholomew, Esq., F.S.A., Architect, of Warwick House, Gray’s Inn, as Honorary Secretary.17. Josiah Houle, Esq., Architect, of Turnham-green, as Custos.18. Joseph Springbett, Esq., of Islington, Architect, as Cataloguist of Proceedings.19. James De-Carle Sowerby, Esq., F.L.S., F.R.B.S., Secretary of the Royal Botanical Society, Regent’s-park, as Professor of Botany.20. Thomas Moule, Esq., St. James’s Palace, as Honorary Architectural Biographer.21. Walter Chamberlaine, Esq., Worcester, as Maker of Encaustic Tile Pavements.22. H. P. Bone, Esq., of 12, Percy-street, Enamel Painter to Her Majesty, as Enamel Painter.23. Also, Miss F. Bessemer, of Pentonville, Embroidress to the Queen, as Embroidress.
1. Edward Cresy, Esq., F.S.A., Architect of Trafalgar-square, as Professor of Pointed Architecture.
2. Thomas Parker, Jun., Esq., of Lincoln’s-Inn, as Professor of Architectural Jurisprudence.
3. Valentine Bartholomew, Esq., F.R.B.S., Flower-Painter in Ordinary to the Queen, of 23, Charlotte-street, Portland-place, as Professor of Fruit and Flower Painting.
4. George Aitchison, Esq., Architect, A.I.C.E., Surveyor to the St. Katharine’s Dock Company, and to the Honourable the Commissioners of Sewers for the Precinct of St. Katharine, as Professor of Concreting and Opus Incertum.
5. W. R. Billings, Esq., of Manor House, Kentish Town, as Itinerant Delineator.
6. William Bartholomew, Esq., of Gray’s Inn, Vestry Clerk of St. John, Clerkenwell, as Honorary Solicitor.
7. W. P Griffith, Esq., F.S.A., Architect, St. John’s-square, as Baptisterographer, or Delineator of Fonts and Baptisteries.
8. Frederick Thatcher, Esq., A.R.I.B.A., Architect, of Furnival’s Inn, as Recorder, or Clerk of Proceedings.
9. William Fisk, Esq., of Howland-street, as Professor of Historical Painting.
10. C.H. Smith, Esq., of Clipstone-street, as Architectural Sculptor.
11. Thomas Deighton, Esq., of Eaton-place, Belgrave-square, Architectural Modeller to her Majesty and Prince Albert, as Modeller of Buildings.
12. W. G. Rogers, Esq., of Great Newport-street, as Gibbons Carver.
13. J. G. Jackson, Esq., Architect, of Leamington Priors, as Correspondent Delineator for the County of Warwick.
14. T. L. Walker, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., Architect, of Nuneaton, Warwick, as Correspondent Delineator for the County of Warwick.
15. John Mallcott, Esq., of Newgate-street, as Professor of Masonry.
16. Alfred Bartholomew, Esq., F.S.A., Architect, of Warwick House, Gray’s Inn, as Honorary Secretary.
17. Josiah Houle, Esq., Architect, of Turnham-green, as Custos.
18. Joseph Springbett, Esq., of Islington, Architect, as Cataloguist of Proceedings.
19. James De-Carle Sowerby, Esq., F.L.S., F.R.B.S., Secretary of the Royal Botanical Society, Regent’s-park, as Professor of Botany.
20. Thomas Moule, Esq., St. James’s Palace, as Honorary Architectural Biographer.
21. Walter Chamberlaine, Esq., Worcester, as Maker of Encaustic Tile Pavements.
22. H. P. Bone, Esq., of 12, Percy-street, Enamel Painter to Her Majesty, as Enamel Painter.
23. Also, Miss F. Bessemer, of Pentonville, Embroidress to the Queen, as Embroidress.
The Honorary Fellowship was conferred upon the following gentlemen:—
Sir F. Palgrave, Knt., F.R.S., and F.S.A., of the Rolls’-house, Chancery-lane.The Rev. R. Willis, M.A., F.R.S., Jacksonian Professor, Cambridge.The Rev. William Whewell, B.D., V.P.R.S., Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.Thomas Willement, Esq., F.S.A., of Green-street, Grosvenor-square.James Savage, Esq., F.S.A., Architect, of Essex-street, Strand.Messrs. Nichols, FF.S.A. of the Gentleman’s Magazine, Parliament-street.Owen Jones, Esq., Architect, of John-street, Adelphi.C. Berry, Esq., R.A., Architect, London.J. H. Good, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., Architect, Kensington Palace, Surveyor to her Majesty’s Commissioners for Building Churches, to the Incorporated Society for Building, &c., Churches, to the Pavilion at Brighton, and to Kensington Palace.Samuel Ware, Esq., F.S.A., Portland-place and Henden Hall.R. Abraham, Esq., F.S.A., of Keppel-street, Architect to the Herald’s College, &c.; with a request that he will take the honorary office of Mensurator.James Ingram, D.D., President of Trinity College, Oxford.The Secretaries of the Society of Antiquaries, of the Oxford Gothic Society, of the Church Commissioners, and of the Society for Building, &c. Churches.Each of the Church Commissioners.Each Bishop, Dean, Archdeacon, and Rural Dean, and each Master of the Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge.Each of the Kings-at-Arms.
Sir F. Palgrave, Knt., F.R.S., and F.S.A., of the Rolls’-house, Chancery-lane.
The Rev. R. Willis, M.A., F.R.S., Jacksonian Professor, Cambridge.
The Rev. William Whewell, B.D., V.P.R.S., Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Thomas Willement, Esq., F.S.A., of Green-street, Grosvenor-square.
James Savage, Esq., F.S.A., Architect, of Essex-street, Strand.
Messrs. Nichols, FF.S.A. of the Gentleman’s Magazine, Parliament-street.
Owen Jones, Esq., Architect, of John-street, Adelphi.
C. Berry, Esq., R.A., Architect, London.
J. H. Good, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., Architect, Kensington Palace, Surveyor to her Majesty’s Commissioners for Building Churches, to the Incorporated Society for Building, &c., Churches, to the Pavilion at Brighton, and to Kensington Palace.
Samuel Ware, Esq., F.S.A., Portland-place and Henden Hall.
R. Abraham, Esq., F.S.A., of Keppel-street, Architect to the Herald’s College, &c.; with a request that he will take the honorary office of Mensurator.
James Ingram, D.D., President of Trinity College, Oxford.
The Secretaries of the Society of Antiquaries, of the Oxford Gothic Society, of the Church Commissioners, and of the Society for Building, &c. Churches.
Each of the Church Commissioners.
Each Bishop, Dean, Archdeacon, and Rural Dean, and each Master of the Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge.
Each of the Kings-at-Arms.
Elections, Second Chapter, Dec. 13, 1842.
Augustus Abraham Winterbottom, Esq., Architect, Walham-green, Fulham, as Fellow and Auditor.
Augustus Abraham Winterbottom, Esq., Architect, Walham-green, Fulham, as Fellow and Auditor.
Honorary Fellows.
Rev. Hugh Hughes, B.D., Rector of the Knights Hospitallers’ Ancient Priorial Church of St. John of Jerusalem, at Clerkenwell, to be one of the Chaplains to the College.Rev. Daniel Moore, B.A., of Maida Hill, to be also one of the Chaplains to the College.Rev. George Newneham Wright, M.A., of Hatton-garden, Editor of the Colonial Magazine.C. Irving, Esq., L.L.D., F.A.S., Editor of the Polytechnic Journal.W. H. Black, Esq., Impropriate Rector of Little Maplestead, Essex, and Assistant Keeper of the Public Records at the Rolls’ House, Chancery-lane.
Rev. Hugh Hughes, B.D., Rector of the Knights Hospitallers’ Ancient Priorial Church of St. John of Jerusalem, at Clerkenwell, to be one of the Chaplains to the College.
Rev. Daniel Moore, B.A., of Maida Hill, to be also one of the Chaplains to the College.
Rev. George Newneham Wright, M.A., of Hatton-garden, Editor of the Colonial Magazine.
C. Irving, Esq., L.L.D., F.A.S., Editor of the Polytechnic Journal.
W. H. Black, Esq., Impropriate Rector of Little Maplestead, Essex, and Assistant Keeper of the Public Records at the Rolls’ House, Chancery-lane.
Elections, Third Chapter, Jan. 10, 1843.
Thomas Hudson Turner, Esq., of 6, Symond’s Inn, as Professor of Heraldry.Mr. E. Cresy, Jun., of 3, Trafalgar Square, as one of the Collectors and Designers of Monumental Brasses.John William Griffith, Esq., of St. John’s Square, Architect, Fellow and Auditor.James Collie, Esq., of Glasgow, Architect, Honorary Fellow, and also Correspondent Delineator for Scotland.Samuel Ware, Esq., of Portland Place and Hendon Hall, as Contributing Fellow.James Wilson, Esq., F.S.A., Architect, of 6, Alfred Place, Bath, as Fellow and Correspondent Delineator for the County of Somerset.Henry Ashton, Esq., Architect, of 50, Lower Brooke Street, Grosvenor Square, as Honorary Fellow.George Porter, Esq., Architect, of Fort Place, Bermondsey, District Surveyor of the Parish of Newington, and of North Lambeth, as Fellow and Auditor.William Conrade Lochner, Esq., F.I.B.A., Architect, of Albion Hall, London, Surveyor to the Royal Exchange Assurance Company, as Fellow and Auditor.David Sands, Esq., Architect, Walham Green, Fulham, as Fellow.Mr. J. W. Archer, of Clarendon Street, New Road, Monumental Brassier.William Bland, Esq., of Hartlip, near Sittingborne, Kent, as Honorary Fellow.George Pearce Pocock, Esq., of Norfolk Street, Strand, Solicitor, as Lay Fellow and Auditor.Alfred Fowler, Esq., of Datchet, as Lay Fellow.Rev. Frederick Pearce Pocock, B.A., of St. Peter’s College, Cambridge, as Honorary Fellow, and also one of the Chaplains.William Wallen, Esq., F.S.A., of 41, West Parade, Huddersfield, as Fellow and Correspondent Delineator for the County of York.
Thomas Hudson Turner, Esq., of 6, Symond’s Inn, as Professor of Heraldry.
Mr. E. Cresy, Jun., of 3, Trafalgar Square, as one of the Collectors and Designers of Monumental Brasses.
John William Griffith, Esq., of St. John’s Square, Architect, Fellow and Auditor.
James Collie, Esq., of Glasgow, Architect, Honorary Fellow, and also Correspondent Delineator for Scotland.
Samuel Ware, Esq., of Portland Place and Hendon Hall, as Contributing Fellow.
James Wilson, Esq., F.S.A., Architect, of 6, Alfred Place, Bath, as Fellow and Correspondent Delineator for the County of Somerset.
Henry Ashton, Esq., Architect, of 50, Lower Brooke Street, Grosvenor Square, as Honorary Fellow.
George Porter, Esq., Architect, of Fort Place, Bermondsey, District Surveyor of the Parish of Newington, and of North Lambeth, as Fellow and Auditor.
William Conrade Lochner, Esq., F.I.B.A., Architect, of Albion Hall, London, Surveyor to the Royal Exchange Assurance Company, as Fellow and Auditor.
David Sands, Esq., Architect, Walham Green, Fulham, as Fellow.
Mr. J. W. Archer, of Clarendon Street, New Road, Monumental Brassier.
William Bland, Esq., of Hartlip, near Sittingborne, Kent, as Honorary Fellow.
George Pearce Pocock, Esq., of Norfolk Street, Strand, Solicitor, as Lay Fellow and Auditor.
Alfred Fowler, Esq., of Datchet, as Lay Fellow.
Rev. Frederick Pearce Pocock, B.A., of St. Peter’s College, Cambridge, as Honorary Fellow, and also one of the Chaplains.
William Wallen, Esq., F.S.A., of 41, West Parade, Huddersfield, as Fellow and Correspondent Delineator for the County of York.
At the Fourth Chapter, held Feb. 14th.
A beautiful illuminated Election Diploma was ordered to be adopted; and the following elections were made—
Rev. Geo. Pocock, Vicar of Hallsham, Honorary Fellow and Chaplain.W. P. Griffith, Esq., St. John’s Square, London, Contributing Fellow.J. J. Wood, Esq., Civil Engineer, New Palace Road, Lambeth, Fellow.C. L. Greaves, Esq., Fulham, Lay Fellow.T. Dodd, Esq., Curator to the Bodleian Library, Oxford, Lay Fellow.W. F. Harrison, Esq., Rochester, Lay Fellow.R. Call, Esq., of Tavistock Street, Bedford Square, Lay Fellow, and Professor of Architectural Acoustics.Mr. W. H. Rogers, of Great Newport Street, Illuminator.
Rev. Geo. Pocock, Vicar of Hallsham, Honorary Fellow and Chaplain.
W. P. Griffith, Esq., St. John’s Square, London, Contributing Fellow.
J. J. Wood, Esq., Civil Engineer, New Palace Road, Lambeth, Fellow.
C. L. Greaves, Esq., Fulham, Lay Fellow.
T. Dodd, Esq., Curator to the Bodleian Library, Oxford, Lay Fellow.
W. F. Harrison, Esq., Rochester, Lay Fellow.
R. Call, Esq., of Tavistock Street, Bedford Square, Lay Fellow, and Professor of Architectural Acoustics.
Mr. W. H. Rogers, of Great Newport Street, Illuminator.
We recommend architects, architectural students, and patrons of architecture to join this institution, the advantages of which promise to be great, and the costs small.