Sir John Newenham Summerson CH CBE (1904-1992) was one of the leading
English architectural historians of the 20th century. He wrote mainly about British architecture, especially that of the
Georgian era. His
Architecture in Britain: 1530-1830 (1st edition 1953; many subsequent editions) remained a standard work on the subject for students and general readers after his death.
The Classical Language of Architecture (1963) is an introduction to the stylistic elements of classical architecture and traces their use and variation in different eras. He also wrote many more specialised works including books about
Inigo Jones and Georgian
London. He was curator of
Sir John Soane's Museum from 1945-1984.
The term
Bristol Byzantine, which has influences from
Byzantine and
Moorish architecture applied mainly to industrial buildings such as warehouses and factories in the city of
Bristol, is thought to have been invented by Sir John Summerson.
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Summerson was noted for his somewhat elitist approach, and was not always a consistent friend of the conservation movement. He was hired by the ESB in Ireland to speak in favour of their demolition of sixteen Georgian townhouses in Fitzwilliam Street,
Dublin. The doomed terrace, he said, was "simply one damned house after another".
References
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^ Brace, Keith (1996). Portrait of Bristol. London: Robert Hale. ISBN 0709154356.
He also wrote The Architecture of the Eighteenth Century, where he criticises Boullee in a distinct positive manner; stating that Boullee was clearly the point of departure for one of the boldest innovators of the century---Claude Nicolas Ledoux.
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Sir John Soane's Museum (often abbreviated to the Soane Museum) is a museum of architecture, and was formerly the house and studio of the neo-classical architect Sir John Soane.
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Bristol Byzantine is a variety of Neo-Byzantine architecture that was popular in the city of Bristol from about 1850 to 1880.
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