A. F. Livesay
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Augustus Frederick Livesay (1807 or 1808-24 September 1879), known professionally as A. F. Livesay, was an architect
based in Portsmouth
and the Isle of Wight
, England.
, France, and was articled to James Adams (1785-1850) of Plymouth. He became a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects
in 1866.
Architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner
described Livesay as 'a sensitive architect', and considered his finest work to be St Mary's Church, Andover, which was rebuilt from 1840.
Livesay's son John Gillett Livesay (d. 1898) was also an architect, as was John's son George Augustus Bligh Livesay (1867-1916). Livesay was also the uncle of architect John Payne (1849-1921).
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
based in Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...
and the Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
, England.
Life and work
Livesay trained in CaenCaen
Caen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located inland from the English Channel....
, France, and was articled to James Adams (1785-1850) of Plymouth. He became a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects
Royal Institute of British Architects
The Royal Institute of British Architects is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally.-History:...
in 1866.
Architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner
Nikolaus Pevsner
Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture...
described Livesay as 'a sensitive architect', and considered his finest work to be St Mary's Church, Andover, which was rebuilt from 1840.
Livesay's son John Gillett Livesay (d. 1898) was also an architect, as was John's son George Augustus Bligh Livesay (1867-1916). Livesay was also the uncle of architect John Payne (1849-1921).
Some buildings by A. F. Livesay
- Holy Spirit Church, Newtown, Isle of WightHoly Spirit Church, NewtownHoly Spirit Church, Newtown is a parish church in the Church of England located in Newtown, Isle of Wight.-History:The church dates from 1835 by the architect A. F. Livesay, and was built on the site of a ruined medieval chapel. Architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described the church as 'the...
, 1835 - Holy Trinity Church, TrowbridgeHoly Trinity Church, TrowbridgeHoly Trinity Church, Trowbridge is a parish church in the Church of England located in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. It was completed in 1838. It is commonly known in Trowbridge as ‘The Church on the Roundabout’, as it is entirely encircled by a one-way traffic system.-History:The Trowbridge...
, 1838 - St Mary's Church, Andover, 1840 http://www.astoft.co.uk/andoverchurch.htm
- Portsea Island Union Workhouse (now St. Mary's Hospital), Portsmouth, with Thomas Ellis OwenThomas Ellis OwenThomas Ellis Owen was an English architect and developer responsible for many of the buildings that still exist in Southsea and Gosport...
, 1843-5 - Southsea House (later Queens Hotel (Southsea)Queens Hotel (Southsea)Queens Hotel is a luxury hotel in Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire. The current hotel was built in 1903 by the architect T.W. Cutler in the Edwardian baroque style in brown terracotta. It replaced the original Southsea House which had been built by the architect Augustus Livesay in 1861 and gutted...
, 1861