Henry Keene

Henry Keene

Henry Keene (15 November, 1726 - 8 January, 1776) was an English architect, notable designing buildings in the Gothic Revival and Neoclassical style.

Life and work

Keene was born in the London area, and at the age of 20 became Surveyor to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. Six years later, he was appointed Surveyor to the Fabric of Westminster Abbey. He worked in Ireland at various times between 1752 and 1766, but nearly all his known surviving buildings are in England, especially in London and Oxford, where he had houses, and on various country estates. While much of his work is in the neo-classical style, he was an early exponent of Strawberry Hill Gothic, making good use of his knowledge of the Gothic details of Westminster Abbey.

He died at his country house at Drayton Green near Ealing.

Selected buildings still standing

*Hartlebury Castle, Worcestershire - refitted the Chapel in the Gothic style, c. 1750
*Trinity College, Dublin - jointly responsible for the west front, 1752-9
*Hartwell, Buckinghamshire - built the church (now in ruins) in Gothic style, 1753-5
*High Wycombe, Bucks. - Gothicised the church, 1754; built the Guildhall, 1757
*Bowood House, Wiltshire - stables, 1754
*Hartwell House, Bucks. - rebuilt the east front, etc., 1759-61
*Arbury Hall, Warwickshire - designs for Gothicising commissioned by Sir Roger Newdigate, 1762
*Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford - begun, 1772-6 (completed by Keene's son Theodosius, under the direction of James Wyatt, 1794)
*Worcester College, Oxford - Provost's Lodgings and completion of George Clarke's Terrace, 1773-6

Bibliography

H.M. Colvin: "Biographical Dictionary of English Architects 1660-1840" (London, John Murray, 1954)


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