William Vertue

William Vertue

Infobox Architect


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name = William Vertue
nationality = British
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death_date = 1527
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significant_buildings= Bath Abbey, Tower of London, King's College Chapel, Cambridge
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William Vertue (died 1527) was a British architect specialising in Fan vault ceilings.

Along with his brother Robert he was involved in the construction of Bath Abbey,cite web |url=http://www.buildinghistory.org/bath/abbey/vertue.htm |title=A Building of Vertue |accessdate=2008-01-12 |format= |work=Bath Past ] the Tower of London (1501-1502) and possibly Henry VII's chapel at Westminster. [cite journal |last=Leedy |first=Walter C. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1975 |month= |title=The Design of the Vaulting of Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster: A Reappraisal |journal=Architectural History |volume=18 |issue= |pages=5–11+89–96 |doi=10.2307/1568378 |url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0066-622X(1975)18%3C5%3ATDOTVO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2 |accessdate= 2008-01-12 |quote= ]

He was also responsible for the fan vaulted ceiling at King's College Chapel, Cambridge, and St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. [cite web |url=http://oahs.org.uk/oxo/vol%208-9/MilneHarvey.doc |title=The Building of Cardinal College, Oxford |accessdate=2008-01-12 |format=Word |work= ]

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