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See also:FOWLER, See also:CHARLES (1792-1867) , See also:English architect, was See also:born at Cullompton, See also:Devon, on the 17th of May 1792. After serving an See also:apprenticeship of five years at See also:Exeter, he went to See also:London in 1814, and entered the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of See also:David See also:Laing, where he remained till he commenced practice for himself. His first See also:work of importance was the See also:court of See also:bankruptcy in Basinghall See also:Street, finished in 1821. In the following See also:year he gained the first See also:premium for a See also:design for the new London See also:bridge, which, however, was ultimately built according to the design of another architect. Fowler's other designs for See also:bridges include one constructed across the Dart at See also:Totnes. He was also the architect for the markets of Covent See also:Garden and See also:Hungerford, the new See also:market at See also:Gravesend, and Exeter See also:lower market, and besides several churches he designed Devon lunatic See also:asylum (1845), the London See also:fever See also:hospital (1849), and the See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall of the See also:Wax Chandlers' See also:Company, See also:Gresham Street (1853). For some years he was honorary secretary of the See also:institute of See also:British architects, and he was afterwards created See also:vice-See also:president. He retired from his profession in 1853, and died at See also:Great See also:Marlow, Bucks, on the 26th of See also:September 1867.
End of Article: FOWLER, CHARLES (1792-1867)
Additional information and Comments
Charles Fowler designed the Gothic additions to Powderham Castle, Kenton near Exeter Devon the home of the 10th Earl of Devon. Charles Fowler was the architect here for 12 years. 1835 - 1847. The drwaings for the additions and the new hot houses are kept in the Courtenay Archives at Powderham Castle and available for study by contacting the Archivist. The castle is open to the public Easter to October and many of the Charles Fowler additions can be seen.
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