1740 in architecture
# 1740 in architecture

The year 1740 in architecture involved some significant events.

## Events

* In Ballymena (Ireland), the original Ballymena Castle burns down.

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings

* Teatro Regio (Turin) opened.
* Teatro di Santa Maria, Florence built.
* Falkenlust Palace, Brühl, Germany, completed.
* Château d'Hérouville, France, designed by Gaudot, built.
* Duff House in Banff, Scotland, designed by William Adam, is completed.
* In Boston, Massachusetts, Faneuil Hall, the covered market, is built by Huguenot merchant Pierre Faneuil.
* Old Library, Bristol, probably designed by James Paty the Elder, built.
* Örskär lighthouse, Sweden, rebuilt in stone to the design of Carl Hårleman.
* South Wing of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, designed by James Gibbs, built.
* Saint Sampson's Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, designed by Pietro Antonio Trezzini, consecrated
* Old First Presbyterian Church (Wilmington, Delaware) built.
* Chaurasi Khambon ki Chhatri, Bundi, Rajasthan, built.
* In Philadelphia, the house which will become known as Betsy Ross House is built.
* Church of Santa María de Loreto, Achao on the Chiloé Archipelago completed by about this date.

## Births

* Thomas Cooley, English-born architect working in Ireland (died 1784)

## Deaths

* Antonio Montauti, Italian sculptor, medallist and possible architect (born 1685)
* Approximate date – John Strahan, English architect
