John Whichcord Snr [SEP] date of death
John Whichcord Snr
John Whichcord Snr (1790–1860) was a British architect who worked in Maidstone, Kent and designed many public and institutional buildings in the town.
Life.
Whichcord, the son of a surveyor, was born in Devizes, Wiltshire. He was articled to the Bath architect Charles Harcourt Masters and then worked in the drawing office of the architect of the London Docks, Daniel Asher Alexander, who was also engaged on the prison at Maidstone. In 1819 Whichcord took over the post of surveyor of Maidstone
John Whichcord Jr.
John Whichcord, Jr. (11 November 1823 – 9 January 1885) was an English architect, who designed several office buildings in London and, also, the Grand Hotel in Brighton.
Life and work.
He was born in Maidstone, Kent in 1823, the son of John Whichcord Snr, an architect who had designed several public buildings in Kent. John Jnr., after education at Maidstone and at King's College, London, became, in 1840, assistant to his father, and