Architect John NASH (1752-1835)

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About Architect John NASH (1752-1835)

John Nash (18 January 1752 – 13 May 1835) was a British architect responsible for much of the layout of Regency London.
Nash probably came to the attention of the Prince Regent (later King George IV) and for the rest of his career he would largely work for the Prince. His first major commissions in 1811 from the Prince was Regent Street and the development of an area then known as Marylebone Park. With the Regent's backing (and major inputs from Repton), Nash created a master plan for the area, put into action from 1818 onwards, which stretched from St James’s northwards and included Regent Street, Regent's Park and its neighbouring streets, terraces and crescents of elegant town houses and villas. Nash did not complete all the detailed designs himself; in some instances, completion was left in the hands of other architects such as James Pennethorne and the young Decimus Burton. Nash was employed by the Prince to develop his Marine Pavilion in Brighton, originally designed by Henry Holland. By 1822 Nash had finished his work on the Marine Pavilion, which was now transformed into the Royal Pavilion.

Nash was also a director of the Regent's Canal Company set up in 1812 to provide a canal link from west London to the River Thames in the east. the remodelling of Buckingham House to create Buckingham Palace (1825–1830), plus the Royal Mews and Marble Arch, originally designed as a triumphal arch to stand at the entrance to Buckingham Palace. The arch was moved when the east wing of the palace designed by Edward Blore was built, at the request of Queen Victoria whose growing family required additional domestic space. Marble Arch became the entrance to Hyde Park and The Great Exhibition.

He advised on work to the buildings of Jesus College, Oxford, for which he required no fee but asked that the college should commission a portrait of him from Sir Thomas Lawrence to hang in the college hall.
After the deise of George IV, in 1830, Nash retired to the Isle of Wight where he died on the 13th May 1835 in his home, East Cowes Castle,[11] and is buried at St. James's Church, East Cowes.

Nash had many pupils including Humphry Repton's sons, John Adey Repton (1775–1860) & George Stanley Repton (1786–1858), as well as Anthony Salvin, John Foulon (1772–1842), Augustus Charles Pugin, James Morgan & James Pennethorne.

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