Bryan Browning

Bryan Browning (1773 – 1 October 1856) was an English architect working in Stamford.

Life

Bryan Browning was born at Thurlby in Lincolnshire in 1773. Nothing is known about his architectural training, but in 1817, he made designs for the rebuilding of Ringwood vicarage in Hampshire. Between about 1820 and 1830, he worked in partnership with George Woolcott in Doughty Street as Builders and Surveyors. In this period, Browning and Woolcott worked as contractors for a number of major building projects in London. This included the building of Lancaster House. They also built Strensham Court in Worcestershire, probably to designs by George Maddox. In 1821, Bryan Browning designed the Sessions House at Bourne, in Lincolnshire and in 1824, he was the architect for the House of Correction at Folkingham. By 1834, he had returned to Lincolnshire and was living at Northorpe near Bourne. He had moved to Stamford by 1838, where he was retained by the Marquess of Exeter and was being paid £180. In 1847, his son, Edward Browning, who had trained under George Maddox, joined the practice. The practice worked from Broad Street, Stamford. Bryan Browning died on 1 October 1856 and is buried in the cemetery there.

Works Public buildings

1821 Town Hall, Bourne, Lincolnshire 1824–5 House of Correction at Folkingham 1835 Stamford Workhouse 1842 Stamford Institution (Camera Obscura House)

School 1840–1 National School, Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire

Houses 1843 Barn Hill House, Stamford. Remodelled for Lord Exeter. 1846–48 Alterations to Apethorpe, Northants

Rectories and vicarages 1833 Alwalton, Northamptonshire 1835 Fletton, Hunts 1838 Greatford, Lincolnshire 1839 Deeping St James, Lincolnshire 1840 Stoke Dry Rectory, Rutland

Miscellaneous

1845. Grant's Iron Foundry, Wharf Road, Stamford. Built for Lord Exeter. Only the monumental arch now survives. This was built in 1845 as the entrance to Grant's iron foundry and was designed by Bryan Browning. The site became Blashfield's Terracotta Works in 1858. In 1937 the Stamford architect John Charles Traylen rebuilt the arch several feet to the south and parallel with the road.