Henry Hakewill

Henry Hakewill (4 October 1771 – 13 March 1830) was an English architect.

Early life Henry Hakewill was born on 4 October 1771 to English painter and decorator John Hakewill and Anna Maria Cook.

Hakewill was a pupil of John Yenn , and also studied at the Royal Academy, where in 1790 he was awarded a silver medal for a drawing of an aspect of Somerset House.

Career Hakewill began work on a country mansion and eventually had a large and flourishing practice, mostly concerned with country houses. In 1809, he was appointed architect to Rugby School, where the gothic buildings and chapel are his designs.

Personal life On 14 November 1804, Hakewill was married to Anne Sarah Frith, daughter of Rev. Edward Frith of North Cray, Kent. They had seven children including:

John Henry Hakewill (1810–1880), architect Edward Charles Hakewill (1816–1872), architect

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