Joseph Potter

Joseph Potter (1756–1842) was an English architect and builder from Lichfield, Staffordshire in the United Kingdom. Potter had a considerable practice in Staffordshire and its neighbouring counties in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Potter lived in Pipehill, south-west of Lichfield, and had his office in St John's Street. Joseph Potter's son, Joseph Potter Jnr, took over his father's practice after his death and went on to design many of his buildings in the late nineteenth century.

Biography

Early in Joseph Potter's career as an architect, he was employed by James Wyatt (a prominent architect at the time) to supervise the alterations to Lichfield Cathedral in 1788–93 and Hereford Cathedral in 1790–93. In this period, he also worked under Wyatt in the repair to St Michael's Church, Coventry (now St Michael's Cathedral) in 1794 and the rebuilding of Plas Newydd, Anglesey for the 1st Marquess of Anglesey. At Plas Newydd, it is thought Potter is solely responsible for the design and build of the Gothic chapel.

Potter became the established architect at Lichfield Cathedral, overseeing repairs to the south-west spire in 1794, the restoration of the vaults in the north transept in 1795–97 and the restoration of the west face of the cathedral in 1820–22. Potter was the county surveyor of Staffordshire for 45 years until he died in 1842. Potter was also an engineer for the Grand Trunk Canal Company. 1802 – Judge's House, County Buildings, Stafford 1816 – Causeway Bridge, Bird Street, Lichfield 1818 – School House, Market Place, Penkridge 1818 – St Michael's Church (now Cathedral), Coventry (restoration) 1818 – Staffordshire General Lunatic Asylum, Stafford 1819–20 – Christ Church, Burntwood 1820–22 – Lichfield Cathedral (restoration to west front) 1822 – Caernarfon Baths & Assembly Rooms (now part of Bangor University) 1824 – Chetwynd Bridge, Alrewas 1826–27 – Freeford Hall, nr Lichfield, (enlarged for William Dyott) 1826–29 – St Mary's Church, Bramall Lane, Sheffield 1826–31 – Beaudesert House (alterations to gothic hall) 1829–30 – High Bridge, Mavesyn Ridware 1829–30 – St John Baptist Church, Tamworth 1832 – Sts Peter & Paul Church, Newport 1833–34 – Wadsley Church, Sheffield 1835 – Holy Cross Church, Lichfield 1835–38 – St Mary's RC College, New Oscott

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