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Thomas Cundy

1765 – 1825

English architect

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About Thomas Cundy

Lived 1765 – 1825 (aged 59–60). Thomas Cundy was an English architect.

Thomas Cundy, the elder (1765 – 28 December 1825) was an English architect. Surveyor to the Grosvenor family's London estates from 1821, he was involved in the initial stages of the development of Belgravia and Bloomsbury, and also designed country houses in a picturesque Gothic style.

Life

He was the eldest son of Peter Cundy of Restowrick House, St Dennis Cornwall, and his wife Thomasine Wilcocks, and was baptised at St Dennis on 18 February 1765.

Buildings which Cundy built or altered significantly include Middleton Park and Osterley for the Earl of Jersey, Tottenham Park in Wiltshire, Hawarden Castle, Burton Constable, Syon House, Northumberland House in London and Wytham in Oxfordshire. He exhibited several designs for these and other buildings at the Royal Academy. He is buried in the Vineyard Cemetery in Richmond, Surrey. His son, Thomas Cundy the younger, took over his post with the Grosvenor estate. Osterley Park (for the Earl of Jersey). Tottenham Park, Wiltshire. Hawarden Castle. Cundy enlarged an existing house for Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, entirely casing the building in ashlar, in a castellated Gothick style in 1809-10. Burton Constable. Syon House. Northumberland House. Cundy designed a grand marble staircase, built in 1822–3. Wytham, Oxfordshire. Wassand House, Seaton, Yorkshire, built in 1813-19 for the Rev. Charles Constable.

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1765
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Also known as
Thomas Cundy the elder, Thomas, I Cundy, Thomas Cundy I, I Thomas Cundy, Thomas I Cundy
moreSenior Cundy

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Thomas Cundy?

English architect

When was Thomas Cundy born?

Thomas Cundy was born in 1765.

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Thomas Cundy died on 28 December 1825.

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Thomas Cundy was an architect.

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Thomas Cundy was English.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Thomas Cundy

· Wikidata: Q7788747

· DBpedia: Thomas Cundy (senior)

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