About William Orchard
Lived 1401 – 1504 (aged 102–103). William Orchard was an architect.
William Orchard (fl. 1468died 1504) was an English gothic architect, responsible for the elaborate pendant vaults of the Divinity School, Oxford and the chancel of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. He worked on the cloister and designed the Great Tower of Magdalen College, Oxford also known as Magdalen Tower. He also designed the parish church of Waterstock. He lived at Barton, a hamlet of Headington, where he owned a Quarry.
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English architect
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William Orchard was born in 1401.
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William Orchard died in 1504.
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William Orchard was an architect.
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