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Overview of the events of 1756 in architecture
The year 1756 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures [ edit ]
Buildings [ edit ]
Catherine Palace , Tsarskoye Selo , Russia
Trafford Hall
Replacement Catherine Palace , Tsarskoye Selo in Russia , designed by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli , is completed.
Klov Palace , Kiev in Russia , probably designed by Gottfried Schädel and Pyotr Neyelov, is completed.
Replacement Basilica of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Chełm in Poland , designed by Paweł Fontana, is completed.
Reconstruction of Abbot's Palace (Oliwa) in Gdańsk , Poland, is completed.
Newbridge, now Old Bridge, Pontypridd in Wales , designed by William Edwards , is completed.[2]
St Andrew's in the Square , Glasgow , Scotland , designed by Allan Dreghorn, is completed.[3]
Octagon Chapel, Norwich in England, designed by Thomas Ivory , is completed.[4]
Original Whitefield's Tabernacle, Tottenham Court Road in London is built.
Trafford Hall in England is built.
Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire in England, designed by Isaac Ware , is completed.
Shaw Mansion (New London, Connecticut) is built.
The President's House (Princeton) , New Jersey, is built.
First Presbyterian Church (Newburyport, Massachusetts) is built.
Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse , Hancock's Bridge, New Jersey , is built.
Saint Gevorg of Mughni Church, Tbilisi in Armenia is completely rebuilt.
St John the Evangelist Church, Shobdon , Herefordshire, England, is completely rebuilt with a "Strawberry Hill Gothic " interior.[5] Elements of the previous building are incorporated in folly arches nearby.
Publications [ edit ]
Isaac Ware publishes A Complete Body of Architecture in London.
References [ edit ]