Elizabeth Wilbraham
Architect 1632 – 1705
Elizabeth Wilbraham, believed erroneously that it was at worst illegal and at best un-ladylike for women to serve as architects, but at age nineteen she persuaded her husband to take her on a year-long honeymoon, so she could be trained by Pieter Post in Amsterdam, Baldassare Longhena in Venice, and Gian-Lorenzo Bernini in Rome. When she returned to England in 1651, she was one of only two proper architects in England, yet she made sure to leave behind no paper that could incriminate her. This site looks to shed light on one of the great building designers of the 17th Century and to support her rightful place in the pantheon of the World's great architects.
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Righting the narrative of 17th Century architecture in Britain
Buildings
Female Architect
THE LONDON BUILDINGS
Belton House
Belton House, Lincolnshire
Temple Bar & Cloister building
Cloister building, Inner Temple, London
Entrance to St Bart’s Hospital
Another Wilbraham building is the beautiful 1670 entrance archway to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London. St Bart’s as it is more affectionately known is the oldest […]
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