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See Francis Johnston (architect) for Irish architect of similar name. Francis Johnston (1760 &ndash 1829 was an Irish Architect, best known for building the General Post Office (GPO on O’Connell Street

Francis Johnson was the subject of a monograph in 2001 as well as an exhibition at the RIBA.
Francis Johnson was the subject of a monograph in 2001 as well as an exhibition at the RIBA. A monograph ( Classical Greek, "One Writer" or "Single Writing") is a work of writing upon a single subject usually also by a single Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA is a Professional body for Architects in the United Kingdom.

Francis Frederick Johnson CBE, (18 April 1911-29 September 1995), was an English architect. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

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Education and Early career

Johnson trained at the Leeds School of Architecture. The University of Leeds is a major teaching and research University in Leeds, West Yorkshire; one of the largest in the United Kingdom with He toured Europe in 1931 on a travelling scholarship before going to work for Allderidge & Clark in Hull. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kingston upon Hull ( almost invariably referred He began his own practice in 1937 in his home town of Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bridlington is a town and Civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. His career was interrupted by the Second World War and he served in the Royal Engineers from 1943 to 1946. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers ( RE) and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Work

Francis Johnson’s favoured field of work was domestic architecture and he is particularly known for his country houses in the Georgian style. Georgian architecture is the name given in most English -speaking countries to the set of Architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840 He designed a number of churches in the post war period for clients including the Church of England Commissioners; these simple buildings often show the influence of the Scandinavian classical architecture he had admired on his European tour. The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Nordic Classicism was a style of architecture that briefly blossomed in the Nordic countries ( Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland

Francis Johnson also restored and remodelled a large number of historic buildings including Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, Belton House, Lincolnshire, Burton Agnes Hall and Fairfax House[1], York. Hardwick Hall ( in Doe Lea, Derbyshire is one of the most significant Elizabethan Country houses in England. Burton Agnes Hall is a Jacobean Manor house in the village of Burton Agnes, near Driffield York ( is an historic Walled city sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. In his approach to restoration, involving detailed research into the original colour schemes of buildings, he was ahead of his time in the 1960s.

Churches

Private Houses

Other

St Chad's College, Durham.
St Chad's College, Durham. St Chad's College is a college of the University of Durham in England.

References

John Martin Robinson & David Neave, (2001), Francis Johnson Architect, Oblong Creative, ISBN 978-0953657438. Dr John Martin Robinson, FSA, (b 1948 is a British architectural historian and Officer of arms.

Nikolaus Pevsner & David Neave, (1972, 2nd Ed. Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, ( January 30, 1902 &ndash August 18, 1983) was a German-born British scholar of 1995), Yorkshire: York and the East Riding: The Buildings of England, ISBN 0-300-09593-7.

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