Anthony Keck | |
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 The Orangery at Margam Park – Keck's most important work | |
| Born | 1726 |
| Died | 1797 (aged 69–70) |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | |
Anthony Keck (1726–1797) was an 18th-century English architect with an extensive practice in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and South Wales.[1]
Keck was born at Randwick, Gloucestershire in 1726.[2] He designed in the "austere Neoclassical style of the late eighteenth century – a provincial follower of Robert Adam."[3]
He died on 4 October 1797 at the age of seventy, at Beech House, the home he partly designed for himself,[4] in the village of Kings Stanley, Gloucestershire, where he had his workshop and studio for most of his life.[1] He is buried in St. George's Church.[citation needed]
Keck is credited with designing some fifty[3] country houses in the South-West of England and South Wales. His works include:
Keck's work was not confined to country houses, including churches, such as Old St. Martin's, Worcestershire[5] and St. Peter and St. Paul's, Upton-Upon-Severn, including its famed lantern and cupola;[6] public buildings, such as the Worcester Royal Infirmary[7] and contributions to the Stroudwater canal.[8]
