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'''John Yenn''' {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[List of Royal Academicians|RA]]}} (1750–1821) was a notable 18th-century English [[architect]].
'''John Yenn''' {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[List of Royal Academicians|RA]]}} (1750–1821) was a notable 18th-century English [[architect]].


==Life==
==Life==
Yenn was born on 8 March 1750. He was a student at the Royal Academy from September 1769. He was elected an associate of the academy in 1774 and a full academician in 1791. He served as treasurer of the academy from 1796 to 1820.<ref name=ram>{{cite web|url=http://www.racollection.org.uk/ixbin/indexplus?_IXACTION_=file&_IXFILE_=templates/full/person.html&person=6001|publisher=Royal Academy of Arts|title=John Yenn, R.A.|accessdate=4 August 2012}}</ref>
Yenn was born on 8 March 1750. He was a student at the Royal Academy from September 1769. He was elected an associate of the academy in 1774 and a full academician in 1791. He served as treasurer of the academy from 1796 to 1820.<ref name=ram>{{cite web|url=http://www.racollection.org.uk/ixbin/indexplus?_IXACTION_=file&_IXFILE_=templates/full/person.html&person=6001|publisher=Royal Academy of Arts|title=John Yenn, R.A.|accessdate=4 August 2012}}</ref>


He was a pupil of Sir [[William Chambers (architect)|William Chambers]]. In the late 1770s he succeeded Chambers as the Duke of Marlborough's architect at [[Blenheim Palace]],<ref name=parks/> where his works included, in 1789, the design of the small [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]] "Temple of Health", built celebrate the recovery of [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] from illness.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=10647 |title=Blenheim: Park from 1705 |author=Alan Crossley, C R Elrington (Editors), A P Baggs, W J Blair, Eleanor Chance, Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, C J Day, Nesta Selwyn, S C Townley |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1990 |work=A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12: Wootton Hundred (South) including Woodstock |accessdate=4 August 2012 }}</ref> Nearby, in 1783, he built a new aisle at [[Woodstock, Oxfordshire|Woodstock]] church.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=9938 |title=Woodstock: Church |author=Alan Crossley, C R Elrington (Editors), A P Baggs, W J Blair, Eleanor Chance, Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, C J Day, Nesta Selwyn, S C Townley |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1990 |work=A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12: Wootton Hundred (South) including Woodstock |accessdate=4 August 2012 }}</ref> Chambers provided him with a number of other important positions: in 1780 he became the Clerk of the Works at [[Richmond Park]], and he later held the same position at [[Kensington Palace]], [[Buckingham Palace|Buckingham House]] and at the [[Royal Mews]].<ref name=parks>{{cite web|title=John Yenn - Summary|url=http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/component/option,com_parksandgardens/task,person/id,1550/Itemid,/|publisher=Parks and Gardens UK|accessdate=4 August 2012}}</ref>
He was a pupil of Sir [[William Chambers (architect)|William Chambers]]. In the late 1770s he succeeded Chambers as the Duke of Marlborough's architect at [[Blenheim Palace]],<ref name=parks/> where his works included, in 1789, the design of the small [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]] "Temple of Health", built to celebrate the recovery of [[George III]] from illness.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=10647 |title=Blenheim: Park from 1705 |author=Alan Crossley, C R Elrington (Editors), A P Baggs, W J Blair, Eleanor Chance, Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, C J Day, Nesta Selwyn, S C Townley |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1990 |work=A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12: Wootton Hundred (South) including Woodstock |accessdate=4 August 2012 }}</ref> Nearby, in 1783, he built a new aisle at [[Woodstock, Oxfordshire|Woodstock]] church.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=9938 |title=Woodstock: Church |author=Alan Crossley, C R Elrington (Editors), A P Baggs, W J Blair, Eleanor Chance, Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, C J Day, Nesta Selwyn, S C Townley |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1990 |work=A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12: Wootton Hundred (South) including Woodstock |accessdate=4 August 2012 }}</ref> Chambers provided him with a number of other important positions: in 1780 he became the Clerk of the Works at [[Richmond Park]], and he later held the same position at [[Kensington Palace]], [[Buckingham Palace|Buckingham House]] and at the [[Royal Mews]].<ref name=parks>{{cite web|title=John Yenn – Summary|url=http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/component/option,com_parksandgardens/task,person/id,1550/Itemid,/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223171306/http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/component/option,com_parksandgardens/task,person/id,1550/Itemid,/|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 December 2012|publisher=Parks and Gardens UK|accessdate=4 August 2012}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 23:37, 28 September 2022

John Yenn by William Daniell, after George Dance, soft-ground etching, 17 November 1793

John Yenn RA (1750–1821) was a notable 18th-century English architect.

Life

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Yenn was born on 8 March 1750. He was a student at the Royal Academy from September 1769. He was elected an associate of the academy in 1774 and a full academician in 1791. He served as treasurer of the academy from 1796 to 1820.[1]

He was a pupil of Sir William Chambers. In the late 1770s he succeeded Chambers as the Duke of Marlborough's architect at Blenheim Palace,[2] where his works included, in 1789, the design of the small Corinthian "Temple of Health", built to celebrate the recovery of George III from illness.[3] Nearby, in 1783, he built a new aisle at Woodstock church.[4] Chambers provided him with a number of other important positions: in 1780 he became the Clerk of the Works at Richmond Park, and he later held the same position at Kensington Palace, Buckingham House and at the Royal Mews.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "John Yenn, R.A." Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b "John Yenn – Summary". Parks and Gardens UK. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  3. ^ Alan Crossley, C R Elrington (Editors), A P Baggs, W J Blair, Eleanor Chance, Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, C J Day, Nesta Selwyn, S C Townley (1990). "Blenheim: Park from 1705". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12: Wootton Hundred (South) including Woodstock. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 4 August 2012. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Alan Crossley, C R Elrington (Editors), A P Baggs, W J Blair, Eleanor Chance, Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, C J Day, Nesta Selwyn, S C Townley (1990). "Woodstock: Church". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12: Wootton Hundred (South) including Woodstock. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 4 August 2012. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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