John Brown (1805–1876) was a 19th-century architect working in Norwich, England. His buildings include churches and workhouses.
Life
He was the pupil of the architect William Brown of Ipswich, a close relative. He was, along with his two sons, the surveyor for Norwich Cathedral, where his work there included a restoration of the crossing tower, undertaken during the 1830s.Pevsner 1962, p.211. He was appointed county surveyor for Norfolk in 1835.
List of works
Christ Church, Greenwich, Greater London (built 1847-49) St Margaret's Church, Lee, Greater London (built 1839–41) St Michael's Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire (built 1835–36) Church of St Peter & St Paul, Bergh Apton, Norfolk (built 1838) Corn Exchange, Fakenham, Norfolk (built 1855) Workhouse, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (built 1838, later used as a hospital) All Saints' Church, Hainford, Norfolk (built 1838-40) St Mark's Church, Lakenham, Norwich, (built 1844) Workhouse, Lingwood, Norfolk (built 1837) Christ Church, New Catton, Norwich, (built 1841) St James Mill, Norwich, (built 1836-37) Shirehall, Swaffham, Norfolk (built 1839) St Matthew's Church, Thorpe Hamlet, Norfolk (built 1851) St Peter's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk (built 1833, demolished 1974) Workhouse, Sudbury, Suffolk (built 1836)
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