Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Browne, Arthur
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Description area
Dates of existence
c.1757-1840
History
Arthur Browne was an architect and designer based in Norwich. Browne was a founding member of the Norwich Society of Artists in 1805 and was its president in 1807. In the same year, he was commissioned by Joseph Salusbury Muskett to rebuild Intwood Hall in Norfolk. In 1823 he designed and built the cast iron Magdalene Bridge, also known as the Great Bridge, in Cambridge. In 1825 he was invited to submit plans for New Court at St John’s College, Cambridge, but his designs were not implemented. He died in 1840.
Places
Norwich
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Architectural services. President of the Norwich Society of Artists (1807).
Mandates/sources of authority
Howard Colvin, "A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840".
“Intwood Hall”, National Heritage List for England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000320