Bryan Browning


Bryan Browning was an English architect working in Stamford.

Life

Bryan Browning was born at Thurlby in Lincolnshire in 1773. Nothing is known about his architectural training but in 1817 he made designs for the re-building of Ringwood vicarage in Hampshire. Between about 1820 and 1830 he worked in partnership with George Woolcott in Doughty Street as Builders and Surveyors. In this period Browning and Woolcott worked as contractors for a number of major building projects in London. This included the building of Lancaster House. They also built Strensham Court in Worcestershire, probably to designs by George Maddox. In 1821 Bryan Browning designed the Sessions House at Bourne, in Lincolnshire and in 1824 he was the architect for the House of Correction at Folkingham. By 1834 he had returned to Lincolnshire and was living at Northorpe near Bourne. He had moved to Stamford by 1838 where he was retained by the Marquess of Exeter and was being paid £180. In 1847, his son, Edward Browning, who had trained under George Maddox, joined the practice. The practice worked from Broad Street, Stamford. Bryan Browning died on 1 October 1856 and is buried in the cemetery there.

Works

Public buildings