# Kenton Couse

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'''Kenton Couse''' (1 March 1721 – 10 October 1790) was an English [architect](/source/architect). He was apprenticed to [Henry Flitcroft](/source/Henry_Flitcroft) whose patronage obtained him posts in the [Office of Works](/source/Office_of_Works). Couse subsequently became Secretary to the Board of Works from 1775 to 1782. His most famous work as an architect was a remodelling of [10 Downing Street](/source/10_Downing_Street) from 1766 to 1775.

== Biography ==
Couse was born on 1 March 1721, the eldest son and only surviving child of Josias Couse (1693?–1755), a [goldsmith](/source/goldsmith) and [linen draper](/source/Cloth_merchant) of [Cheapside](/source/Cheapside), [London](/source/London), and his wife, Margaret (1698–?), daughter of Alexander Kenton, master mariner.<ref>{{Cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-6464|title=Couse, Kenton (1721–1790), architect|year=2004 |language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/6464|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 |access-date=2018-12-18}}</ref>

In 1756, politician [Charles Townshend](/source/Charles_Townshend) ordered Couse to renovate the door of 10 Downing Street, resulting in an unassuming and narrow [Georgian style](/source/Georgian_architecture) doorway, consisting of a single white stone step leading to a modest brick front. It was probably not completed until 1772. Additionally he was co-designer of the [Richmond Bridge](/source/Richmond_Bridge%2C_London), surveyor of [Chertsey Bridge](/source/Chertsey_Bridge) in [Surrey](/source/Surrey), designer of the since demolished [Normanton Hall](/source/Normanton_Hall) in [Rutland](/source/Rutland), and the architect of [Holy Trinity Church, Clapham](/source/Holy_Trinity_Church%2C_Clapham), which was consecrated in 1776.

==References==

* [H.M. Colvin](/source/Howard_Colvin), ''A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840'' (1997) {{ISBN|0-300-07207-4}}
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