{{Short description|English architect}} {{other people|Peter Robinson}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Use British English|date=September 2016}} '''Peter Frederick Robinson''' (1776–24 June 1858) was an English architect.
==Career== [[File:Stora Sundby slott, juli 2018a.jpg|thumb|[[Stora Sundby Castle]], Sweden, 1831-1848.]] [[File:Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly 1815 edited.jpg|thumb|The facade of the Egyptian Hall in 1815.]] [[File:Sketty Hall Classical Garden.jpg|thumb|[[Sketty Hall]].]] Robinson began his career in [[Henry Holland (architect)|Henry Holland]]'s office and worked under [[William Porden]] at the [[Royal Pavilion|Brighton Pavilion]] in 1801–02. In 1805 he designed Hans Town Assembly Rooms, Cadogan Place, and in 1811–12 the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, for [[William Bullock (collector)|William Bullock]]'s museum. The details of the elevation were taken from [[Dominique Vivant|Denon]]'s work on the Egyptian monuments, and especially from the temple at Denderah; but the composition of the design was less authentic.<ref name=dnb/> In 1813 he designed the town-hall and market-place at [[Lampeter]], Cardiganshire.<ref name=dnb/><ref>{{cite book|last=Lloyd|first=Thomas|title=Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion|year=2006|publisher=Yale University Press|location=New Haven, CT|isbn=9780300101799|page=482|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wEkcJb2lHx8C&pg=PA482 |author2=Orbach, Julian |author3=Robert Scourfield}}</ref> He visited Rome 1816. In 1819 he made alterations at [[Bulstrode Park|Bulstrode]] for the Duke of Somerset; in 1823 he restored the church at [[Mickleham, Surrey|Mickleham]], Surrey;<ref>{{cite book|last1=Nairn|first1=Ian|authorlink1=Ian Nairn|last2=Pevsner|first2=Nikolaus|authorlink2=Nikolaus Pevsner|title=The Buildings of England: Surrey|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|location=Harmondsworth|year=1971|orig-date=1962|edition=2nd|isbn=0-300-09675-5|page=365}}</ref> in 1826–28 he made alterations to the prison at [[York Castle]] and in 1829–32 he built a Swiss Cottage at Decimus Burton's [[London Colosseum|Colosseum]] in [[Regent's Park]]. He also designed various country houses.<ref name=dnb/>
In 1820 he exhibited an architectural drawing at the [[Royal Academy]]'s RA 52nd exhibition: ''Additions to be made to Norbury Park House, Surrey''. In 1836 he submitted designs to the competition for the new [[Palace of Westminster|Houses of Parliament]].<ref name=dnb/>
He published a number of books of designs, including ''Designs for Farm Buildings : with a view to prove that the simplest forms may be rendered pleasing and ornamental by a proper disposition of the rudest materials'', ''Designs for Gate Cottages, Lodges, and Park Entrances, in various styles, from the humblest to the castellated'', ''Designs for Ornamental Villas'' and ''Domestic Architecture in the Tudor Style.''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://copac.ac.uk/search?&au=peter+frederick+robinson&sort-order=ti%2C-date |title=COPAC Brief Record Display |publisher= |accessdate=1 June 2011}}</ref> He also published five parts of a continuation of ''Vitruvius Britannicus'' (begun by Colin Campbell and continued by George Richardson), covering Woburn Abbey (1827), Hatfield House (1833), Hardwicke Hall (1835), Castle Ashby (1841) and Warwick Castle (1842).<ref name=dnb/>
Robinson became a Fellow of the Society of Arts in 1826, and was a vice-president of the Institute of British Architects (now [[RIBA]]) in 1835–9.<ref name=dnb/>
In about 1840 financial difficulties caused him to leave England for Boulogne, where he died on 24 June 1858.<ref name=dnb>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Robinson, Peter Frederick|last=Dodgson|first=Campbell|volume=49|no-icon=1}}</ref>
==Personal== Between at least 1821 and 1837, he lived at 29 Lower Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, London.<ref>Trade Directories, Poll Books</ref> He married Julia Ponsonby, daughter of Rev Mr Wall, at St George's Hanover Square on 5 May 1828. Sons were born in October 1830 and December 1831.<ref>''Morning Post'', 6 May 1828; 21 October 1830; 4 January 1832</ref>
==Works== *Hans Town Assembly Rooms, Cadogan Place, London (1805) *[[Egyptian Hall]], Piccadilly, London (1811–1812) *[[Sketty Hall]] *The Swiss cottage in [[Singleton Park]], Swansea *[[Singleton Abbey]] *[[Swiss Cottage]], at the Colosseum in Regent's Park (1829–1832) *[[Stora Sundby Castle]], Sweden, (1831-1848) *[[De Grey House]], York, England (1835)<ref>{{cite web |title=De Grey House and Attached Front Railings, Gate and Lamp Standard |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1256764?section=official-list-entry |website=National Heritage List for England |publisher=Historic England |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref> * Park Terrace, Nottingham
== References == {{Reflist}}
==Sources== {{cite DNB|wstitle=Robinson, Peter Frederick|last=Dodgson|first=Campbell|volume=49|vb=1}}
==External links== *[http://www.answers.com/topic/peter-frederick-robinson Answers.com Peter Frederick Robinson]
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