# Peter Frederick Robinson > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Frederick_Robinson > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Frederick_Robinson.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Frederick_Robinson > Source revision: 1337879352 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) English architect For other people named Peter Robinson, see [Peter Robinson (disambiguation)](/source/Peter_Robinson_(disambiguation)). **Peter Frederick Robinson** (1776–24 June 1858) was an English architect. ## Career [Stora Sundby Castle](/source/Stora_Sundby_Castle), Sweden, 1831-1848. The facade of the Egyptian Hall in 1815. [Sketty Hall](/source/Sketty_Hall). Robinson began his career in [Henry Holland](/source/Henry_Holland_(architect))'s office and worked under [William Porden](/source/William_Porden) at the [Brighton Pavilion](/source/Royal_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](/source/William_Bullock_(collector))'s museum. The details of the elevation were taken from [Denon](/source/Dominique_Vivant)'s work on the Egyptian monuments, and especially from the temple at Denderah; but the composition of the design was less authentic.[1] In 1813 he designed the town-hall and market-place at [Lampeter](/source/Lampeter), Cardiganshire.[1][2] He visited Rome 1816. In 1819 he made alterations at [Bulstrode](/source/Bulstrode_Park) for the Duke of Somerset; in 1823 he restored the church at [Mickleham](/source/Mickleham%2C_Surrey), Surrey;[3] in 1826–28 he made alterations to the prison at [York Castle](/source/York_Castle) and in 1829–32 he built a Swiss Cottage at Decimus Burton's [Colosseum](/source/London_Colosseum) in [Regent's Park](/source/Regent's_Park). He also designed various country houses.[1] In 1820 he exhibited an architectural drawing at the [Royal Academy](/source/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 [Houses of Parliament](/source/Palace_of_Westminster).[1] 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.*[4] 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).[1] Robinson became a Fellow of the Society of Arts in 1826, and was a vice-president of the Institute of British Architects (now [RIBA](/source/RIBA)) in 1835–9.[1] In about 1840 financial difficulties caused him to leave England for Boulogne, where he died on 24 June 1858.[1] ## Personal Between at least 1821 and 1837, he lived at 29 Lower Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, London.[5] 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.[6] ## Works - Hans Town Assembly Rooms, Cadogan Place, London (1805) - [Egyptian Hall](/source/Egyptian_Hall), Piccadilly, London (1811–1812) - [Sketty Hall](/source/Sketty_Hall) - The Swiss cottage in [Singleton Park](/source/Singleton_Park), Swansea - [Singleton Abbey](/source/Singleton_Abbey) - [Swiss Cottage](/source/Swiss_Cottage), at the Colosseum in Regent's Park (1829–1832) - [Stora Sundby Castle](/source/Stora_Sundby_Castle), Sweden, (1831-1848) - [De Grey House](/source/De_Grey_House), York, England (1835)[7] - Park Terrace, Nottingham ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dnb_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dnb_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-dnb_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-dnb_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-dnb_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-dnb_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-dnb_1-6) Dodgson, Campbell (1897). "[Robinson, Peter Frederick](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Robinson,_Peter_Frederick)". In [Lee, Sidney](/source/Sidney_Lee) (ed.). *[Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_National_Biography)*. Vol. 49. London: [Smith, Elder & Co](/source/Smith%2C_Elder_%26_Co). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Lloyd, Thomas; Orbach, Julian; Robert Scourfield (2006). [*Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion*](https://books.google.com/books?id=wEkcJb2lHx8C&pg=PA482). New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. p. 482. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780300101799](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780300101799). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Nairn, Ian](/source/Ian_Nairn); [Pevsner, Nikolaus](/source/Nikolaus_Pevsner) (1971) [1962]. *The Buildings of England: Surrey* (2nd ed.). Harmondsworth: [Penguin Books](/source/Penguin_Books). p. 365. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-300-09675-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-300-09675-5). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["COPAC Brief Record Display"](http://copac.ac.uk/search?&au=peter+frederick+robinson&sort-order=ti%2C-date). Retrieved 1 June 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Trade Directories, Poll Books 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** *Morning Post*, 6 May 1828; 21 October 1830; 4 January 1832 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["De Grey House and Attached Front Railings, Gate and Lamp Standard"](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1256764?section=official-list-entry). *National Heritage List for England*. Historic England. Retrieved 11 February 2026. ## Sources This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): Dodgson, Campbell (1897). ["Robinson, Peter Frederick"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Robinson,_Peter_Frederick). In [Lee, Sidney](/source/Sidney_Lee) (ed.). *[Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_National_Biography)*. Vol. 49. London: [Smith, Elder & Co](/source/Smith%2C_Elder_%26_Co). ## External links - [Answers.com Peter Frederick Robinson](http://www.answers.com/topic/peter-frederick-robinson) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND FAST WorldCat National United States Netherlands Poland Artists ULAN RKD Artists People Trove Deutsche Biographie Other IdRef Open Library SNAC Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Peter Frederick Robinson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Frederick_Robinson) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Frederick_Robinson?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.