Richard Coad

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox architect | name = Richard Coad | birth_date = {{birth date|1825|2|13}} | birth_place = Liskeard, Cornwall, England | death_date = {{death date|1900|11|1}} | death_place = Battersea, London, England | awards = | practice = Independent practice, Liskeard (from 1864); London office (from 1868) }}

'''Richard Coad''' (13 February 1825 – 1 November 1900) was a 19th-century Cornish architect.<ref name=DSA>[http://www.codexgeo.co.uk/dsa/architect_full.php?id=M002226 DSA Architect Biography Report] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070324055830/http://www.codexgeo.co.uk/dsa/architect_full.php?id=M002226 |date=2007-03-24 }}</ref>

Born in Liskeard, Cornwall, he was articled to Henry Rice of Liskeard and subsequently worked as assistant to Sir George Gilbert Scott from 1847 to 1864.<ref name="DSA"/> He was clerk of works on the Albert Memorial in London,<ref>'Albert Memorial: Design and commissioning', Survey of London: volume 38: South Kensington Museums Area (1975), pp. 148-59. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=47523. Date accessed: 19 February 2007.</ref> and worked under Scott's supervision on improvements to Lanhydrock House near Bodmin in 1857.

He returned to Liskeard in 1864 to open his own independent practice, and opened a London office in 1868.<ref name="DSA"/>

When the building at Lanhydrock was severely damaged by fire in 1881, Coad returned to the site to rebuild the house to accommodate the 2nd Baron Robartes's large family.<ref>[http://www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/notable%20houses/lanhydrock.htm The Heritage Trail: Lanhydrock] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927220734/http://www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/notable%20houses/lanhydrock.htm |date=2007-09-27 }} Retrieved 19 February 2006</ref>

From 1884 to 1887, Coad worked in association with James Marjoribanks MacLaren, who had been his assistant for some years.<ref name="DSA"/> The pair worked on an extension to Ledbury Park in Herefordshire, an important work in the development of the Arts and Crafts architectural style in England.

He died in Battersea, London in 1900, and was buried in West Norwood Cemetery.

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==References== {{Portal|Cornwall}} *Holden, Paul ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20070628035416/http://www.cornishbuildingsgroup.org.uk/papers/papers_richard_coad.pdf Richard Coad (1825 - 1900): Work in progress]'', Cornish Buildings Group

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