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Samuel Wyatt (8 September 1737 – 8 February 1807) was an English architect and engineer. A member of the Wyatt family, which included several notable 18th- and 19th-century English architects, his work was primarily in a neoclassical style.
English architect, the third son of Benjamin Wyatt (1709–72). As master-carpenter and later clerk of works at Kedleston, Derbys., he gained first-hand experience of working on a major work of architecture for an important architect, Robert Adam.
Samuel Wyatt, architect. Abstract: This thesie is the first biography of Samuel Wyatt to be written. It attempts to establish the range and importance of his activity as an architect and engineer by using contemporary documentary sources and the evidence of his surviving buildings.
- John Martin. Robinson
- 1974
Samuel Wyatt mostly designed fine and restrained Neo-classical buildings, while James expressed himself in both Neo-classical and Gothic styles. Samuel Wyatt was among the first English architects to use the newly invented cement, or copper sheets and Welsh slates for roofing.
Feb 11, 2010 · He worked in a consistent neo-Classical manner, a development of the early Wyatt style, but more austere. He designed lighthouses, model farm buildings and moderate-sized country houses of distinctive appearance with segmental domed bows.
Mar 27, 2013 · Samuel Wyatt’s masterpiece, an authoritative assimilation of Greco Roman style. Over to Rory: “His younger and better known brother James is more flash. Samuel is a much more controlled architect – he’s not headline. He is best known for designing a series of sold satisfying small country houses.”
Apr 11, 2016 · Samuel Wyatt (Fig. 24) is best known as an architect of elegant Neo-Classical country houses. This has overshadowed the fact that he was also an engineer of considerable ability, a member of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers and a Fellow of the Royal Society.
