Inigo Jones

Inigo Jones was a seventeenth century architect

When and Where was he Born?

19th July 1573, London, England.

Family Background:

Inigo Jones was the son of a cloth worker also called Inigo.

Education:

Apprenticed to a joiner.

Timeline/Biography of Inigo Jones:

1605: Jones began work in London.

1616: Queen Anne the wife of Kings James the First commissioned Inigo Jones to design a new pavilion for her at Greenwich which has since become known as the Queens House.

Queen's House, Greenwich — The Queens House in Greenwich designed by Inigo Jones (copyright Anthony Blagg)

1619-22: Banqueting House Whitehall, London.

1623-27: Queen’s Chapel, St. James Palace, London.

1631: Jones designed the church of St Paul in Covent Garden, London.

1636: Designed Wilton House in Wiltshire.

Banqueting House — The Banquetting House Whitehall. Designed by Jones and the place where King Charles the First  was executed on a scaffold just above the plaque to the left. (copyright Anthony Blagg)

Marriage:

Never married.

When and Where did he Die?

21st June 1652, London, England.

Age at Death:

79.

Site of Grave:

Buried with his parents at St. Benet’s Church, Paul’s Wharf, City of London, (Currently the Metropolitan Welsh Church).

Places of Interest:

LONDON:

Banqueting House, Whitehall.
Queens House, Greenwich, Near National Maritime Museum.

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