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Because of this and his age, he had a somewhat removed relation to the Palladian movement which came to dominate English architecture during his career. The Palladians were largely Whigs, led by Lord Burlington and Colen Campbell, a fellow Scot who developed a rivalry with Gibbs.
James Gibbs, the architect of St Martin in the Fields in Trafalgar Square, London is mainly known in Twickenham as the designer of the Octagon at Orleans House. This building, allegedly built to accommodate a dinner party for Queen Caroline, was commissioned by James Johnston in about 1718.
Gibbs did not prevent him from including Gibbs’s designs (unattributed) in Vitruvius Britannicus.23 And if Gibbs wished to use A Book of Architecture to stake his claim as the innovator behind the Palladian Revival, it is odd that it prominently featured ‘Baroque’ plates, including St Mary-le-Strand.24
Aberdeen-born James Gibbs was sent to Rome in 1703 to study for the priesthood. However, he abandoned his clerical career and became a pupil of the leading Italian baroque architect, Carlo Fontana. When he returned to Britain in 1709, his training made him highly sought after.
In December 1715 Gibbs was deprived of his surveyorship, which he blamed on ' a false report … that misrepresented me as a papest and a disaffected person, which … is intirly false and scandalous ' (Friedman, James Gibbs, 10), but was permitted to oversee the completion of St Mary's, which was consecrated on 1 January 1724.
James Gibbs (1682-1754) He was the architect of four famous London churches: St Martin’s-In-the-Fields, St Mary-le- Strand, St Peter’s, Vere Street and St Marylebone Parish Church. He also designed the upper part of the tower of St Clement Danes.
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James Gibbs. (1682–1754). Scottish architect James Gibbs was strongly influenced by the work of Christopher Wren. He was born in Footdeesmire, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on Dec. 23, 1682.
