John Livock

John William Livock (30 July 1814 - 15 March 1883) was an architect based in England,[1] best known for his railway stations constructed for the London and North Western Railway.

John Livock
Born(1814-07-30)30 July 1814
Hampstead, London, England
Died15 March 1883(1883-03-15) (aged 68)
London, England
NationalityEnglish
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsLondon and North Western Railway stations

Family

He was born on 30 July 1814 in Hampstead, the son of John Livock (1781-1840) a Coal Merchant, and Mary Millican (1792-1865). He was baptised on 25 September 1814 in St John's Church, Hampstead. He married Julia Barker (1823-1867) and they had two children

  • John Edward Livock (1848-1858)
  • Mary Livock (1850-1914)

He died on 15 March 1883 in London.

Career

He constructed many of the stations on the Blisworth to Peterborough railway line which was built by the London and North Western Railway, and the Trent Valley Line and the southern part of the North Staffordshire Railway.

List of works

References

  1. Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914. Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 59. ISBN 9780826455147.
  2. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1961). The Buildings of England. Northamptonshitre. Penguin Books.
  3. Fawcett, Bill (10 January 2015). Railway Architecture. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781784420475.
  4. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). The Buildings of England. Staffordshire. Penguin Books. ISBN 0140710469.
  5. "Banbury". Oxford Journal. British Newspaper Archive. 6 March 1853. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  6. "Parish Church of Whitwell, Salop". Cambridge Chronicle and Journal. British Newspaper Archive. 22 February 1861. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  7. "Opening of the new school at Bloxham". Oxford Journal. British Newspaper Archive. 25 April 1863. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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