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George Gwilt (1746–1807), also sometimes known as George Gwilt the Elder, was an English architect, particularly associated with buildings in and around London.

His sons George and Joseph were also architects, training in his office in Southwark; John Shaw was also a pupil of 'George Gwilt & Sons'.

Gwilt was architect surveyor for the county of Surrey. His buildings included:

  • Cobham Bridge (c. 1782)[1][2]
  • Leatherhead Bridge (1782–83) rebuilding and enlarging the original late Medieval bridge[3]
  • The Camden Chapel, Camberwell (1796–1798)[4]
  • Horsemonger Lane Gaol and Sessions House, Newington Causeway, London (1791–1799 - demolished c.1880, with Sessions House being rebuilt)[5]
  • The warehouses at West India Docks (1800–1804, a joint project with his son, George)[6]
  1. ^ A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of the Borough of Elmbridge
  2. ^ Heritage Gateway listing NGR TQ0988960541
  3. ^ Heritage Gateway listing NGR TQ1631356299
  4. ^ London Metropolitan Archive (LMA), P75/CAM/27/23−5
  5. ^ "Horsemonger Lane Gaol". Archived from the original on 4 October 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "Number 1 Warehouse". Museum of London Docklands. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007.

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