John Yenn

John Yenn RA (1750–1821) was a notable 18th-century English architect.

Life

Yenn was born on 8 March 1750. He was a student at the Royal Academy from September 1769. He was elected an associate of the academy in 1774 and a full academician in 1791. He served as treasurer of the academy from 1796 to 1820.^[1]

He was a pupil of Sir William Chambers. In the late 1770s he succeeded Chambers as the Duke of Marlborough's architect at Blenheim Palace,^[2] where his works included, in 1789, the design of the small Corinthian "Temple of Health", built to celebrate the recovery of George III from illness.^[3] Nearby, in 1783, he built a new aisle at Woodstock church.^[4] Chambers provided him with a number of other important positions: in 1780 he became the Clerk of the Works at Richmond Park, and he later held the same position at Kensington Palace, Buckingham House and at the Royal Mews.^[2]

References

^ "John Yenn, R.A." Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b "John Yenn – Summary". Parks and Gardens UK. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
^ Alan Crossley, C R Elrington (Editors), A P Baggs, W J Blair, Eleanor Chance, Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, C J Day, Nesta Selwyn, S C Townley (1990). "Blenheim: Park from 1705". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12: Wootton Hundred (South) including Woodstock. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 4 August 2012. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Alan Crossley, C R Elrington (Editors), A P Baggs, W J Blair, Eleanor Chance, Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, C J Day, Nesta Selwyn, S C Townley (1990). "Woodstock: Church". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12: Wootton Hundred (South) including Woodstock. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 4 August 2012. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)