Joseph Pickford
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Joseph Pickford (1734-1782) English Architect. One of the leading English provincial architects of the reign of George III.
His initial training was undertaken under the sculptor Joseph Pickford (his uncle), at his Hyde Park premises in London. The architect moved to Derby c1759 where the house he designed for himself, Number 41 Friar Gate, is now the Pickford's House Museum and also a 'grade one' listed building.
Pickford worked extensively throughout the Midland counties of England primarily designing town and country houses in the Palladian style. A significant number of his friends and clients were members of the influential Lunar Society including the potter Josiah Wedgewood, and the inventors Matthew Boulton and John Whitehurst.
His principal works include
Saint Helens House, King Street, Derby, Derbyshire (1766-67) for John Gisbourne. Hams Hall, Coleshill, Warwickshire for CB Adderely (1768, now demolished). Etruria Works, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire for Josiah Wedgewood (1768-70, now demolished). Saint Mary's Church, Birmingham, West Midlands (1773-4, now demolished)
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