Editing 1809 in architecture

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The year '''1809 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
*September – Demolition of most of the [[Anglo-Saxon architecture|Anglo-Saxon]] [[St Mary's Church, Reculver]], on the coast of south-east England, begins.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cozens|first=Z.|title=Delapidated State of the Church at Reculver|journal=[[The Gentleman's Magazine]]|volume=79|year=1809|pages=906–8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BaJoSZchmCUC&pg=PA906|accessdate=2022-05-11}}</ref>

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1809}}
[[File:The Hermitage -Hanwell W7.jpg|thumb|[[The Hermitage, Hanwell]], London - ''[[cottage orné]]'' of 1809]]
*[[Gordon House, Chelsea]], London, England, designed by [[Thomas Leverton]] for Colonel James Willoughby Gordon.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/periodproperty/9216806/The-Royal-Hospital-Chelsea-up-for-sale.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424081222/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/periodproperty/9216806/The-Royal-Hospital-Chelsea-up-for-sale.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-04-24|first=Christopher|last=Middleton|title=The Royal Hospital Chelsea up for sale|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London|date=2012-04-23}}</ref>
*[[Nelson's Column, Montreal]], Canada, designed and built by Coade & Sealy of London.<ref>{{cite book|title=Hochelaga depicta: the early history and present state of the city and island of Montreal|url=https://archive.org/details/hochelagadepicta00bosw_0|year=1839|first=Newton|last=Bosworth}}</ref>
*[[Nelson's Pillar]], [[Dublin]], Ireland, design by [[William Wilkins (architect)|William Wilkins]] amended by [[Francis Johnston (architect)|Francis Johnston]], opened.
*[[Armagh Courthouse]], Ireland, designed by [[William Wilkins (architect)|William Wilkins]], completed.
*[[Portsmouth Academy building]], [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]], United States, designed by James Nutter.
*Second [[Royal Opera House|Theatre Royal]], [[Covent Garden]], London, designed by [[Robert Smirke (architect)|Robert Smirke]], opened.
*[[Dunkeld Bridge]], Scotland, designed by [[Thomas Telford]], completed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB5620|title=Dunkeld Bridge Over River Tay|publisher=[[Historic Environment Scotland]]|accessdate=2022-05-11}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: André Chatillon.

==Births==
*[[February 15]] – [[Owen Jones (architect)|Owen Jones]], Welsh architect and designer (died [[1874 in architecture|1874]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Clouse|first=Doug|title=The Handy Book of Artistic Printing: Collection of Letterpress Examples with Specimens of Type, Ornament, Corner Fills, Borders, Twisters, Wrinklers, and other Freaks of Fancy|publisher=Princeton Architectural Press|year=2009}}</ref>
*[[March 29]] – [[Georges-Eugène Haussmann]], French town planner (died [[1891 in architecture|1891]])
*[[October 31]] – [[Edmund Sharpe]], English architect and architectural historian (died [[1877 in architecture|1877]])
*[[November 26]] – [[Thomas Talbot Bury]], English architect and lithographer (died 1877)

==Deaths==
*[[November 4]] – [[Gabriel Manigault]], American architect (born [[1758 in architecture|1758]])

==References==
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