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of that work is Strawberry Hill House (photo 6), built for his friend Horace Walpole (also a cham- pion of the ‘Gothic Revival’ and member of the ‘Committee of Taste’) in Twickenham. He com- pleted many works, including interiors, in that style. As well as an architect, Wyatt was a nota- ble and accomplished interior designer.
Wyatt ended up in very distressed circum- stances notwithstanding the vast opportuni- ties afforded him to make a fortune, due to his habitual neglect and bad management. He died in 1813 as a result of a coach accident near Mar- lborough. Although buried in Westminster Abbey (photo 7), he died intestate and penniless, leav-
ing his widow on a government pension of £100 per annum (around £4,700 in today’s money*).
John Sanders (architect and archaeologist)
John Sanders (1768-1826) was an architect and the first pupil and life-long friend of Sir John Soane, another famous 18th century architect of the neo-classical style. He was born on 12 April 1768, the son of Thomas Sanders, a tallow- chandler of the parish of St Dunstan-in-the-East, London.
John Sanders always had a strong interest in archaeology and became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. In 1817 in retirement he travelled to the Continent, where he studied and recorded with academic zeal the architec- tural monuments of the classical world which had so influenced his mentor and his world. In Rome he amassed a comprehensive and original collection of plaster casts of architectural details. This collection was purchased by the Royal Academy in 1830, and much of it remains today part of the permanent collection of the Academy.
Sanders’ two principal buildings are the Royal Military Asylum (Duke of York’s) at Chelsea (1801–03) (photo 8) and the Royal Military Col- lege Sandhurst (1808–12) (photo 9), the latter being a fairly radical redesign of the original by James Wyatt.
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