Francis Howard Greenway (20 November 1777 – September 1837) was an English architect who was transported to Australia for the crime of forgery. In Australia he worked for the Governor, Lachlan Macquarie, as the colonial architect and became the first notable architect in the colony. Much of his work is still standing and has been heritage-listed.
Greenway was born at Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire (near the English city of Bristol), the son of Fra...
More
Francis Howard Greenway (20 November 1777 – September 1837) was an English architect who was transported to Australia for the crime of forgery. In Australia he worked for the Governor, Lachlan Macquarie, as the colonial architect and became the first notable architect in the colony. Much of his work is still standing and has been heritage-listed.
Greenway was born at Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire (near the English city of Bristol), the son of Francis Greenway and Ann, née Webb. Greenway became an architect "of some eminence" in Bristol and Bath. His only remaining building in the United Kingdom is the Clifton Club in Bristol, originally the Clifton Hotel and Assembly Rooms. He also designed Christ Church Downend near Mangotsfield (see Gomme an Architectural history of Bristol and church website). In 1809 he became bankrupt, and in 1812 he pleaded guilty "under the advice of his friends", to forging a financial document and was sentenced to death; this sentence was later commuted to 14...
Less
