Jeffry Wyatville (1766-1840) was an English architect. His original surname was Wyatt and he was trained by his uncles Samuel Wyatt and James Wyatt, who were both leading architects. He is mainly remembered for making alterations and extensions to Chatsworth House and Windsor Castle. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... Fonthill Abbey. ... A view of Chatsworth from the south-west in 1880. ... An early 18th century view of Windsor Castle by Kip and Knyff. ...
The Winchester Tower, originally inhabited by William of Wykeham, was bestowed upon Sir JeffryWyatville as a residence by George the Fourth; and, on the resignation of the distinguished architect, was continued to him for life by the present queen.
The works within the castle were continued during the reign of William the Fourth, and at its close the actual cost of the buildings had reached the sum of 771,000, pounds and it has been asserted that the general expenditure up to the present time has exceeded a million and a half of money.
This tower was raised thirty-three feet by Sir JeffryWyatville, crowned with a machicolated battlement, and surmounted with a flag-tower.
While it is accepted that Edward III was the monarch who began the transformation of the castle from a fortress to a comfortable residence, compared to the other royal palaces at Whitehall and Nonsuch, Windsor remained a very bleak residence.
Wyatville was the first architect to view the castle as one composition, rather than a collection of buildings of various ages and in differing styles.
Wyatville imposed a symmetry of sorts on the existing buildings of the Upper Ward, by raising the heights of certain towers to match others, and refacing the Upper Ward in a Gothic style complete with castelated battlements to match the mediæval buildings, including St George's Chapel in the Lower Ward.
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