
'Benjamin Dean Wyatt', stipple engraving by T. Blood, after Samuel Drummond.
Dated 1812, in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery London
'Benjamin Dean Wyatt' (
1775–
1852) was an English architect. He was the son and pupil of the architect
James Wyatt.
In 1811 he won the competition to rebuild the
Drury Lane Theatre in London and wrote ''Observations on the Design for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane'' (1813).
He succeeded his father in the post of surveyor at
Westminster Abbey from 1813 to 1827.
With his brother,
Philip William (d. 1835), he designed Crockford's Club, 50–3 St James's Street.
He remodelled
Apsley House in 1822 as the London home of the
Duke of Wellington.
Also he was the involved in the design of
Lancaster House.
External links
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Columbia encyclopedia
See also
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Wyatts, an architectural dynasty