Richard Hey Sharp (2 June 1793 – 25 February 1853) was an English architect based in York and responsible for the design, repair and construction of a number of iconic Yorkshire buildings.
Initially living in Gildersome, the family had moved to Armley by the end of the 18th century where his father was a drysalter.
He travelled on the Continent between 1816 and 1819 and was a pupil of the York architect Peter Atkinson[2] with whom he went into partnership on his return.
Atkinson and Sharp had an office in Fetter Lane, York [3] until the partnership was dissolved in 1826 [4] after which he set up on his own, before going into business with his younger brother Samuel in the early 1830s, until that partnership was dissolved in 1845.
[5] Following that, he worked with Thomas Spence Hardy, who returned to Lincoln, after Sharp's death.