His work, which was greatly influenced by Dutch architecture of the period, survives mainly in Hull and Lincolnshire.

Destroyed during World War II[4] Built 1682 and destroyed during World War II[5] Sir John Nelthorpe commissioned this school from William Catlyn and the contract for building the school was drawn up on 4 July 1674 and it was completed in 1678.

The entrance door has a moulded stone round-headed architrave with a small keystone with a cherub's head.

Central achievement of arms in stone frame above an inscription commemorating foundation by Sir John Nelthorpe.

The old porch was dressed up with an Artisan Mannerist facade of exceedingly elongated brick pilasters with Ionic capitals [8] Built for a Hull merchant, Nicholas Denman.