William Dickinson (architect)

[1] This elder Dickinson died in 1702 and according to Adrian Tinniswood his "sole contribution to architecture" was to be Chief Clerk of the Works.

[2] Dickinson younger married Elizabeth, with whom he had a son, also called William.

His gravestone in the north porch reads: "Here lies William Dickinson, architect.

[1] Dickinson, along with Nicholas Hawksmoor, Edward Woodroffe and John Oliver, worked under Sir Christopher Wren, the Chief Surveyor on the commission to rebuild London churches after the Great Fire of 1666.

[2] He was employed on many buildings, notably Westminster Abbey, where he worked for Wren as Deputy Surveyor.

A colour-washed drawing by Dickinson of the church-floor paving at St Paul's Cathedral , London, c. 1709–10
A drawing, probably by Dickinson, for an unidentified villa, c. 1710–24