William Inwood

William Inwood (c. 1771 – 16 March 1843) was an English architect and surveyor, whose most important works, including St Pancras New Church and Westminster Hospital, were done in collaboration with his sons.

He was steward to Charles Abbot,[1] (speaker of the House of Commons until 1817, then created Lord Colchester)[2] and clerk of the works to the scheme of improvements around the Palace of Westminster.

[4] His most notable works are the four churches built in the parish of St Pancras, all designed in collaboration with his eldest son, Henry William Inwood (1794–1843).

[1] In 1823 Inwood repaired the roof at St Anne's, Soho,[8] and in 1825 carried out substantial alterations to Thomas Archer's church of St John in Smith Square, Westminster, intended to increase its capacity and improve lighting, in the course of which he rebuilt the galleries, created new doorways and altered the fenestration.

Between 1819 and 1824 he showed, jointly with Henry William Inwood, drawings for St Pancras New Church and the chapels at Regent Square and Camden Town, and in 1838 a design for an Ionic garden temple at Clandon Park, then under construction.