Richard Jupp

Who was Richard Jupp?

Richard Jupp was an 18th-century English architect, particularly associated with buildings in and around London.

He served for many years as surveyor to the British East India Company.

His work included:

alterations to St Matthias Old Church, Poplar, London

Manor House, – built for a wealthy London West India merchant, Thomas Lucas, president of Guy's Hospital, but bought in 1796 by Sir Francis Baring, founder of Barings Bank, it is now used as a public library and its gardens have become a public park.

Mansion at Painshill Park, near Cobham, Surrey

Entrance and wings of Guy's Hospital, London

a folly, Severndroog Castle, on Shooter's Hill in south-east London.

East India House, Leadenhall Street, London

Jupp died at his house in King's Road, Bedford Row, on 17 April 1799.