15 Facts About Charles Fowler

Charles Fowler was an English architect, born and baptised at Cullompton, Devon.

Charles Fowler is especially noted for his design of market buildings, including Covent Garden Market in London.

Charles Fowler was educated at Taunton Grammar School After serving an apprenticeship of seven years with John Powning of Exeter, he moved to London in 1814, and entered the office of David Laing, where he assisted him on the designs for the Custom House.

Charles Fowler then set up his own practice, working from an address in Great Ormond Street, and later, from 1830, at 1, Gordon Square.

Charles Fowler generally worked in a classical style, often freely interpreted.

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In 1822 Charles Fowler entered the competition to design the new London Bridge, and won first prize, with a proposal for five-arched bridge.

In 1818 Charles Fowler began work on the new market at Gravesend in Kent, with a pair of colonnades, 80 feet long, connected by a covered building at one end.

Charles Fowler later designed the Cornmarket at Tavistock for the Duke of Bedford and the Lower Market at Exeter, where he supervised the construction of the Higher Market, following the death of its architect.

At Honiton, Devon, Charles Fowler built the church of St Paul in what Nikolaus Pevsner described as "the Norman style, or at least with plenty of Norman motifs".

Charles Fowler was responsible for the London Fever Hospital in Liverpool Road, Islington, a commission he received due to the influence of the Earl of Devon.

Charles Fowler was architect and surveyor to the Amicable Society, and to the West of England Fire and Life Insurance Office.

Charles Fowler was employed by Sir Ralph Lopes, the Bishop of Exeter, and the Courtenay family for whom he executed considerable alterations and additions to Powderham Castle.

Charles Fowler was a founder-member of the Institute of British Architects, and served as its honorary treasury and later vice-president.

Charles Fowler exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1825 and 1847.

Charles Fowler retired from architecture in 1853, and died at Great Marlow, Bucks, on 26 September 1867.