Surveyor of the King’s Works

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Surveyor of the King’s Works was a senior royal architectural post in England responsible for overseeing the design, construction, and maintenance of the monarch’s buildings and palaces.


Statements (43)
Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural position
court position
royal office
appliesToJurisdiction English royal household
appointedBy the monarch of England
country Kingdom of England
dissolvedInto Surveyor-General of the King’s Works
employer English Crown
field architecture
building construction
building maintenance
hasDuties advising the Crown on architectural matters
management of craftsmen and labourers on royal works
oversight of repairs to royal buildings
preparation of building designs for royal use
supervision of building projects for the Crown
hasNotableOfficeHolder Christopher Wren
Inigo Jones
John Vanbrugh
Robert Smirke
William Kent
hierarchicalPosition senior royal architectural post
inception medieval period
isPartOfHistoryOf British royal household
English architecture
public works administration in England
partOf Office of Works
Royal Works
replacedBy Surveyor-General of the King’s Works
responsibleFor construction of royal buildings
design of royal buildings
maintenance of royal buildings
other royal properties
royal castles
royal palaces
timePeriod Stuart period
Tudor period
early modern England
usedFor construction of royal palaces
expansion of royal residences
maintenance of royal estates
workLocation England
London

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Surveyor of the King’s Works ("Surveyor-General of the King’s Works")
dissolvedInto
Surveyor of the King’s Works ("Office of Works")
partOf
Christopher Wren
positionHeld
Surveyor of the King’s Works ("Surveyor-General of the King’s Works")
replacedBy

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