John Sponlee

John Sponlee (died c. 1386)^[1] was an English Gothic master mason, responsible for the collegiate buildings of the Order of the Garter at Windsor Castle (1353).^[2] These works included the Dean's Cloister and Aerary Porch, which still survive. He was one of the earliest designers to use the Perpendicular style, employing blind tracery and stellar vaults at Windsor.^[3] He also designed Edward III's wider reordering at Windsor, with the Norman Gate and a vast new palace in the Upper Ward (1359) around three courtyards, one of the first secular buildings in England to feature an ordered façade.^[4] In this project he was assisted by the mason William Wynford and the clerk of works, William of Wykeham.^[4] Wykeham was later to become bishop of Winchester and employ Wynford to design Winchester College and New College, Oxford, spreading the Perpendicular style across the country.

References

↑ James Steven Curl, ed. (2006). A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Oxford University Press. p. 733. ISBN 978-0-19-860678-9. John Sponlee.
↑ Harvey, John (1946). Henry Yevele: The Life of an English Architect. London: B.T. Batsford.
↑ Goodall, John (2011). The English Castle. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 283–285.
1 2 Goodall, John (2011). The English Castle. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 289–291.

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[1] James Steven Curl, ed. (2006). A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Oxford University Press. p. 733. ISBN 978-0-19-860678-9. John Sponlee.

[2] Harvey, John (1946). Henry Yevele: The Life of an English Architect. London: B.T. Batsford.

[3] Goodall, John (2011). The English Castle. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 283–285.

[:0-4] 1 2 Goodall, John (2011). The English Castle. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 289–291.

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