George Dymond
Architect
(b.1789, Exeter - d.1835, Bristol)
Architect
(b.1789, Exeter - d.1835, Bristol)
George Dymond was born in Exeter to the Quaker family of Joseph Sparkes Dymond (a tanner) and Harriet (nee Hitchcock), the daughter of an indigo manufacturer. Dymond's training to become an architect is unclear but his cousin - Robert Dymond (1798-1866) - became a prominent land surveyor in Exeter.
Until c.1823, George worked as an architect from Cathedral Yard, Exeter. In c.1824 he moved to Bristol and resided at No.33, Castle Green, Castle Precincts, until his early death in 1835.
Dymond purchased his free-Burgess status in 1830 and had established an office at College Green by 1831. Prior to 1829, Thomas Jackson (1807-1890) had been articled to Dymond but apprentice records show that he took on a further two apprentices - Joshua Dowson in 1832 and Edwin Coburgh Sayer in 1834.
George died in 1835 at the age of 38 owing to an affliction related to his spine. An executor for his Estate was fellow Quaker, Jacob P Sturge of Y and JP Sturge - Land Agents and Surveyors.
George had four sons and two daughters. Although none of his sons succeeded him as architects, several worked, for at least short periods in building trades:
Until c.1823, George worked as an architect from Cathedral Yard, Exeter. In c.1824 he moved to Bristol and resided at No.33, Castle Green, Castle Precincts, until his early death in 1835.
Dymond purchased his free-Burgess status in 1830 and had established an office at College Green by 1831. Prior to 1829, Thomas Jackson (1807-1890) had been articled to Dymond but apprentice records show that he took on a further two apprentices - Joshua Dowson in 1832 and Edwin Coburgh Sayer in 1834.
George died in 1835 at the age of 38 owing to an affliction related to his spine. An executor for his Estate was fellow Quaker, Jacob P Sturge of Y and JP Sturge - Land Agents and Surveyors.
George had four sons and two daughters. Although none of his sons succeeded him as architects, several worked, for at least short periods in building trades:
- George Frederic Dymond (b.1827) is listed as a builder in London in 1850 and then a clerk;
- Joseph Dymond (b.1828) worked as a cabinet maker and later as a house/estate agent in Bristol; and
- Sylvanus Dymond (b.1830-1882) worked as a carpenter in Bristol and London before emigrating to New South Wales in 1856.