TA'BRAXIA CEMETERY
List of all burials in Ta Braxia Cemetery from 1857 to 2000
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John Loughborough Pearson |
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When Lord Stanmore decided to build the memorial chapel in Ta Braxia cemetery he chose as the architect John Loughborough Pearson, who by 1893 was at the peak of his profession.
Born in Brussels on 5th July 1817, the son of William Pearson, a water-colourist and etcher, in Durham, he was apprenticed as a 14 year old to Ignatius Bonomi in Durham, so beginning a lifetime’s career in architecture, and in particular church architecture.
He moved to London and after gaining more experience opened his own practice in 1843. His first major work in the capital was the Church of Holy Trinity, Vauxhall. As his reputation grew so his workload increased. Other churches in the London area included St.Augustine’s, Kilburn (1871), St.John’s, Red Lion Square (1874), St.Michael’s, Croydon (1880), and St.John’s, Norwood (1881).
Cathedrals also came within his influence and he carried out work for Rochester, Bristol, Peterborough, Lincoln Cathedrals as well as Westminster Abbey. Probably his greatest achievement was the design and building of Truro Cathedral in 1880.
He designed St.John’s Cathedral for Brisbane, Australia, in 1888, but construction was delayed and the first phase did not take place until 1906 – 1910, which was after his death. Apart from church architecture he was in demand by wealthy patrons to design stately homes.
John Loughborough Pearson died on 11th December 1897, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
