Life Owen Browne Carter

the library in winchester, built corn exchange carter s designs

carter born in london in 1806. spent 10 years employed in office of architect william garbett (1770–1834) in winchester, spend of life. following garbett s death, carter oversaw construction of st john s south, group of almshouses, late employer s design.

in 1829–30 went egypt in company of robert hay. spent time in cairo, made large number of architectural , topographical drawings, fifty of in collection of british museum. of these drawings lithographed under carter s supervision, , published hay in 1840 in folio volume entitled illustrations of cairo.

he drew designs new church of st peter, southampton, , rebuilding of st matthew, otterbourne (in collaboration squire, william yonge, replacing older church half-a-mile away), st mary, nutley, , st. michael , angels, knights enham, although last of these not carried out. carter responsible restorations or alterations @ st. peter ad vincula, colemore; st. leonard, grately , st leonard, oakley, in hampshire.

his buildings in winchester included new corn exchange (now public library), central portico modelled on of inigo jones st paul, covent garden. describing front of building, gentleman s magazine said carter had endeavoured avoid flimsy effect of modern grecian school, , keep in view more legitimate style of design inculcated palladio in italy, , @ home our own countrymen, jones , wren. in 1845 restored great hall of royal palace @ winchester, renewing stonework of parapet , gables, , plate tracery in windows, removing late 18th-century wooden window frames, , replacing georgian brick porch 1 of gothic design.

he exhibited architectural drawings @ royal academy between 1847 , 1851, showing designs rebuilding of holyrood church, southampton, , restorations of poultry cross @ salisbury (carried out in 1852-4) , screen @ winchester cathedral. address given in catalogues 22 southgate street, winchester. published works on local subjects such picturesque memorials of winchester (1830), , contributed articles john weale s quarterly papers on architecture on stained-glass windows of winchester cathedral, on beaulieu abbey, , on churches of penton mewsey, headbourne worthy, , bishopstone. these articles illustrated own drawings.

george edmund street, relative, received initial architectural training carter in 1841–44.