John Wood, the Younger was an English architect, working principally in the city of Bath, Somerset.
Background
He was the son of the architect John Wood, the Elder. John Wood was born in 1728, the year his father moved to Bath, and was baptised in Bath Abbey. He was trained by his father and as a young man worked on several of his father’s projects such as Liverpool Town Hall.
Wood died at Eagle House, Batheaston (his home in later years) on 16 June 1781 and was buried beside his father in the chancel at Street Mary's Church, Swainswick.
He was deeply in debt, partly due to financial conditions relating to his father’s earlier building speculations.
Career
His designs were highly influential during the 18th century and the Royal Crescent is considered to be one of the best examples of Georgian Neo-Classical architecture in Britain. They had two sons together and at least eight daughters. John Wood the Younger is a key figure.
Not only in the history of Bath, but also in the history of British 18th-century architecture.
When John Wood the Elder died, Queen Square and the Circus were isolated showpieces in Bath. Wood’s clean, neo-classical style inspired other Georgian and Regency era architects in Bath such as John Pinch the Elder, John Pinch the Younger and Thomas Baldwin.
lieutenant was imitated in Bath and also in later English towns such as Buxton, Brighton, Bristol and London.