Peter Atkinson (architect, born 1735)


Peter Atkinson was an English architect. He was born at or near Ripon and started work as a carpenter. He later became an assistant to John Carr and was employed at Buxton, Harewood and elsewhere. In 1786 he became responsible for maintaining York's corporation property, and subsequently took over Carr's extensive works in Yorkshire and further north.
Among Atkinson's works were:
The Atkinson family of York architects continued after Atkinson's death. His son was Peter Atkinson who himself had sons John Bownas Atkinson and William Atkinson.
Before their father's death, the two sons had taken over and for the next thirty plus years they were the most prolific of the city's architects. In 1877 William took James Demaisne as partner.