John Abel
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'''John Abel''' (c. [[1578]]-[[1675]]) was a master [[carpenter]] who lived at [[Sarnesfield]] in [[Herefordshire]], [[England]]. Surviving records show that he was one of the mostly unrecorded craftsmen who were responsible for building elaborate and highly ornamented [[timber-framed]] buildings in the English [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]] in the 16th and 17th centuries. He occasionally also acted as a mason, as at Kington Grammar School. During the Civil War, he constructed a [[corn mill]] in 1645 for the besieged [[Cavalier|Royalist]] forces in [[Hereford]]. His tomb at Sarnesfield describes him as 'architector', and mentions that he was in his 97th year.
==List of works==
In addition to the following documented works, many others have been attributed to Abel on stylistic grounds, including the late 16th century Hereford Market Hall (demolished 1862).
*Market House, [[Brecon]] 1624; demolished
*Grammar School, [[Kington, Herefordshire]], 1625
*[[Abbey Dore]] Church, Herefordshire, restoration and reroofing, 1633-34
*Market House, [[Leominster]], Herefordshire, 1633; dismantled and rebuilt as a house called Grange Court, 1861
*Tibberton Court, Herefordshire, new house for William Greene, 1653; demolished
*Market House, Kington, Herefordshire, 1654; demolished 1820
==References==
*Sir H. Colvin, ''A biographical dictionary of British architects'', 3rd edn, 1995, p. 47
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[[Category:1570s births]]
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[[Category:English architects]]