Robert Lugar (1773 – 23 June 1855), was a Britisharchitect and engineer in theIndustrial Revolution.
Although born inColchester,England, Lugar carried out much of his most important work inScotland andWales, where he was employed by several leading industrialists to design grand houses such asBalloch Castle (1808),Cyfarthfa Castle (1824). The Ryes, formerly known as Rye Lodge, inLittle Henny is a Grade II Georgian House designed by Lugar, whose engraving of the house and its plans were exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1809. The house was recognised byNikolaus Pevsner during his survey of Essex.[1][2][3] The Rectory inYaxham, Norfolk, which is now known as Yaxham House,[4] was designed for Rev John Johnson (1817), with its mirror image later used for Ffrwdgrech House inBrecon (1828). He designed Denham Mount in south Buckinghamshire for Nathaniel Snell, a London merchant and partner in George Baillie and Company andWyelands in Monmouthshire, Wales, now owned by Sanjeev Gupta. Lugar also designedBardon Hall (1837) inLeicestershire.[5]Lugar published a pattern book in 1815 of cottages, rural dwellings and villas.[6]Archibald Simpson worked for Lugar in his Holburn office from 1810.[7] He died aged 82 at his London home inKensington on 23 June 1855.[8]
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