1762 in architecture

The year 1762 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

• King George III of the United Kingdom begins remodelling Buckingham Palace as his family's main London residence.

Buildings

• Anglia House, a small, yeoman farmer dwelling in Prince Edward County, Virginia, is constructed by William Anglia. This "low" style, two story, colonial clapboard structure is typically symmetrical except for the off-center main door. The building remains untouched and little used during two centuries of life in the middle of a vast farm. In 1991 the much deteriorated but intact dwelling is painstakingly moved 26 miles and relocated to Farmville, Virginia, where it is reconstructed to its original state by Elizabeth Baldwin Taylor and Robert E. Taylor.
• Plymouth Synagogue in England, the oldest synagogue built by Ashkenazi Jews in the English-speaking world (architect unknown).

Publications

• James Stuart and Nicholas Revett's Antiquities of Athens.

Births

• April 14 - Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect and designer, urban planner and archeologist (died 1839)
• September 20 - Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer (died 1853)

Deaths

• date unknown - Rosario Gagliardi, Sicilian architect (born 1698 in architecture1698)