Anthony Keck (1726–1797) was an 18th-century English architect with an extensive practice in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and South Wales.
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Life
Keck was born at Randwick, Gloucestershire in 1726. He designed in the "austere Neoclassical style of the late eighteenth century – a provincial follower of Robert Adam."
He died on 4 October 1797 at the age of seventy, at Beech House, the home he partly designed for himself, in the village of King's Stanley, Gloucestershire, where he had his workshop and studio for most of his life. He is buried in St George's Church in the village.
Works
Keck is credited with designing some fifty country houses in the South-West of England and South Wales. His works include:
Longworth Hall, Herefordshire
Barnsley Park, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Burghill Court, Herefordshire
Flaxley Abbey, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
Forthampton Court, Gloucestershire
Ham Court, Upton-upon-Severn, Gloucestershire, demolished 1926
Highgrove House, Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Iscoed, Carmarthenshire
Margam Park, Glamorgan
Moccas Court, Herefordshire
Newton Court, Dixton, Monmouthshire
Penrice Castle, Glamorgan
Slebech Park, Pembrokeshire
Stratford Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire
Whitfield House, Wormbridge, Herefordshire
Wormington Grange, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Underdown, Ledbury, Herefordshire
Keck's work was not confined to country houses, including churches, such as Old St Martin's, Worcester and St Peter and St Paul's, Upton-upon-Severn, including its famed lantern and cupola; public buildings, such as the Worcester Royal Infirmary and contributions to the Stroudwater canal.