Who was John Pinch (The Elder)?
John Pinch (The Elder) was an architect working mainly in the city of Bath, England. He was surveyor to the Pulteney and Darlington estate and responsible for many of the later Georgian buildings in Bath, especially in Bathwick.
Life and Work
John Pinch was born at Callington, Cornwall where he was christened on 4 January 1769. Pinch's earliest identified work is Babington House in Somerset which was built in 1790.
His son, John Pinch the Younger, was also an architect and surveyor to the Pulteney and Darlington Estate.