GWILT, JOSEPH (1784-1863), English architect and writer on architecture, was born at Southwark on Jan. 11, 1784, and died at Henley-on-Thames on Sept. 14, 1863. His most valuable work is his Encyclopaedia of Architecture (1842) . He also wrote on philology and music. His principal buildings were Markree castle, near Sligo, Ireland, and St. Thomas's church at Charlton, Kent.
See Sebastian Gwilt, "Memoir of Joseph Gwilt," R.I.B.A. Journal, Feb. 15, 2864.