Webb, Charles
- Resource Type
- Reference Entry
- Authors
- Lewis, Miles, author
- Source
- Oxford Art Online, 2003
- Subject
- Australian
- Language
- English
Australian architect of English birth. He worked in London for the English architect and illustrator Thomas Allom (1804–72). In 1849 he emigrated to Melbourne and entered a partnership as architect and surveyor with his brother James, who was already established in business as a local builder. Their first prominent commission was St Paul’s church in the centre of Melbourne (...