Can anyone supply as much detail as possible about James Burton, (1761
- 1837) builder - and in particular details (including plans if
available) houses he built in Judd Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1.  Particular
information about 101 Judd Street sought.

Hello,

James Burton was one of London's premier home-builders in the late 
18th and early 19th century. Most of his work was concentrated in 
the north-central part of Central London, especially St. Pancras 
and Bloomsbury.

Some of the buildings on Russell and Bloomsbury squares are 
Burton's, according to the Georgian Index 
(http://www.georgianindex.net/London/squares/l_square.html).

The Burton's St. Leonards society says he also worked on the 
Bedford estate in Bloomsbury 
(http://www.1066.net/burtons/news.htm).

Another Burton project was the Rotunda, a 1786 Blackfriers Road 
structure that housed the Museum Leverianum natural history 
collection, according to this history of British museums: 
(http://216.239.37.100/search?
q=cache:8azH5lEx4GkC:www.utoronto.ca/mouseia/course2/MUSEUM5.pdf+%
22James+Burton%22+Bloomsbury&hl=en&ie=UTF-8).

Burton Street is named after him, according to 
(http://216.239.37.100/search?
q=cache:awP29DE7Wt4C:www.kingscrosslondon.com/pdfs/walk3.pdf+%22Ja
mes+Burton%22+London+developer&hl=en&ie=UTF-8)

Burton also built the seaside resort of St. Leonards near 
Hastings. See (http://www.highlandinn.activehotels.com/ASN).

Explains the Hastings Borough Council:
"James Burton 1761-1837
London builder who developed large areas of Bloomsbury and the 
houses around Regent's Park. In 1827 he founded the new town of St 
Leonards-on-Sea and the first house, now known as Crown House was 
completed in 1828. St Leonards was his last major project and he 
died nine years later. His grave is marked by a Pyramid in the 
Churchyard above St Leonards Church."
<http://www.hastings.gov.uk/tourism/famous.asp>

James Burton himself lived in a house known as The Holme in 
Regent's Park, according to 
(http://www.motco.com/series154/SeriessearchPlatesFull.asp?
mode=query&artist=361&other=229). Hastings Council says the home 
is now known as Crown House 
(http://www.hastings.gov.uk/about_archive/issue12_seaside.asp).

He is buried under a pyramid in St. Leonards, according to Ye Olde 
Sussex Pages 
(http://www.yeoldesussexpages.co.uk/oddities/pyramid.htm).

Perhaps he got the pyramid idea from a son, also named James, who 
explored the Pyramids of Egypt 
(http://www.home.gil.com.au/~ears/burton.html).

Another son, Decimus (1800-81), was also an architect and builder, 
according to the Burton's St. Leonards Society 
(http://www.1066.net/burtons/intro.htm). The society, whose 
contact information is on the page, sounds like a good source of 
further information on Burton.

Specific information on the Judd Street building is not available
online, but
should be available at the Camden Local Studies and Archives 
Centre on Theobalds Road. See 
(http://www.camden.gov.uk/camdentemplates/search2000/websearch.cfm
?mainpage=%2Flearn%2Flibraries%2Flibrary%5Flocalstudies%2Ehtm).

I hope this answer meets your needs. If not, please request
clarification.

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