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[[Image:Ely Cathedral by John Buckler.JPG|thumb|right|One of Buckler's drawings of [[Ely Cathedral]]]]
'''John Buckler''' (
Buckler was born in [[Calbourne]], [[Isle of Wight]]. At the age of 15 he became clerk to the steward of [[Magdalen College, Oxford]] and began a lifelong involvement in the management of the college's [[London]] estates. After several years working on plans for new buildings, around 1801 he became [[bailiff]] and collector of rents for Magdalen College in Freeman's Court, London, and in [[Southwark]], and held this post until his retirement in 1849. The work for the college allowed him ample free time, and he also practised as an architect until 1830, designing buildings such as [[Halkyn Castle]], Flint (1822–27) for [[Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster|Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Earl Grosvenor]] (later created Marquess of Westminster)<ref name=Colvin/> the tower of the church in [[Theale, Berkshire]] (1827–28).<ref name=ODNB>Tyack, 2004</ref> Glastonbury Priory, also called Abbey House, [[Somerset]] (1829–30) for J.F. Reeves, and Poll Park, [[Denbighshire]] (c. 1828), for [[William Bagot, 2nd Baron Bagot]], "an early essay in the [[half-timbered]] style", according to [[Howard Colvin]], who suggested that Buckler had a hand in the Gothic remodelling of [[Blithfield Hall]], Staffordshire, for Lord Bagot, 1822–23.
[[Image:Theale Church.jpg|thumb|upright|left|The Holy Trinity Church in [[Theale, Berkshire]]. The tower was designed by John Buckler.]]
Buckler's interest in art developed over time, and his first published works were two [[aquatint]]s of Magdalen College in 1797. He followed these in 1799 with an [[engraving]] of [[Lincoln Cathedral]]; the first in a series which included all the cathedrals in England by 1814, as well as many of the [[collegiate church|collegiate]] and [[parish church]]es. Shortly after 1800 he was commissioned by [[Richard Colt Hoare]] of [[Stourhead]] to produce ten volumes of drawings of churches and other historic buildings in [[Wiltshire]], and Buckler's grandson described this commission as "deciding his brains for [[antiquarian]] pursuits".<ref name=ODNB/> It was followed by similar commissions from other antiquarians, such as [[William Salt]] of [[Staffordshire]],<ref name=SVC>{{cite web |url=http://www.views.staffspasttrack.org.uk/about.asp |title=About the collection |accessdate=
John Buckler died in [[Newington, London]], in 1851, two years after his retirement. Forty-two volumes of his sketches<ref>Mixed with those of his son, J.C. Buckler, whose "pencil drawings of ancient buildings are almost indistinguishable in technique from those of his father" (Colvin).</ref> are now held by the [[British Library]];<ref>Add. Mss. 36356-97</ref> other places holding collections of his work include the [[Devizes Museum]] in Wiltshire, [[Taunton]] Museum, the William Salt Library in [[Stafford]] and the [[Bodleian Library]] in [[Oxford]].<ref name=ODNB/><ref name=SVC/>
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