Christopher Horsnaile
Christopher Horsnaile is the name of two British sculptors, who were father and son: Horsnaile the Elder (1742) and Horsnaile the Younger (1760). Horsnaile the Elder He seems to be part of the Horsnaile family from Warfield. He served his apprenticeship as a stonemason in London and left the Masons Company in 1700 through service with Herbert Paine. He was then living at the Bell (Tavern) in Glasshouse Yard in the Blackfriars district. From around 1705 he worked in partnership with Edward Stanton and together they worked on Westminster Abbey from 1720 to 1734. After Stanton's death Horsnaile worked on the Abbey alone until 1737. Known works Internal work at Royal College of Physicians in Warwick Lane Memorial to Bishop William Fleetwood (1724) in Ely Cathedral Fireplaces, door surrounds and statues at Ditchley Park (1725) (with Stanton) Hoare's Bank (1726 - 1738) Chimneypieces at Lord Folkestone's London House (1727) Coat of Arms and dragon heads on the Bishopsgate (1733) heads survive Fireplace in dormitory of Westminster School (1733) Mason to the Inner Temple (1737 to 1742) St Olave's Church, Southwark (1737) with John Deval (now demolished) Horsnaile the Younger Probably born around 1695 he was apprenticed to his father on