May 2, 2011
Abel, John (c.1578-1675). English architect and master-carpenter. he designed and built several elaborate #timber-framed structures in the English and Welsh Border Countries, e.g. the Market Halls at Brecon, Wales (1654-demolished 1820), and Leominster, Herefs. (1633-dismantled 1861 and reconstructed as a house named Grant Court). He also built the stone Grammer School at Kingston (1625), and was probably responsible for the Caroline timber screen by Abbey Dore Church, Herefs (1633).