Robert Mawer | |
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.JPG) Portrait of Robert Mawer in medieval bishop's mitre, aged 44–45, in St James' Church, Boroughbridge | |
| Born | circa 1807 |
| Died | 10 November 1854, aged 47 years |
| Resting place | Former St Mark's churchyard, Woodhouse, Leeds |
| Nationality | British |
| Notable work | Architectural sculpture on: Leeds Minster, 1841 Mill Hill Chapel, 1848 St George's Hall, Bradford, 1853 Moorlands House, Leeds, 1854 Leeds Town Hall, 1854 |
| Style | Gothic Revival Neoclassical |
| Movement | Aesthetic movement Romanticism Gothic Revival Neoclassicism |
| Spouse | Catherine Mawer |
| Memorial(s) | Mawer memorial |
Robert Mawer (Nidderdale 1807 - Leeds 10 November 1854) was an architectural sculptor, based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. He specialised in the Gothic Revival and Neoclassical styles. He created the Neoclassical keystone heads on St George's Hall, Bradford and on Moorland's House, Leeds, and was working on the keystone heads at Leeds Town Hall when he died. He was a founding member of the Mawer Group of Leeds architectural sculptors, which included his wife, Catherine Mawer, his son Charles Mawer, and his apprentices William Ingle, Matthew Taylor and Benjamin Payler, who all became sculptors with their own careers. Many of the buildings enhanced with sculpture by Robert Mawer are now listed by Historic England.