George Halford Fellowes Prynne was a church architect working in the Gothic Revival style. Born Plymouth. 1871 emigrated first to the States and then to Canada, where he was a pupil of architect R...
Architectural draughtsman. Â Born in Paris, a member of the French aristocracy who fled France during the Revolution and spent much of his life in England. Father of Augustus Pugin.
Born Bloomsbury. A treasured only child he had minimal education, never learning to spell. Indoctrinated by his father into the architecture of the Middle Ages, he became a religious fanatic who dr...
Architect.  Born Ramsgate, son of Augustus Welby.  Designed Catholic churches in the neo-Gothic style.  Surviving works in London: St Monica's and English Martyrs in Prescot Street E1.  Died at  ho...
The last of 12 Eleanor Crosses erected to celebrate Eleanor's last journey. Queen Eleanor of Castile died near Lincoln, with her husband, King Edward I, at her bedside, and was to be buried in Wes...
We are grateful to Rambissoon’s daughter, Meera, who told us that her father designed the plaque. She writes: “He was an architect for London Underground. He was passionate about design and transpo...
Royal mason. In 1332 designed the Chapter House and Cloister at St Paul's.
As WW2 wore on, there was an increasing need for metal to make bombs, planes and tanks. To this end, the gates and railings around parks and open spaces were reclaimed as part of the war effort. Li...
Architect of 10, South Street, Finsbury. Was an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1874. Cheshire Street is just around the corner from Church House. From Hackney "Nos. 2 ...
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