Theatre architect. Born Newton Abbot, Devon. Never qualified as an architect but designed at least 80 theatres and did some work on about the same number again. About 24 of his theatres survive reasonably intact, including the Hackney Empire, Richmond Theatre, London Palladium, Victoria Palace and the London Coliseum. Died at home in Westcliff-on-Sea. Buried Highgate cemetery.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Frank Matcham
Commemorated ati
Brixton Theatre foundation stone
Although not actually named, this lonely, vandalised stone is all that remain...
Frank Matcham - Coliseum
We thank our colleague for spotting and snapping this on a recent visit to th...
Frank Matcham - Hackney Empire
Frank Matcham (1854 - 1920) theatre architect, designed this theatre.
Frank Matcham - N8
Plaque unveiled by the husband and wife actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales.
Other Subjects
Thomas Leverton Donaldson
Architect. Â Born 8 Bloomsbury Square. Â Co-founder of RIBA. Â Died at home, 21 Upper Bedford Place.
1 memorial
Stephen Gardiner
Architect, teacher and writer. Born Chelsea. Awarded O.B.E. 2002. Died Pembury, Kent
1 memorial
Perceval Holt, M.Inst., CE
Hackney's Borough Engineer in 1938. Architect of the Elsdale Street building. Also designed the mid 1930s Public Baths at Hackney Wick in Eastway and the  late 1930s public convenience at the junct...
1 memorial
Maurice Everett Webb
Architect. Son of Sir Aston Webb and worked with his father as Sir Aston Webb and Son from 1914.
1 memorial
Edward W. Godwin
Architect-designer. Born Edward William Godwin in Bristol and moved to London about 1862. Widowed in 1865 he had an affair 1868-74 with Ellen Terry, married to, but separated from, G. F. Watts at t...
1 memorial
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