Apprenticed to his father in August 1700 – ‘John Meard Citizen and Turner... his father and Master admitted to this Freedom’ (Freedom Admissions Register of the Turners’ Company). On his father’s death in 1713 he inherited 20 houses plus St. Anne’s Court – around 50 houses in all. One of the great carpenters of his generation at a time when his trade was the key component in the construction of the London townhouse. Master of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters’ in 1735, and worked with Sir Christopher Wren at St Paul’s Cathedral and with the architect John James on some of the City’s greatest churches.
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John Meard Junior
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Meard Street
2022: We were contacted by David Bieda who wrote: "Meard Street plaque. I’d l...
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E. J. May
Born Edward John May. Estate Architect at Bedford Park 1880 - 1885. Died Chislehurst. From the Bedford Park panel: "E. J. May was the last pupil of Decimus Burton before joining Shaw’s practice as...
1 memorial
William Brannan Collins
Housing developer. Son of William Jefferies Collins. He and his brother Herbert designed the Rookfield Garden Estate - see there for more information. Local History has an 1975 interview with 'Bil...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Herbert Arthur Welch
Architect. He started his career with Raymond Unwin, working on Hampstead Garden Suburb, and Hendon Fire Station. He later joined Felix Lander and Cachemaille-Day. His surname is mistakenly given a...
2 memorials
1 memorial
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