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Person    | Male  Born 31/5/1857  Died 2/7/1938

Sir John James Burnet

Categories: Architecture

Countries: Scotland

Sir John James Burnet

Architect. Born Glasgow. Studied in Paris and returned to gain significant commisions in Glasgow. His first work in London was the Edward VII Galleries at the British Museum, for which he was knighted.

Other London buildings: Kodak House in Kingsway, Adelaide House on London Bridge Approach, Daily Telegraph Building in Fleet Street, Lloyds Bank in Lombard Street, Unilever House at Blackfriars Bridge.

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Sir John James Burnet

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Cavalry Memorial

Unveiled in its original location, at Stanhope Gate by the Dorchester Hotel, ...

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Francis Léon Pither

Francis Léon Pither

Architect.  1881 living with his mother and brother.

Person, Architecture, Art

1 memorial
Lewisham Priory

Lewisham Priory

The home of philanthropist John Thackeray. It was built in the gothic style with extensive gardens. The site of the house is now occupied by the Seventh Day Adventist Church, at 428 Lewisham High S...

Place, Architecture

1 memorial
Francis Fowke

Francis Fowke

Engineer and architect, and a Captain in the Corps of Royal Engineers.  Born Belfast. In  1862 he was made superintendent of construction of the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Alber...

Person, Architecture, Engineering, Ireland

1 memorial
Antony Lloyd

Antony Lloyd

Married the daughter of the architect, William Curtis Green, who in the 1930s took Lloyd into the practice that he had founded in 1898. The style was initially heavily influenced by Edwin Lutyens a...

Person, Architecture, India

3 memorials
John Barnett

John Barnett

Designed houses in Kensington, Clapham and Highbury. Seems not much is known about him.

Person, Architecture

1 memorial