Richard Norman Shaw, architect, 1831 - 1912.
Bob Speel informs that this roundel was designed by Lethaby and modelled by Thornycroft.
SW1, Victoria Embankment, Scotland Yard
This pair of buildings, built 1887 - 1906, were designed by Shaw for the Metropolitan Police who had outgrown their Whitehall premises. They moved out in 1967 to new offices in St James's.
The roundel is on the northern building, the first completed.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Richard Norman Shaw - SW1
Architect. Born Edinburgh. Pioneer of Old English and Queen Anne styles. His ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Richard Norman Shaw - SW1
Born Barnstaple, Devon. Architect, in the arts and crafts style, and writer o...
Sculptor. Born William Hamo Thornycroft (but the William is normally dropped)...
English Heritage Dame Edith Sitwell, 1887 - 1964, poet lived here in Flat 42.
Mondrian was in a rented room in this lodging house, with shared bathroom, 1938-40. His room was on the ground floor, at the back. The ...
Martina Bergman Ősterberg 1849-1915, Pioneer of Physical Education for Women, lived and worked here.
2016-17: The entire block of buildings was demolished and replaced with massive blocks of student accommodation in what locals have descr...
Architect. He designed the Egyptian Avenue and the Terrace Catacombs in Highgate Cemetery.
The monument, commissioned by Queen Victoria and designed by George Gilbert Scott, was built 1864-72, and the statue of Albert was instal...
Lady Violet Bonham-Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, 1887 - 1969, politician and writer, lived here. English Heritage
Great Central Railway, London and District Goods Department employee killed in World War I.
