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)...
Greater London Council William Butterfield, 1814 - 1900, architect, lived here.
Covent Garden Area Trust has an interesting page about the unveiling ceremony.
The Morris inscription is on one of the panels of slate which can be seen in our photo, on the back wall of the porch. We cannot find the...
The Lascelles plaque is to the right of the central door, Lambourne to the left. Built 1928, architect: John Murray Easton.
In a 2012 European Trade Union Institute publication concerning firefighters' working conditions we found: "The motto "save or die trying...
The boundary wall and gate pillars and the Highmaster's House are all that remain of St Paul's School buildings. The redbrick, very orna...
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