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)...
Jet Harris MBE, 1939 - 2011, musician, was born at the former Willesden Maternity Hospital which stood on this site. The Heritage Foundation
Cons was not herself wealthy so it seems odd to describe her as a philanthropist, and the plaque has her birth year wrong, according to t...
The house was designed and built for Clarkson's theatrical costume shop. His celebrated theatrical clients laid the foundation and coping...
London County Council Lord Leighton, 1830 - 1896, painter, lived and died here.
The plaque is incorrect in giving Thomas Cubitt as the designer. It was in fact the, unrelated, Sir William Cubitt.
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