Architect and stage designer. Born near Smithfield. Never married. He studied architecture in Italy and brought the new Palladian designs to Britain. Became Surveyor of the King's Works, the king's architect. Designed the first planned square (Covent Garden) in London and introduced the terraced house.
He collaborated with Ben Jonson to produce a number of masques for the court of King Charles I, for which they received equal payments. This came to an end when they fell out over their competing claims to the invention of the masques. Died at Somerset House.
Do try and see some of his writing - his spelling is delightfully impulsive and bizarre.
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Inigo Jones
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Carpenters' Hall - Inigo Jones
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The Queen's Chapel
The Queen's Chapel, St. James's Palace Designed by Inigo Jones, the búilding ...
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Royal Avenue
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Whinney, Son and Austen Hall
Architects active at least 1929 - 1977. 30 Cannon Street being their modernist masterpiece.
2 memorials
Charles Barry, Jnr
Architect particularly associated with Dulwich. Born 39 Ely Place, Holborn, eldest son of architect Sir Charles Barry. His other London work includes the forecourt of Burlington House and the Great...
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Frank Theobalds
Clerk of Works during the building of the Stanley Halls, and subsequently resident Secretary and Manager.
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John Belcher
Belcher was born at 3 Montague Terrace (now 8 Brockham Street, SE1). His father, also John, was an architect and Jnr. was made a partner in 1845. The firm was known as J. & J. Belcher. Snr. ret...
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Paul Richardson
Paul Richardson was born on 7 December 1972, one of the three children of Derek A. Richardson (b.1949) and Joan Elizabeth Richardson née King (1951-2021). His birth was registered in the Stepney re...
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Sir Sydney Waterlow - SW1 statue
SW1, Palace Street, Westminster City School
This statue is a copy of the one in Highgate.
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Southall rail crash
An InterCity 125 high speed passenger train from Swansea failed to slow down in response to warning signals and collided with a freight train crossing its path. Seven people were killed and 139 inj...
3 memorials
William Willson Yeates
Born in Lewisham. His children included Rose Mary Crawshay and 3 daughters who died in quick succession, aged 1,3 and 4. William is often described as “of Caversham Grove” and we think this means ...
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