Person    | Male  Born 1/9/1857  Died 25/2/1938

William Douglas Caroe

Categories: Architecture

Countries: Cyprus, Denmark

Born near Liverpool, son of the Danish Consul. Became an architect in the Arts and Crafts style, specialising in churches. The splendid 1 Millbank was built for the Church Commissioners in 1903. Died at a house he had built in Cyprus, where he spent the winter months.

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William Douglas Caroe

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Harrow on the Hill war memorial

Names are inscribed on the vertical faces of the 4 steps leading up to the pl...

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Harryram Rambissoon

Harryram Rambissoon

We are grateful to Rambissoon’s daughter, Meera, who told us that her father designed the plaque. She writes: “He was an architect for London Underground. He was passionate about design and transpo...

Person, Architecture, Caribbean Islands

1 memorial
Shuffrey, Leonard

Shuffrey, Leonard

Architect and architectural designer. His output is often found in decorative schemes with William Morris, Edward Ould, William De Morgan, and other preeminent Arts & Crafts and late Pre-Raphae...

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
Surrey County Cinema

Surrey County Cinema

Originally called the Surrey County Theatre, it was renamed as a cinema in 1929, and in 1947, it became the 'Gaumont'. The auditorium has since been demolished, but the entrance and foyer were reta...

Building, Architecture, Cinema

1 memorial
W. G. R. Sprague

W. G. R. Sprague

Born in Australia the son of an actress.  Worked for Matcham for a time.  Designed many famous London theatres, including the Notting Hill Gate Coronet (1898), Wyndhams (1899), the Albery (1903) an...

Person, Architecture, Australia, New Zealand

3 memorials
John Edward Sears

John Edward Sears

Architect and politician. Studied architecture at University College London and the Royal Academy Schools, and was made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1889. Elected to the...

Person, Architecture, Politics & Administration

2 memorials