Architect. Born Marylebone. Designed the National Portrait Gallery. Primarily worked on churches though he found time to design about 120 houses. Died at the home he had designed for himself, 'Thwaitehead', 50 Well Walk, Hampstead.
We've found a few other architects who built houses for themselves, listed at Geoffrey Darke.
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Ewan Christian
"Entensive" seems to be a portmanteau (mash-up) of "extensive" and "intensive".
The dates given on the plaque are about the time that the church ceased funct...
Restored according to the original design and as built by George Dance RA in 1788.
In 1714, a well of 'chalybeate waters' (water impregnated with iron) was discovered near the Bell Inn, Kilburn. Gardens and a 'great room' were opened in an attempt to compete with the nearby Hamps...
Architect and speculative builder. Worked closely with the manufacturers Doulton and Company to produce a rough-faced terracotta for this type of neo-renaissance architectural decoration. Ornamen...
Architect and structural engineer. John Henry Romer was born on 13 March 1947 in Kingston-upon-Thames the eldest of the three children of Sydney Gurney Romer (1903-2005) and Dorothy Joan Agnes Rom...
Belonged to King Henry IV who gave it to his wife Queen Jane after which it was called her Wardrobe. It was afterwards a printing-house, and then a tavern. Not to be confused with Northumberland Ho...
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