Person    | Male  Born 10/9/1753  Died 20/1/1837

Sir John Soane, R.A. F.R.S.

Architect and collector. Born in Goring-on-Thames, son of a bricklayer. Architect of the Bank of England, the Dulwich Picture Gallery, St. John’s, Bethnal Green and his own tomb. He also rebuilt much of Pitzhanger Manor, Ealing, which he had bought in 1801 as a country home and as a place where he could teach architecture to his two sons. They turned out not to be interested or capable enough (they were also unsatisfactory just as sons) and he sold it in 1810. Died at home 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields.

We must have initially mistyped "Born in Goring" as "Bornin Goring" because when we revisited this page we discovered that, for 6 years, it had been auto-corrected to "boring Goring". We apologies to all Goring-on-Thames residents.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir John Soane, R.A. F.R.S.

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Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial

This elaborate piece of high Victoriana was designed by George Highton of Bri...

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Dulwich Picture Gallery

Dulwich Picture Gallery Dulwich Picture Gallery, England's very first public ...

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John Soane at Pitzhanger

{The slate edging on one side of the drive carries this inscription:} Famous ...

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Sir John Soane statue

Soane designed the Bank of England in 1793. It was rebuilt between the wars a...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Sir John Soane, R.A. F.R.S.

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Soane's Tomb

This beautiful and sombre monument incorporates Soane's favourite emblems of ...

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Maurice Everett Webb

Maurice Everett Webb

Architect. Son of Sir Aston Webb and worked with his father as Sir Aston Webb and Son from 1914.

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
John Elmes

John Elmes

Architect in 1833.

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
Hubert Bennett

Hubert Bennett

Architect to the LCC/GLC in 1956-71. Born Lancashire. Died Guildford. The photo shows Bennett in the white jumper at a building site preparing for the 1951 Festival of Britain.

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
St James's Gardens, W11

St James's Gardens, W11

RBKC and British History Online have a lot of information about the creation of this square, with plans and drawings.

Place, Architecture, Property

2 memorials