Museum curator and architectural historian. Born John Newenham Summerson at Barnstead, Coniscliffe Road, Darlington. He taught at Edinburgh College of Art, and had professorships at Oxford and Cambridge. Curator at Sir John Soane's Museum from 1945 to 1984. His many publications include 'Georgian London'. Knighted in 1958. Died at his home, 1 Eton Villas, Chalk Farm. If you like Georgian architecture you have to read Summerson.
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Sir John Summerson
Sir John Summerson, 1904 - 1992, architectural historian lived here from 1949...
Architects active in 1912. George Edward Holman (1862-1921/2) and Henry Robert Goodrham (1863-1937). More about them at Lea Bridge Heritage. We believe we have "Goodrham" correctly spelt but o...
It was built for the Lord of the Priory of St John of Jerusalem. The site may have been used by the Romans as a summer camp. It was destroyed by the mob led by Jack Straw during the Peasants' Revol...
Architect associated with Surbiton. Also built the 1871 Church of St John, Grove Lane, Kingston upon Thames.
Designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Apart from providing a pleasant riverside walk, it was built with the dual purpose of providing a flood barrier and as a covering for the main low level sewer for...
