Richard Norman Shaw, architect, 1831 - 1912.
Bob Speel informs that this roundel was designed by Lethaby and modelled by Thornycroft.
SW1, Victoria Embankment, Scotland Yard
This pair of buildings, built 1887 - 1906, were designed by Shaw for the Metropolitan Police who had outgrown their Whitehall premises. They moved out in 1967 to new offices in St James's.
The roundel is on the northern building, the first completed.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Richard Norman Shaw - SW1
Architect. Born Edinburgh. Pioneer of Old English and Queen Anne styles. His ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Richard Norman Shaw - SW1
Born Barnstaple, Devon. Architect, in the arts and crafts style, and writer o...
Sculptor. Born William Hamo Thornycroft (but the William is normally dropped)...
The plaque is actually around the corner in Rossmore Road, on a house with a front door numbered 1a. We think the house has been "turned...
The St Olave inscription is below the central ground floor window, behind the bike rack. The other memorial/information board is in front...
Donald Pleasence OBE, 1919 - 1995, actor, lived here. The Heritage Foundation
English Heritage Harold Nicolson, 1886-1968, Vita Sackville-West, 1892-1962, writers and gardeners lived here.
Unusually this memorial lists all the men who went to war, not just those who died. The names of the ten who did die are marked with a li...
Lieutenant Cyril Huleatt Brew was born in 1894 in Chew Magna, Somerset, the second of the three children of Richard Hugh Brew (1863-1917) and Dora Vere Brew née Cornwell (1864-1928). His birth was ...
This page brings together all the memorials that we have for civilians killed in London by acts of war, including terrorism. It is related to a very interesting campaign for a Citizens Memorial "to...
Area of London, approximately within Bethnal Green, Bow and Stepney Green. It was established to provide for the expanding population of Huguenot and Irish silk weavers. A track running north from ...
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