Architect, master builder and speculative developer. Active in London and Bedford. From British History: "... a Bedford carpenter's son who had made his name in the 1820s and '30s as a speculative builder in the South Street area of Mayfair." That page has a lot of detail about the development in Knightsbridge. Gave his address as South Street in 1837 and Putney Heath and Rutland Gate in 1853. Died Brighton.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Elger
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Elger boundary
1856 Mr. Elger's freehold land extends thirteen inches eastward of this stone.
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Nicholas Hawksmoor
Baroque architect. Former pupil and assistant of Sir Christopher Wren. Never left Britain. Designed 6 major London churches using his idiosyncratic, muscular baroque style: St Alfrege’s, Greenwich;...
1 memorial
T. E. Collcutt
Architect. Born Thomas Edward Collcutt, in Jericho, Oxford. President of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1906 to 1908. He designed the Imperial Institute building in Kensington, the ...
1 memorial
Builder / Building
Architectural journal created by Joseph Hansom as 'The Builder', renamed 'Building' in 1966 and still going strong. Edited by Hansom and then Alfred Bartholomew, it became successful and well-respe...
1 memorial
Nicholas Barbon
Builder and economist, a key figure in the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire. Laid out Essex Street in 1675. Also redeveloped Red Lion Fields and the Temple. It seems he was an extrovert ro...
1 memorial
John Belcher
Belcher was born at 3 Montague Terrace (now 8 Brockham Street, SE1). His father, also John, was an architect and Jnr. was made a partner in 1845. The firm was known as J. & J. Belcher. Snr. ret...
1 memorial
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