Surveyor and architect. Born John Wornham Penfold in Haslemere, Surrey. He was a founding member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and is best known for designing the British hexagonal pillar box.
In the television cartoon series 'Danger Mouse', the main character's sidekick is named Penfold, and their secret hideout is in a Penfold pillar box in Baker Street.
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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Penfold
Painted in the authentic green then in use, this is a reproduction of the Pen...
This Penfold pillar box, dating from around 1870 is preserved as an historica...
Erected between 1600 and 1609 on the site of a wooden wayside cross which was first mentioned in 1409. There is some speculation that the first structure on the site was a Roman beacon or marker. T...
Architect. Based in Bristol. He also designed St Jude's in Mildmay and a fountain to celebrate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in Charlbury, Oxfordshire.
Architect. Chief architect for the Metropolitan Railway Company, designing 25 London Underground stations. Also designed houses for Metro-land, which that railway opened up for housing. His Wikiped...
Architect. Born at Hartford, Berkshire. He specialised in designing churches, particularly in London's East End. His father, John was a gentleman farmer in Hattford, who later moved to Wantage. Joh...
Architect, engineer, surveyoy active in 1884-1901, at least. Surveyor to the West Ham Local Board. First president of the Institution of Municipal Engineers formed in 1873. Also designed the 1894 l...
The original UCL, built 1825 - 1832, comprised this quad and its buildings, by the architect William Wilkins (1778 -1839).
Henry Williamson, writer, 1895 - 1977, lived here, (1902 - 1920), presented by the Henry Williamson Society. Borough of Lewisham
75 Long Acre was Denis Johnson's home and workshop. See modern day hobby-horse bicycles in Long Acre.
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