Person    | Male  Born /11/1862  Died 23/10/1914

Lewen Sharp

Architect and local politician. Alderman of the LCC and Chairman of the Fire Brigade Committee of the London County Council in 1906.  The LCC's representative on the Royal Institute of British Architects Architectural and Education Boards. It is claimed that he put the bell on the fire engines.

Born Denmark Hill, younger brother of Cecil Sharp. His first name is sometimes given as Lewin.

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Lewen Sharp

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Westminster Fire Station

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Joseph Whitehead & Sons Ltd

Joseph Whitehead & Sons Ltd

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Cliveden Conservation Workshop Ltd

Cliveden Conservation Workshop Ltd

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Wellclose Square, E1

Wellclose Square, E1

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John Barnett

John Barnett

Designed houses in Kensington, Clapham and Highbury. Seems not much is known about him.

Person, Architecture

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John Shaw, Jnr.

John Shaw, Jnr.

Born 25 Great James Street, Holborn. Father who was also an architect designed St Dunstans in the West. Junior also worked on St Dunstans but the building next door, number 187, is Junior's own. He...

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