Master mason, for George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham. Other works in London include the statues at the Guildhall of Charles I and Elizabeth I. Stone's name could not be more appropriate - see Isambard Brunel for more examples of nominative determinism.
Our image shows an engraving of the now lost monument to Stone, with a portrait of his son, Nicholas, also a sculptor, added to the lower left. It was in the church at St Martin-in-the-Fields, where he was buried.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Nicholas Stone
The streets laid out on the site of York House were named: Villiers Street, D...
Architect. Born 8 Bloomsbury Square. Co-founder of RIBA. Died at home, 21 Upper Bedford Place.
Architect and decipherer of Linear B script. While still at school he heard about the discovery of Knossos by Arthur Evans, and about the undeciphered Linear B script on the tablets. This mystery ...
Architect, journalist and social reformer. Editor of "The Builder". Honorary Secretary to the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition Memorial. Born in Brompton Terrace, Kensington. Died at h...
Person, Architecture, Journalism / Publishing, Social Welfare
Designed houses in Kensington, Clapham and Highbury. Seems not much is known about him.
Architect, builder and surveyor. Churchwarden at St Giles Church in 1800.
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