Person    | Male  Born 1822  Died 1892

Philip Charles Hardwick

Categories: Architecture

Philip Charles Hardwick

Architect of St Barts Hospital in 1861. Son of architect Philip Hardwick. We are not actually sure which of the two produced the Speke obelisk in 1866. Hardwick Snr has a track record in obelisks, having done one for Bellot in Greenwich in 1855, but he was aged 74 in 1866 and retired. So our money is on Hardwick Jnr. an active 44 at the time. The two obelisks are extremely similar so Jnr. did not have much designing to do.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Philip Charles Hardwick

Creations i

Speke

'Victoria Nyanza' means 'Lake Victoria'.

Read More

St Bartholomew's Hospital - Victorian extension

{On the frieze above the pillars:} Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, Founded by...

Read More

Other Subjects

Stanley Arthur Heaps

Stanley Arthur Heaps

Architect. He designed a number of stations on the London Underground system, including the stations on the Edgware extension of the Northern Line, as well as train depots and bus and trolleybus ga...

Person, Architecture, Transport

5 memorials
J. B. Bunning

J. B. Bunning

James Bunstone Bunning was the architect to the City of London, 1843 until his death, best remembered for his design for the Coal Exchange. Born in London. Amongst his London works: the Hyde Park ...

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
John Romer

John Romer

Architect and structural engineer. John Henry Romer was born on 13 March 1947 in Kingston-upon-Thames the eldest of the three children of Sydney Gurney Romer (1903-2005) and Dorothy Joan Agnes Rom...

Person, Architecture, Engineering

1 memorial
Frank Twydale Dear

Frank Twydale Dear

Architect of John Street and/or Bedford Row, our source, The Vauxhall Society, is unclear. So many records (as at April 2022) can be found on the internet claiming that the Stockwell War Memorial ...

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
R. Day

R. Day

Mason-sculptor of Camberwell. Active in 1825.

Person, Architecture, Craft / Design

1 memorial

Previously viewed

Marshalsea Prison - garden

Marshalsea Prison - garden

SE1, Tabard Street, St George's Churchyard Gardens

Marshalsea Prison Beyond this old wall is the site of the old Marshalsea Prison, closed in 1842. This sign is attached to a remnant of th...

3 subjects commemorated
Boris Nemtsov

Boris Nemtsov

NW5, Highgate West Hill, Boris Nemtsov Place

The Camden link has an informative video. When we first visited in August 2023 this plaque was missing (purloined by a local Russian sab...

2 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
members of the Royal Artillery who died in WW1

members of the Royal Artillery who died in WW1

49,076 of all ranks of the Royal Regiment of Artillery died in WW1.

Group

1 memorial
Captain Cook - E1

Captain Cook - E1

E1, Mile End Road, 88

The address was 7 Assembly Row when Cook and his family moved in, 1764.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Leonard Woolf's Ceylon

Leonard Woolf's Ceylon

WC1, Tavistock Square Gardens

We have not followed all the various Sri Lankan lines of research opened up by the rather exotic text on this plaque. The importance of L...

4 subjects commemorated, 2 creators