Architect and architectural designer. His output is often found in decorative schemes with William Morris, Edward Ould, William De Morgan, and other preeminent Arts & Crafts and late Pre-Raphaelite decorative artists. He also collaborated with Aston Webb.
Born Oxfordshire. Died at at Thorncote, the 1888 house he had built for himself in Edgehill Road, Ealing. Grade II listed, for sale in 2022. The Shuffrey family remained at Thorncote until the 1950s.
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Shuffrey, Leonard
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In 1714, a well of 'chalybeate waters' (water impregnated with iron) was discovered near the Bell Inn, Kilburn. Gardens and a 'great room' were opened in an attempt to compete with the nearby Hamps...
Discussing St Mary Magdelene (Ridgeway/Windmill Hill) British History Online gives: "The adjacent vicarage, in 1974 no longer used for the purpose, was designed by Butterfield, while the church hal...
From Colonial Spectacles “John (or Jan) F. Groll was an architect and engineer. After completing his studies in Delft, he worked for the department of public works in British India….” We can't fi...
In 1887 Bostall Farm was bought by the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society and run to provide vegetables for the Co-op shops and food for the Society’s horses and pigs. By 1899 it had been decided t...
Architectural draughtsman. Born in Paris, a member of the French aristocracy who fled France during the Revolution and spent much of his life in England. Father of Augustus Pugin.
Now simply the Bible Society, this was created by a group of people including William Wilberforce and Thomas Charles, to encourage the "wider circulation and use" of the Scriptures. On 7 March 1804...
Banker, philanthropist, M.P. Set up the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Not to be confused with his father, banker and philanthropist, Samuel Gurney Snr, whose sister ...
Sculptor. Born Forest Hill into a family of Swiss origin. Died London. Other work in London: Passmore Edwards Library E3, Methodist Central Hall (with Henry Poole) and the 1893 Perseus Rescuing ...
Burnt at the stake in Uxbridge for his Protestant beliefs. Aged 23. He was charged with not doing deference to Romish ceremonies, and was condemned by Bishop Bonner, his cause not being heard. T...
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