Architect. Born London, younger brother to Robert. London works include: Carlton Club Pall Mall, Dome Chapel in what is now the Imperial War Museum, Reading Room in the British Museum, exhibition galleries at Burlington House Piccadilly, Hall of Inner Temple. Died near Tunbridge Wells.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sydney Smirke
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Great Exhibition and Prince Albert
Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by...
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Sir Walter John Tapper, KCVO, FRIBA, RA, FSA
Sir Walter John Tapper, KCVO, FRIBA, RA, FSA, was born on 21 April 1861 in Bovey Tracey, Devon, the youngest of the six children of George Tapper (1816-1877) and Elizabeth Tapper née Medland (1818-...
St James's Gardens, W11
RBKC and British History Online have a lot of information about the creation of this square, with plans and drawings.
Kingerlee and Sons
Builders. An unusual name, so we are assuming that this is the company founded by Thomas Henry Kingerlee, a plumber from Banbury. He moved to Oxford where he established a thriving business, undert...
Queen Eleanor’s Cross
The last of 12 Eleanor Crosses erected to celebrate Eleanor's last journey. Queen Eleanor of Castile died near Lincoln, with her husband, King Edward I, at her bedside, and was to be buried in Wes...
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Suffragettes' Women's Hall
This 1893 map (extract here) shows a hall, Salisbury Hall, beside the pub (Morpeth Arms) set back behind a house on Old Ford Road. This 1870 map shows the hall labelled 'Bethal Chapel (Baptist)'. ...
Building, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Religion
Pinoli's Restaurant
Londonist tells us this restaurant was the venue chosen for the 1920 "the end-of-year dinner of the influential Hampstead branch of the Communist Party of Great Britain", watched closely by British...
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