- Edward Shepherd
Edward Shepherd (died 1747) was a prominent
London -based English architect and developer in the Georgian period.Architectural work
Shepherd worked in the following projects, among others:
* Cannons, a house for
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1673–1744), inMiddlesex (1723–25, now demolished).
* Houses inCavendish Square , London (1724–28).
*Great Stanmore Rectory, Middlesex (1725).
* Houses inBrook Street , London (1725–29).
* Houses inSt James's Square , London (1726–8), including No. 4, theNaval & Military Club and a former home ofNancy Astor from 1912 to 1942.
* Palace-fronted buildings for the 1stDuke of Chandos inGrosvenor Square , London (c1728–30, now demolished).
*Goodman's Fields Theatre ,Ayliffe Street ,Whitechapel , London (opened October 1732, demolished in 1746).
* Theatre Royal, now the location of theRoyal Opera House ,Covent Garden , London (opened December 1732, destroyed by fire 1808).
* Development ofShepherd Market and adjoining streets inMayfair , London (1735–46).
* Houses inSouth Audley Street , Mayfair, London (1736–37).
* Work onDe Grey Mausoleum , Church of St John the Baptist,Flitton ,Bedfordshire (1739–40).Unfortunately, much of Shepherd's architectural work has been demolished, but perhaps his greatest legacy of the eponymous Shepherd Market, now a highly desirable location.
External links
* [http://www.shepherdmarket.co.uk/history.htm Shepherd Market, developed by Edward Shephard in 1735-46]
* [http://www.answers.com/topic/edward-shepherd Edward Shepherd] fromAnswers.com .
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41830 The Development of the Estate 1720–1785: Architects and Builders] . In F. H. W. Sheppard (editor), "Survey of London: volume 39: TheGrosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 1 (General History)", pages 20–24, 1977.
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