Henry Darbishire
Henry Astley Darbishire FRIBA JP DL (15 May 1825 – 4 June 1899) was a British architect, best known for working on philanthropic schemes. He worked on projects for Angela Burdett-Coutts, and was the architect for the Peabody Trust from 1863 until 1885,[1] when he was succeeded by Victor Wilkins.[2]
He was born in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Lancashire,[3][4] the son of James Darbishire and his wife, Mary Roberts.[5] He qualified as a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1856, and finally retired from practice in 1894.[4]
In 1858, Darbishire married Eliza Paget, sister of Sir Ernest Paget.[6] They had three children: Frederic Astley Darbishire (3 November 1859 – 15 March 1926); Eilie Gwendoline Darbishire (1863–1936); and Harry Vernon Darbishire (2 August 1864 – 29 February 1949) and.[5]
He died in 1899 at Oakdene, Edenbridge, Kent.[7]
Notable works
[edit]- Columbia Square, Bethnal Green (1857–60), demolished
- Baroness Burdett Coutts Drinking Fountain, Victoria Park, London (1862)
- Peabody dwellings, Commercial Street, Spitalfields (1864)
- Holly Village, Highgate, London (1865)[8][9]
- Peabody Estate, Islington (1865)
- Columbia Market, Bethnal Green (1866), demolished
- Peabody Estate, Shadwell (1866)
- Guilford Place drinking fountain (1870)
- Peabody Square, Blackfriars Road, Bermondsey (1871)
- Peabody Estate, Pimlico (1876)
- Peabody Estate, Whitechapel (1881)
References
[edit]- ↑ "housing association | History of estates | London". Peabody. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ↑ "In praise of the Peabody Estates". Apollo-magazine.com. March 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ↑ 1871 England Census
- 1 2 Davidovici 2017, p. 62.
- 1 2 Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1899). Armorial Families: A Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, Showing which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 224. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ↑ Fletcher, William George Dimock (1887). Leicestershire Pedigrees and Royal Descents. Clarke and Hodgson. p. 17. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ↑ "Deaths". The Times. 6 June 1899. p. 1.
- ↑ "Darbishire, Henry Astley - Dictionary definition of Darbishire, Henry Astley | Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ↑ "Holly Village on The Victorian Web". Retrieved 15 July 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- Davidovici, Irina (2017). "Renewable principles in Henry Astley Darbishire's Peabody estates, 1864 to 1885". In Guillery, Peter; Kroll, David (eds.). Mobilising Housing Histories: learning from London's past. London: RIBA Publishing. pp. 57–73. ISBN 9781859466315.
- Placzek, Adolf K., ed. (1982). "Henry Astley Darbishire". Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects. Vol. 1. London: Collier Macmillan. p. 502. ISBN 0029250005.
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