Henry Darbishire

Henry Astley Darbishire (15 May 1825 – 1899) was a British architect, best known for working on philanthropic schemes – including those of 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 of Mancunian origin,[3] the son of James Darbishire and his wife Mary Roberts.[4] He qualified as a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1856, and finally retired from practice in 1894.[3]

Darbishire married Eliza Paget in 1858, and they had three children.[4]

Peabody dwellings, Commercial Street, London, designed by Darbishire: a wood-engraving published in the Illustrated London News in 1863, shortly before the building opened

Notable works

References
  1. "housing association | History of estates | London". Peabody. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  2. "In praise of the Peabody Estates". Apollo-magazine.com. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  3. Davidovici 2017, p. 62.
  4. "Paget Family". Anatpro.com. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  5. "Darbishire, Henry Astley - Dictionary definition of Darbishire, Henry Astley | Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2016-11-05.

Further reading
  • 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. 1. London: Collier Macmillan. p. 502. ISBN 0029250005.
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