Edward Shepherd (died 1747) was a prominent London -based English architect and developer in the Georgian period.
Architectural work
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London. De Grey Mausoleum , Flitton, Bedfordshire .Shepherd worked on the following projects, among others:
Cannons , a house for James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1673–1744), in Middlesex (1723–25, now demolished).Houses in Cavendish Square , London (1724–28).
Great Stanmore Rectory, Middlesex (1725).Houses in Brook Street , London (1725–29).
Houses in St James's Square , London (1726–8), including No. 4, the Naval & Military Club and a former home of Nancy Astor from 1912 to 1942.
Palace-fronted buildings for the 1st Duke of Chandos in Grosvenor Square , London (c1728–30, now demolished).
Goodman's Fields Theatre , Ayliffe Street , Whitechapel , London (opened October 1732, demolished in 1746).Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London; renamed the Royal Opera House in 1892 (the Shepherd-designed building opened December 1732, destroyed by fire 1808).
Development of Shepherd Market and adjoining streets in Mayfair , London (1735–46).
Houses in South Audley Street , Mayfair, London (1736–37).
Work on De 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, which is now a highly desirable location.
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