1845 – Conservative Club, 74 St. James St., London
Architect: George Basevi & Sydney Smirke
The Conservative Club was a London gentlemen’s club,
1848 – St. Peter’s Church, Great Windmill St., London
Architect: Raphael Brandon
Raphael Brandon was a leading architecture writer and perhaps a less successful architect.
1851 – Army & Navy Club, Pall Mall, London
Architect: Parnell & Smith
The club was founded by Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Barnes (1776–1838) in 1837 with membership open to officers of the Army,
1852 – Guy’s Hospital, Southwark, London
The hospital was founded in 1721 by Thomas Guy (1644/45–27 December 1724),
1852 – Holloway Prison, London
Architect: James Bunstone Bunning
Originally constructed by the City of London at a cost of £92,650.
1853 – British Museum, London
Architect: Sir Robert Smirke & Sidney Smirke / Foster + Partners
The core of today’s British Museum,
1856 – Carlton Club, Pall Mall, London
Architect: Sydney Smirke
The Carlton Club was founded in 1832,
1857 – Deane & Woodward Design for Foreign Office, London
Architect: Deane & Woodward
Fourth prize design in architectural competition for the Foreign Department,
1857 – Unsuccessful Designs for Foreign & War Office, London
Architect: George Edmund Street / Coe & Hofland / Banks &
1858 – Crown Life Assurance, Blackfriars, London
Architect: Deane & Woodward
An influential exercise in Venetian Gothic.
