Edward Shepherd (died 1747) was a prominent London-based English architect and developer in the Georgian period.

Architectural work

Shepherd worked on the following projects, among others: * Cannons, a house for

James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, (6 January 16739 August 1744) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1698 until 1714, when he succeeded to the peerage as Baron Chandos, and vacated ...

(1673–1744), in Middlesex (1723–25, now demolished). * Houses in Cavendish Square, London (1724–28). *

Great Stanmore Stanmore is part of the London Borough of Harrow in London. It is centred northwest of Charing Cross, lies on the outskirts of the London urban area and includes Stanmore Hill, one of the highest points of London, at high. The district, which ...

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 Grosvenor Square is a large garden square in the Mayfair district of London. It is the centrepiece of the Mayfair property of the Duke of Westminster, and takes its name from the duke's surname "Grosvenor". It was developed for fashionable re ...

, 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 Shepherd Market is a small business-lined precinct featuring two small squares, one with a northern recess in Mayfair, in the West End of London, built up between 1735 and 1746 by Edward Shepherd on the open ground then used for the annual fair ...

and adjoining streets in

Mayfair Mayfair is an affluent area in the West End of London towards the eastern edge of Hyde Park, in the City of Westminster, between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane. It is one of the most expensive districts in the world. ...

, 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.

External links

Shepherd Market, developed by Edward Shephard in 1735-46

Edward Shepherd
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The Development of the Estate 1720–1785: Architects and Builders
In F. H. W. Sheppard (editor), ''Survey of London: volume 39: The Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 1 (General History)'', pages 20–24, 1977. {{DEFAULTSORT:Shepherd, Edward 1747 deaths Architects from London English theatre architects British real estate businesspeople Artists from London Year of birth unknown 18th-century English architects