Francis Edwards (1784–1857) was a British

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of the Georgian and early Victorian periods, who worked extensively in the London area.

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's foremost pupil, Edwards joined Soane's office at

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as an improver in 1806 and was admitted to the Royal Academy Schools two years later. His work, mostly neo-classical in style, is best known now for

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and

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, but Edwards also oversaw construction of his celebrated and much copied design of St John's Church at

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, and the Lion Brewery at

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(demolished in 1949). He was architect to the

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as well as to the Goding brewing family, becoming an Associate of the Institute of British Architects in London before establishing his own

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, ''Francis Edwards & Co''. In later years he lived at

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in the parish of

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. He died in London.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Francis 1784 births 1857 deaths Architects from London 19th-century English architects British neoclassical architects Associates of the Royal Institute of British Architects

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