Jacob Leroux (1737–1799) was an architect who created housing and other speculative developments. These included Somers Town which was created on land leased from

Lord Somers Baron Somers, of Evesham in the County of Worcester, is a title that has been created twice. The title was first created in the Peerage of England in 1697 for Sir John Somers, so that he could sit in the House of Lords and serve as Lord Chance ...

adjacent to the New Road. This had a polygonal layout inside the circle of a carriage road – a design which he had first tried in

Southampton Southampton is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. It is located approximately southwest of London, west of Portsmouth, and southeast of Salisbury. Southampton had a population of 253, ...

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1737 births 1799 deaths 18th-century English architects {{UK-architect-stub