Sydney Vacher (2 April 1854 – 11 January 1935) was an English architect.

Biography

Vacher was born at

Kensington Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around west of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up by Kensingt ...

, the son of Thomas Brittain Vacher (1805–80). He entered a partnership with Evelyn Hellicar in the late 1880s; their office was at 35 Wellington Street, The Strand, London. Together they won the competition to design the Valley Primary School, Shortlands, Kent in 1889. He served as Master Salter for 1910/11. Vacher married Janet Dumas in 1884 and died at

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En ...

, aged 80.

Publications

*''Fifteenth Century Italian Ornament'', London, Bernard Quaritch, 1886.

Architectural designs

*1888: 96 Plaistow Lane, Bromley *1890: Valley Primary School, Beckenham Lane, Shortlands, Kent *Measured Drawings of Westminster Abbey *Pulpit (in Memory of Thomas Brittain Vacher) in St Margaret's Church,

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, London *1890: 99 Plaistow Lane, Bromley

Work exhibited at RA

Vacher's work exhibited at the

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included:The Royal Academy of Arts - A complete distionary of contributors and their work from its foundation vol 8 *1882: West front of Cathedral, Famagusta,

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

*1882: South front of Cathedra, Famagusta, Cyprus *1883: Design for an Infirmary,

Hastings Hastings ( ) is a seaside town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to th ...

*1884: A suburban house, Elstree, Herts *1887: Design for tower and spire, All Saints,

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*1890: Design for Post Office, Hertford (with Evelyn Hellicar)

References

1854 births 1935 deaths English people of French descent People from Kensington 19th-century English architects Architects from London People from Hampshire {{UK-architect-stub