Duke Street, looking north towards Oxford Street, London"

Duke Street, looking north towards Oxford Street

W. D. Caröe and others

Early 1890s

Red brick with stone dressings

Buildings adjoining the King's Weigh House Chapel

[See commentary below]

Photograph, caption, and commentary by Jacqueline Banerjee

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Note particularly "the Dutch gable, refined roof detailing, and very picturesque roof treatment" of the central building here, by W. D. Caröe (Sheppard), whose "metropolitan works in warm red brick were richly arrayed" (MacAlister and Peach). The leading Arts and Crafts architect outside the High Church, Caröe was the architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners from 1895-1938, and as well as his church work designed such buildings as the new Working Men's College in Crowndale Road, which he actively supported. Among the other educational institutions he worked on was Charterhouse School.

Bibliography

MacAlister, Ian, rev. Annette Peach. "Caröe, William Douglas (1857-1938)." The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online ed. Viewed 20 January 2008.

Sheppard, F. H. W., ed. "The Architecture of the Estate: The Ducal Heyday. The Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part I." Survey of London, Vol. 39 (1977). Viewed 19 January 2008.

Last modified 21 January 2008