Sydney Vacher Explained

Sydney Vacher
Birth Date:	2 April 1854
Birth Place:	Kensington, England
Death Place:	Portsmouth, England
Nationality:	English
Occupation:	architect
Notable Works:	see list

Sydney Vacher (2 April 1854^[1] – 11 January 1935)^[2] was an English architect.

Biography

Vacher was born in Kensington,^{[3] [4]} the son of Thomas Brittain Vacher (1805–80). He entered a partnership with Evelyn Hellicar in the late 1880s.^[5] 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 died at Portsmouth, aged 80.^[6]

Publications

• Fifteenth Century Italian Ornament, London, Bernard Quaritch, 1886.

Architectural designs

• 1888: 96 Plaistow Lane, Bromley^[7]
• 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, Westminster, London
• 1890: 99 Plaistow Lane, Bromley

Work exhibited at RA

Vacher's work exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts included:^[8]

• 1882: West front of Cathedral, Famagusta, Cyprus
• 1882: South front of Cathedra, Famagusta, Cyprus
• 1883: Design for an Infirmary, Hastings
• 1884: A suburban house, Elstree, Herts
• 1887: Design for tower and spire, All Saints, Peterborough
• 1890: Design for Post Office, Hertford (with Evelyn Hellicar)

Notes and References

1. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917
2. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
3. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
4. 1861 England Census
5. Hellicar Obituary. Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 21 September 1929, p772
6. News: Deaths . . 1. 15 January 1935 .
7. Bromley Urban District Council Plan no 640, 1888
8. The Royal Academy of Arts - A complete distionary of contributors and their work from its foundation vol 8