Sydney Vacher

Sydney Vacher was an English architect. He was the son of Thomas Brittain Vacher (1805–80).

Career

He entered partnership with Evelyn Hellicar in the late 1880s.^[1] 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.

Publications

Vacher was author of: - 'Fifteenth Century Italian Ornament', London, Bernard Quaritch, 1886.

Buildings / Designs

• 1888 96 Plaistow Lane, Bromley ^[2]
• 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 Royal Academy of Arts

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• 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)

References