{{Short description|British architect}} {{for|the English footballer|Edward Shepherd (footballer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Edward Shepherd''' (died 1747) was a prominent London-based English architect and developer in the Georgian period.

== Architectural work == thumb|Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London. [[Image:De Grey M.JPG|thumb|De Grey Mausoleum, Flitton, Bedfordshire.]]

Shepherd worked on the following projects, among others:

* Cannons, a house for James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1673–1744), in Middlesex (1723–25, now demolished). * Houses in Cavendish Square, London (1724–28). * Great Stanmore Rectory, Middlesex (1725). * Houses in Brook Street, London (1725–29). * Houses in St James's Square, London (1726–8), including No. 4, the Naval & Military Club and a former home of Nancy Astor from 1912 to 1942. * Palace-fronted buildings for the 1st Duke of Chandos in Grosvenor Square, London (c1728–30, now demolished). * Goodman's Fields Theatre, Ayliffe Street, Whitechapel, London (opened October 1732, demolished in 1746). * Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London; renamed the Royal Opera House in 1892 (the Shepherd-designed building opened December 1732, destroyed by fire 1808). * Development of Shepherd Market and adjoining streets in Mayfair, London (1735–46). * Houses in South Audley Street, Mayfair, London (1736–37). * Work on De Grey Mausoleum, Church of St John the Baptist, Flitton, Bedfordshire (1739–40).

Much of Shepherd's architectural work has been demolished, however his eponymous Shepherd Market has survived.

== External links == * [http://www.shepherdmarket.co.uk/history/ Shepherd Market, developed by Edward Shephard in 1735-46] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903164640/http://www.shepherdmarket.co.uk/history/ |date=3 September 2017 }} * [http://www.answers.com/topic/edward-shepherd Edward Shepherd] from Answers.com. * [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41830 The Development of the Estate 1720–1785: Architects and Builders]. In F. H. W. Sheppard (editor), ''Survey of London: volume 39: The Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 1 (General History)'', pages 20–24, 1977.

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