# Edward Shepherd

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{{Short description|British architect}}
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'''Edward Shepherd''' (died 1747) was a prominent [London](/source/London)-based English architect and developer in the [Georgian](/source/Georgian_architecture) period.

== Architectural work ==
thumb|Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London.
[[Image:De Grey M.JPG|thumb|[De Grey Mausoleum](/source/De_Grey_Mausoleum), [Flitton, Bedfordshire](/source/Flitton%2C_Bedfordshire).]]

Shepherd worked on the following projects, among others:

* [Cannons](/source/Cannons_(house)), a house for [James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos](/source/James_Brydges%2C_1st_Duke_of_Chandos) (1673–1744), in [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex) (1723–25, now demolished).
* Houses in [Cavendish Square](/source/Cavendish_Square), London (1724–28).
* [Great Stanmore](/source/Great_Stanmore) Rectory, Middlesex (1725).
* Houses in [Brook Street](/source/Brook_Street), London (1725–29).
* Houses in [St James's Square](/source/St_James's_Square), London (1726–8), including No. 4, the [Naval & Military Club](/source/Naval_%26_Military_Club) and a former home of [Nancy Astor](/source/Nancy_Astor) from 1912 to 1942.
* Palace-fronted buildings for the 1st [Duke of Chandos](/source/Duke_of_Chandos) in [Grosvenor Square](/source/Grosvenor_Square), London (c1728–30, now demolished).
* [Goodman's Fields Theatre](/source/Goodman's_Fields_Theatre), [Ayliffe Street](/source/Ayliffe_Street), [Whitechapel](/source/Whitechapel), London (opened October 1732, demolished in 1746).
* Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London; renamed the [Royal Opera House](/source/Royal_Opera_House) in 1892 (the Shepherd-designed building opened December 1732, destroyed by fire 1808).
* Development of [Shepherd Market](/source/Shepherd_Market) and adjoining streets in [Mayfair](/source/Mayfair), London (1735–46).
* Houses in [South Audley Street](/source/South_Audley_Street), Mayfair, London (1736–37).
* Work on [De Grey Mausoleum](/source/De_Grey_Mausoleum), Church of St John the Baptist, [Flitton](/source/Flitton), [Bedfordshire](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Grosvenor_Estate) in Mayfair, Part 1 (General History)'', pages 20–24, 1977.

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