Sydney Vacher (2 April 1854London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917 – 11 January 1935)England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 was an English architect.www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk
Biography Vacher was born at Kensington,England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-19151861 England Census the son of Thomas Brittain Vacher (1805–80). He entered a partnership with Evelyn Hellicar in the late 1880s;Hellicar Obituary. Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 21 September 1929, p772 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 served as Master Salter for 1910/11.www.salters.co.uk
Vacher married Janet Dumas in 1884 and died at Portsmouth, aged 80.
Publications Fifteenth Century Italian Ornament, London, Bernard Quaritch, 1886.
Architectural designs 1888: 96 Plaistow Lane, BromleyBromley Urban District Council Plan no 640, 1888 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:The Royal Academy of Arts - A complete distionary of contributors and their work from its foundation vol 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)
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