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

^[3]

• 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

1. Hellicar Obituary Journal of Royal Institute of British Architects, 21 September 1929, p772
2. Bromley Urban District Council Plan no 640, 1888
3. The Royal Academy of Arts - A complete distionary of contributors and their work from its foundation vol 8