Stephen Geary

Stephen Geary (1797 – 28 August 1854) was a British architect and entrepreneur.

Cemetery work

His best known work was Highgate Cemetery, opened in 1839, and later to be his resting place, where he designed the Egyptian Avenue and the Terrace Catacombs: he was also a founding member of the cemetery company.

He is also associated with Gravesend Cemetery.

Other works

  • St Pancras Collegiate School, London
  • A short-lived monument, consisting of a building, with a statue of King George IV on top (it was erected in 1836, the statue was demolished in 1842, the building in 1845), that gave its name to Kings Cross.[1][2]
  • Gin palace's.[3][4] Geary is reputed to have designed the first gin palace in London (around 1829), although that accolade is usually given to the gin palace built for wine merchants Thompson & Fearon in Holborn (1829-1832) and was designed by John Buonarotti Papworth (the building no longer exists).

Bibliography

  • Cemetery Designs for Tombs and Cenotaphs ; London & Bogue; 1840

Legacy

There is a monument dedicated to Geary in Highgate Cemetery, located to the east of the main path between Comforts Corner and the Egyptian Avenue. It is a Grade II listed object.[5]

References

  1. ↑ The London Encyclopaedia
  2. ↑ A sketch can be seen on page 79 of Contrasts, a book by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
  3. ↑ Entry in Oxford Reference
  4. ↑ Williams, Olivia; Gin Glorious Gin: How Mother's Ruin Became the Spirit of London; Headline; 2015; 336pp; ISBN 978-1472215345
  5. ↑ Object 1403435 on the website of Historic England
  • H.M. Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840 (1997) ISBN 0-300-07207-4
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