Edward Louis Paraire
Edward Louis Paraire (1826–1882) was a British theatre and music hall architect of the Victorian era.
Edward Louis Paraire
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- Name
- Edward Louis Paraire
- Born
- 1826
- Died
- 1 August 1882 aged 56
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- Architect
- Known for
- Theatres, music halls and public houses
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Edward Louis Paraire (1826–1882) was a British theatre and music hall architect of the Victorian era.
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• Name — Edward Louis Paraire • Born — 1826 • Died — 1 August 1882 aged 56 • Place of death — London • Occupation — Architect • Known for — Theatres, music halls and public houses • Notable Works — Museum Tavern
Partnership with Finch Hill
Partnership with Finch Hill
• Illustration — Museum Tavern, London, designed by Finch Hill and Paraire Between 1856–70, Paraire worked with his partner Finch Hill. Together they worked on many music halls and theatres, including Weston's Music Hall (1857), the Islington Philharmonic (1860), the Oxford Music Hall (1861), the Royal Cambridge (1856, in Shoreditch), and the Britannia Theatre (1841, Hoxton) – the last of whose designs was exhibited by Paraire in 1859.
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The partnership was based in separate houses in the same street, and on its dissolution Paraire returned to designing banks, churches and public houses. The Museum Tavern, a public house, is a Grade II listed buildings.
Death
Death
Paraire died on 1 August 1882 at 36 Mornington Crescent, Regents Park, London, aged 56 years.
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- 1.The site of the Islington Philharmonic is now occupied by the Royal Bank of Scotland
- 2.Museum Tavern. 1330367.
- 3.Deaths. Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper. British Newspaper Archive. 11 col.2. 13 August 1882.
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