Edward Shepherd

• Illustration — Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London. • Illustration — De Grey Mausoleum, Flitton, Bedfordshire. Shepherd worked on the following projects, among others: • Cannons, a house for James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1673–1744), in Middlesex (1723–25, now demolished). • Houses in Cavendish Square, London (1724–28). • Great Stanmore Rectory, Middlesex (1725). • Houses in Brook Street, London (1725–29). • Houses in St James's Square, London (1726–8), including No. 4, the Naval & Military Club and a former home of Nancy Astor from 1912 to 1942. • Palace-fronted buildings for the 1st Duke of Chandos in Grosvenor Square, London (c1728–30, now demolished). • Goodman's Fields Theatre, Ayliffe Street, Whitechapel, London (opened October 1732, demolished in 1746). • Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London; renamed the Royal Opera House in 1892 (the Shepherd-designed building opened December 1732, destroyed by fire 1808). • Development of Shepherd Market and adjoining streets in Mayfair, London (1735–46). • Houses in South Audley Street, Mayfair, London (1736–37). • Work on De Grey Mausoleum, Church of St John the Baptist, Flitton, Bedfordshire (1739–40). Much of Shepherd's architectural work has been demolished, however his eponymous Shepherd Market has survived.