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3 unusual facts about Rowland Plumbe


Rowland Plumbe

Rowland Plumbe, also known as Roland Plumbe (2 February 1838, Whitechapel – 2 April 1919, Willesden), was an English architect, famous for being the author of many residential schemes across London, many being considered the first examples of the Victorian Garden City.

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His churches include the red-brick Perpendicular Gothic Revival St John the Baptist's Church at Loxwood, West Sussex.

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After leaving university college he was articled to Nockalls Johnson Cottingham and Frederick Peek, then spent 2 years in America with Frederick Clarke Withers.



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