Henry Darbishire
Henry Astley Darbishire was a British architect, best known for working on philanthropic schemes – including those of Angela Burdett-Coutts – and was the architect for the Peabody Trust from 1863 until 1885, when he was succeeded by Victor Wilkins.
He was of Mancunian origin, the son of James Darbishire and his wife Mary Roberts. He qualified as a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1856, and finally retired from practice in 1894.
Darbishire married Eliza Paget in 1858, and they had three children.
, designed by Darbishire: a wood-engraving published in the Illustrated London News in 1863, shortly before the building openedNotable works
- Columbia Square, Bethnal Green, demolished
- Baroness Burdett Coutts Drinking Fountain, Victoria Park, London
- Peabody dwellings, Commercial Street, Spitalfields
- Holly Village, Highgate, London
- Peabody Estate, Islington
- Columbia Market, Bethnal Green, demolished
- Peabody Estate, Shadwell
- Guilford Place drinking fountain
- Peabody Square, Blackfriars Road, Bermondsey
- Peabody Estate, Pimlico
- Peabody Estate, Whitechapel
