Edward Gyfford

It was built around 1803 in the Regency style and featured a semi-circular portico with Ionic columns and landscaped grounds with an artificial lake.

He contributed several to David Hughson's description of London, including his own Belle Vue House, which were engraved on copper plates and published in the six volume work from 1805 to 1809.

[3] In April 1832, a notice in The Times announced a meeting of Gyfford's creditors on his discharge from the King's Bench Prison where he had been held for debt.

His former addresses were given as 38 William Street, Hampstead Road, and 4 Brasset Place, North End, Fulham, both in the county of Middlesex.

[9] Gyfford is included in the 1851 British census when he is recorded as living at Bloomfield Place, Middlesex, with his wife and three children.

Plate 8 from Gyfford's Designs for Small Picturesque Cottages and Hunting Boxes , 1807
Belle Vue House, Hale End, Walthamstow , drawn by Edward Gyfford and engraved by Ambrose Warren , for Hughson 's description of London. Published by J. Stratford, Holborn, 1809
King's Bench Prison from The Microcosm of London , 1809 [ 1 ]