Francis Chambers

He was educated at King's College School, and was then articled to Sydney Smirke alongside Arthur Cates and Thomas Chatfield Clarke.

[3] Other buildings Chambers designed included the Central London District School at Hanwell; of St. Anne's Church, Norwood; of Christ Church, Norwood; and of several buildings in Guernsey, including the Market at Saint Peter Port and the Ladies' College.

[3] Chambers is perhaps best known as the architect of the Dog and Duck, a Grade II listed public house at 18 Bateman Street, Soho, London, built in 1897 for Cannon Brewery.

[4] The pub is reportedly where George Orwell had a celebratory drink after Animal Farm was picked as the American Book of the Month Club.

[3] His only son, Frank Job Chambers, was also an architect, who was trained by his father, then became his partner and had a long career.