Henry Darbishire

Henry Astley Darbishire FRIBA JP DL (15 May 1825 – 4 June 1899) was a British architect, best known for working on philanthropic schemes.

He worked on projects for Angela Burdett-Coutts, and was the architect for the Peabody Trust from 1863 until 1885,[1] when he was succeeded by Victor Wilkins.

[2] He was born in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Lancashire,[3][4] the son of James Darbishire and his wife, Mary Roberts.

[5] He qualified as a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1856, and finally retired from practice in 1894.

[5] He died in 1899 at Oakdene, Edenbridge, Kent.

Peabody dwellings, Commercial Street, London , designed by Darbishire: a wood-engraving published in the Illustrated London News in 1863, shortly before the building opened