PARKER

Charles . b. 1800; pupil of sir Jeffrey Wyatville; studied in Italy many years; architect in London about 1830; designed Me rs. Hoare’s bank in Fleet st., the Italian Roman Catholic church at Kingston, Surrey, and the chapel in Stamford st. Black friars 1830–2; F.R.I.B.A. 1834, retired 15 Nov. 1869, contributed many papers to the se ional meetings; F.S.A. 9 Jany. 1834, withdrew 1844; steward and surveyor to duke of Bedford’s London property 1859–69; became totally blind; author of Villa rustic a, selected from the buildings and scenes in the vicinity of Rome and Florence, and arranged for rural and domestic dwellings 1832, 2 ed. 1848. d. 48 Park road, Haver stock hill, London 9 Feb. 1881.