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Design
We’re undertaking a major project which will allow us to transform the welcome we offer to the 1.3 million visitors who come here each year.
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Robert Adam
Architect
In the south transept of Westminster Abbey is the grave of the celebrated Scottish architect Robert Adam. The stone was re-cut in 1974.
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21. Anne of Denmark
Ahead of the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort on 6 May, we’ll be sharing stories from each of the 38 Coronation services held here since 1066.
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Sir William Chambers
Architect
Sir William Chambers, architect, is buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey, beside fellow architects Robert Adam and James Wyatt.
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Sir Walter Tapper
Architect
In the west cloister is the grave of Sir Walter Tapper, architect. The Lady Chapel’s altar was designed by him shortly before his death.
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Colen Campbell
Architect and Lawyer
Colen Campbell, architect, was buried in the south cloister on 13th September 1729 but he never seems to have had an inscribed gravestone.
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Sir Ninian Comper
Architect
The ashes of architect and stained glass designer Sir John Ninian Comper are buried in the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey.
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Sir Herbert Baker
Architect
Architect Sir Herbert Baker is buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey. He was born on 9th June 1862 at Owletts in Cobham, Kent.
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George Edmund Street
Architect
A brass in the nave covers the grave of George Edmund Street, architect. His best known work is the Royal Courts of Justice.
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James Wyatt
Architect
James Wyatt, architect, is buried in the south transept. He was Surveyor of the Fabric at the Abbey from 1776 to his death.
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John Loughborough Pearson
Architect
John Loughborough Pearson, architect and Surveyor of the Fabric at Westminster Abbey, was buried in the centre part of the nave of the Abbey.
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John Thomas Micklethwaite
Architect
John Thomas Micklethwaite, architect and archaeologist and Surveyor of the Fabric of Westminster Abbey 1898-1906, is buried in the west cloister of the Abbey.
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John Seely, Lord Mottistone
Architect
Henry John Alexander Seely, 2nd Lord Mottistone, of the architect firm of Seely and Paget, re-built several of the houses in Little Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
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Herbert, 1st Earl Kitchener
Soldier
Kitchener was Secretary of State for War but died in 1916. A memorial service was held in the Abbey on 13th June 1916.
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William Dickinson
Architect
William Dickinson, architect and deputy Surveyor of Westminster Abbey under Sir Christopher Wren, was buried in the north porch of the Abbey.
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Sir Robert Taylor
Architect
On the wall of the south transept is a memorial to eminent architect Sir Robert Taylor. It is of marble enriched with festoons of flowers.
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John Peter Foster
Architect
The ashes of architect J. Peter Foster were buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey on 5th December 2010.
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Lancelot Capability Brown
Gardener and Architect
A memorial fountain to Lancelot Capability Brown was unveiled in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey in 2018.
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Robert Stowell
Architect
Robert Stowell, master mason and architect, rebuilt part of St Margaret's church, Westminster, where he is buried.
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Sir George Gilbert Scott
Architect, Historian and Writer
In the centre of the nave is the grave of Sir George Gilbert Scott, architect and Surveyor of the Fabric at the Abbey from 1849-1878.