Edward Lewis Paraire (1826–1882) was a British theatre and

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architect of the

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Career

Partnership with Finch Hill

Museum Tavern, 49 Great Russell Street - geograph

Between 1856–70, Paraire worked with his partner

Finch Hill William Finch Hill was a British theatre and music hall architect of the Victorian era. Little is known of Finch Hill's early life; he possibly obtained his early architectural experience in church building. He set himself up as 'surveyor and a ...

. Together they worked on many music halls and theatres, including Weston's Music Hall (1857), the Islington Philharmonic (1860The site of the Islington Philharmonic is now occupied by the Royal Bank of Scotland), the Oxford Music Hall (1861), the Royal Cambridge (1856, in

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), and the

Britannia Theatre The Britannia Theatre (1841–1900) was located at 115/117 High Street, Hoxton, London.''Britanni ...

(1841,

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) – the last of whose designs was exhibited by Paraire in 1859.

Solo work

The partnership was based in separate houses in the same street, and on its dissolution Paraire returned to designing banks, churches and public houses. The

Museum Tavern The Museum Tavern is a Grade II listed public house at 49 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London. It was built from about 1855–64 by William Finch Hill and Edward Lewis Paraire. It traces its origins back to 1723. From 1723 to 1762 the p ...

, a public house, is a

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Death

Paraire died on 1 August 1882 at 36 Mornington Crescent, Regents Park, London, aged 56 years.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Paraire, Edward Lewis 1826 births 1882 deaths English theatre architects 19th-century English architects