Henry Astley Darbishire (15 May 1825 – 1899) was a British architect, best known for working on philanthropic schemes. He worked on projects for

Angela Burdett-Coutts Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (21 April 1814 – 30 December 1906), born Angela Georgina Burdett, was a British philanthropist, the daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet and Sophia, formerly Coutts, daughte ...

, and was the architect for the

Peabody Trust The Peabody Trust was founded in 1862 as the Peabody Donation Fund and now brands itself simply as Peabody.

from 1863 until 1885, when he was succeeded by Victor Wilkins. He was of Mancunian origin,Davidovici 2017, p. 62. the son of James Darbishire and his wife Mary Roberts. He qualified as a Fellow of the

Royal Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three supp ...

in 1856, and finally retired from practice in 1894. Darbishire married Eliza Paget in 1858, and they had three children.

Notable works

* Columbia Square, Bethnal Green (1857–60), demolished *

Baroness Burdett Coutts Drinking Fountain The Baroness Burdett Coutts Drinking Fountain (also known as the Victoria Fountain) is a Grade II* listed drinking fountain situated in Victoria Park, London. History The fountain was designed in 1862 by Henry Astley Darbsihire and erected by ...

Victoria Park, London Victoria Park (known colloquially as Vicky Park or the People's Park) is a park in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, England. It is the largest park in Tower Hamlets and one of London's most visited green spaces with approxim ...

(1862) * Peabody dwellings, Commercial Street, Spitalfields (1864) * Holly Village,

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, London (1865) * Peabody Estate, Islington (1865) *

Columbia Market Columbia Road Flower Market is a street market in Bethnal Green in London, England. Columbia Road is a road of Victorian era, Victorian shops situated off Hackney Road in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The market is open on Sundays only. ...

Bethnal Green Bethnal Green is an area in the East End of London northeast of Charing Cross. The area emerged from the small settlement which developed around the Green, much of which survives today as Bethnal Green Gardens, beside Cambridge Heath Road. By ...

(1866), demolished * Peabody Estate,

Shadwell Shadwell is a district of East London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets , east of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the Thames between Wapping (to the west) and Ratcliff (to the east). This riverside location has mea ...

(1866) * Guilford Place drinking fountain (1870) * Peabody Square, Blackfriars Road,

Bermondsey Bermondsey () is a district in southeast London, part of the London Borough of Southwark, England, southeast of Charing Cross. To the west of Bermondsey lies Southwark, to the east Rotherhithe and Deptford, to the south Walworth and Peckham ...

(1871) * Peabody Estate, Pimlico (1876) * Peabody Estate,

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(1881)

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