Edward Shepherd

Edward Shepherd (died 1747) was a prominent London-based English architect and developer in the Georgian period.

Shepherd worked on the following projects, among others:

• Cannons, a house for James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1673–1744), in Middlesex (1723–25, now demolished).
• Houses in Cavendish Square, London (1724–28).
• Great Stanmore Rectory, Middlesex (1725).
• Houses in Brook Street, London (1725–29).
• Houses in St James's Square, London (1726–8), including No. 4, the Naval & Military Club and a former home of Nancy Astor from 1912 to 1942.
• Palace-fronted buildings for the 1st Duke of Chandos in Grosvenor Square, London (c1728–30, now demolished).
• Goodman's Fields Theatre, Ayliffe Street, Whitechapel, London (opened October 1732, demolished in 1746).
• Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London; renamed the Royal Opera House in 1892 (the Shepherd-designed building opened December 1732, destroyed by fire 1808).
• Development of Shepherd Market and adjoining streets in Mayfair, London (1735–46).
• Houses in South Audley Street, Mayfair, London (1736–37).
• Work on De Grey Mausoleum, Church of St John the Baptist, Flitton, Bedfordshire (1739–40).

Much of Shepherd's architectural work has been demolished, however his eponymous Shepherd Market has survived.

• Shepherd Market, developed by Edward Shephard in 1735-46 Archived 3 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
• Edward Shepherd from Answers.com.
• The Development of the Estate 1720–1785: Architects and Builders. In F. H. W. Sheppard (editor), Survey of London: volume 39: The Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 1 (General History), pages 20–24, 1977.