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from 1849 to 1852. They had previously lived nearby at 3 Montague
Terrace (now 8 Brockham Street), where Belcher was born in 1841. The son was articled with his father, spending two years in France from 1862, where he studied contemporary architecture, apparently more concerned with that promoted by
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buildings in London, and many of his later commissions are prime examples of lavish
Edwardian municipal architecture. He was also known as a singer, cello player and conductor.
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buildings in the City of London, where banks and commercial concerns had previously preferred a more sober classicism. It featured extensive sculptural work by Sir
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in 1909. Russia, Belgium, Germany, Spain and the United States elected him a member of their several architectural societies. In 1907, he published
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Other works include: Southwark Church, Camberwell New Road, 1877 – now the Greek orthodox
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In 1865, Belcher was made a partner with his father, who retired in 1875. He was chairman of the first meeting of the
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