Edward Habershon
Edward Habershon | |
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St Andrew's Church, Queen Street, Hastings, built 1869 | |
| Born | Matthew Edward Habershon 18 July 1826 Hampstead, England |
| Died | 18 August 1900 (aged 74) Leatherhead, England |
| Alma mater | Apprenticed to his father Matthew Habershon |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | (1) E & W.G. Habershon 1852–1863; (2) Habershon & Spalding 1863–1865; (3) Habershon, Spalding & Brock 1865–1879. |
| Buildings | St John the Baptist's Church, Hove St Leonards-on-Sea Congregational Church Holy Trinity Church, Ebernoe St Andrew's Church, Hastings St Mark's Church, Horsham St John the Evangelist Church, Copthorne |
| Projects | involved in relocation of London's burial grounds, 1862 |
Matthew Edward Habershon (18 July 1826 – 18 August 1900), known as Edward Habershon, was an architect practising in London and south-east England. He specialised in neo-gothic buildings, especially churches and chapels. With his brother W.G. Habershon he designed St John the Baptist's Church, Hove, now a Grade II building. With E.P.L. Brock he designed a number of churches including St Leonards-on-Sea Congregational Church, also listed at Grade II. He designed St Andrew's Church in Hastings, where Robert Tressell's large mural (now in Hastings Museum) was created. In 1862 he was involved in the relocation of London's burial grounds, moving more than one thousand hundredweight of human remains.