Henry Simpson Legg

Henry Simpson Legg (1832–1906) was an English architect and surveyor.

Family His father George Legg (1799–1882) was district surveyor for Belgravia and Pimlico from 1858. Henry and his brother, Charles Arthur Legg (1833–1906), were both pupils of Sir William Tite between 1850 and 1865.

Career Legg became an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1859 and a Fellow in 1873. From 1875 he was surveyor to the Hampstead Wells Trust which owned a large area of land on the eastern side of the village. He was also district surveyor for Mile End Old Town.

Legg died on 23 December 1906 and was buried with his wife and infant son on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.

Works 81-83 Gracechurch Street, EC3; 1874 Villa for R. Miley Esq, Boundstone, Surrey; 1874 Wells Court, Oriel Place, NW3; 1876 Trinity Church, Finchley Road, NW3; 1878 21-27 Well Walk, NW3; 1881 Chalybeate Well & Drinking Fountain, Well Walk, Hampstead, NW3; 1882 Wells & Campden Baths and Wash House, Flask Walk, NW3; 1888 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and the gardener's cottage, Gainsborough Gardens, NW3; 1888

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