Sydney Vacher

Sydney Vacher (2 April 1854 – 11 January 1935) was an English architect.

Biography Vacher was born at Kensington, the son of Thomas Brittain Vacher (1805–80). He entered a partnership with Evelyn Hellicar in the late 1880s; their office was at 35 Wellington Street, The Strand, London. Together they won the competition to design the Valley Primary School, Shortlands, Kent in 1889. He served as Master Salter for 1910/11.

Vacher married Janet Dumas in 1884 and died at Portsmouth, aged 80.

Publications Fifteenth Century Italian Ornament, London, Bernard Quaritch, 1886.

Architectural designs 1888: 96 Plaistow Lane, Bromley 1890: Valley Primary School, Beckenham Lane, Shortlands, Kent Measured Drawings of Westminster Abbey Pulpit (in Memory of Thomas Brittain Vacher) in St Margaret's Church, Westminster, London 1890: 99 Plaistow Lane, Bromley

Work exhibited at RA Vacher's work exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts included:

1882: West front of Cathedral, Famagusta, Cyprus 1882: South front of Cathedra, Famagusta, Cyprus 1883: Design for an Infirmary, Hastings 1884: A suburban house, Elstree, Herts 1887: Design for tower and spire, All Saints, Peterborough 1890: Design for Post Office, Hertford (with Evelyn Hellicar)