John Starkie Gardner

John Starkie Gardner (1844-1930) was one of the foremost artistic metalworkers of his time although he came to it relatively late in life having had the means to take his time over choosing a career. He was also a great scholar of his craft and went on to document many of the metalwork projects of the Early Modern period and he is perhaps now best known for what remain standard works on that subject.

At Two Temple Place he is responsible for the Grade 2* listed railings, elegant work some of which was sadly lost to war damage, and the magnificent nautical gilded weathervane.