The new bridge was designed in reinforced concrete by architect Sir Herbert Baker and engineer Alfred Dryland, with additional input from Considère Constructions, at the time Britain's leading specialist in reinforced concrete construction.
The current building, designed by Sir Herbert Baker, is a 1930s replacement of the original building, commissioned in 1902 by the Corporation of the Church House, formed in 1888, to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, celebrated in 1887.
Sited opposite the Delville Wood South African Memorial and designed by Sir Herbert Baker, Delville Wood cemetery is located just off the D20 that runs between Longueval and Guillemont (11 km east of Albert), France and contains 5,523 burials of which two-thirds are unknown.
Like a number of other cemeteries and memorials in the area, the London Cemetery and Extension was designed by architect Sir Herbert Baker.
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The principal architects were the two leading practitioners of the day, Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker.