Andrew Saint
Andrew John Saint was an English architectural historian.
Saint worked as the architectural editor of the Survey of London and as a historian for Historic England 1986–95, before being appointed Professor in the Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge from 1995 to 2006.
While General Editor of the Survey of London, Saint co-authored volumes on Battersea, Woolwich, South East Marylebone, and Oxford Street. He was a prolific author of journal articles and books in his own right, including the edited volume ‘Politics and the People of London: London County Council, 1889–1965’.
Saint died on 16 July 2025, at the age of 78. His funeral was held, at his request, at St Michael's, Bedford Park, London, designed by Richard Norman Shaw.
Selected publications
- Richard Norman Shaw. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1976.
- The Image of the Architect. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1983.
- Towards a Social Architecture: the role of school-building in post-war England. New Haven, London, 1987.
- A Farewell to Fleet Street. English Heritage, 1988.
- Not Buildings but a Method of Building: the achievement of the post-war Hertfordshire school building programme. Hertfordshire Publications, Hertford, 1990.
- London. Stationery Office Books, 1991.
- The Chronicles of London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1994.
- Architect and Engineer: a study in sibling rivalry. Yale University Press, New Haven, 2008.
- Cragside. National Trust Guidebook, Swindon, multiple editions.
- Politics and the People of London: London County Council, 1889–1965 Bloomsbury, London,
- Woolwich for The Survey of London, vol.48, London
- Battersea for The Survey of London, Vol 49, Part 1 London
- Battersea for The Survey of London, Vol 50, Part 2 London
- Oxford Street for The Survey of London, vol. 53 Paul Mellon Centre, London, 2020
- St Giles in the Fields - History of a London Parish, London 2020
- London Suburbs London 2003
- St Paul's: The Cathedral Church of London, 604–2004 London, 2014