SHEWBROOKS, Samuel Bernard Dean (1876-1957) was the son of Charles Shewbrooks, architect to the Duke of Devonshire. Samuel attended the Derbyshire Technical School in Chesterfield and gained much valuable experience under his father while engaged on the restoration of Hardwick Hall in 1900-04. He then worked independently, with much of his time spent preparing hotel designs for the Brampton Brewery Co. He emigrated to Canada in 1912 and established a practise in Vancouver, first in partnership with F.A.A. Barrs in 1912-13 (see list of works under Barrs & Shewbrooks) and then under his own name. Much of is work was residential in nature, including a substantial house in the Central Park neighbourhood of Vancouver for Philip Oben. Shewbrooks was elected to the Burnaby Town Council in 1928-30 and died in Vancouver on 26 August 1957 (biog. Who's Who in British Columbia, 1937-39, 135; death notice Vancouver Sun, 28 Aug. 1957, 34; inf. Architectural Inst. of British Columbia, Vancouver)
(list of works in Vancouver extracted from A.I.B.C. files)
WEST 36th AVENUE, at Trafalgar Street, residence for John W.S. MacLeod, c. 1912
VANCOUVER HEIGHTS, residence for Charles D. Pitchford, c. 1912
WEST VANCOUVER, residence for C.F. Cunningham, c. 1912
ETON STREET, near Garden Drive, residence for Ald. Patrick C. Gibbens, c. 1912
WEST 45th AVENUE, at Yew Street, residence for Alex. J. Sayers, c. 1912
KINGSWAY, near Jersey Avenue, residence for Philip Oben, c. 1920