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Scott felt that St Pancras station was his most successful project.
Scott felt that St Pancras station was his most successful project. St Pancras railway station is a major railway station situated in the St Pancras area of Central London between the British Library and King's Cross

Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878) was an English architect of the Victorian Age, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches, cathedrals and workhouses. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Culture The Victorian fascination with novelty resulted in a deep interest in the relationship between modernity and cultural continuities This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral A workhouse, colloquially known as a spike was a place where people who were unable to support themselves could go to live and work

Born in Gawcott, Buckinghamshire, Scott was the son of a clergyman and grandson of the biblical commentator Thomas Scott. Gawcott is a village in the Civil parish of Gawcott with Lenborough near Buckingham in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The Rev Thomas Scott (1747-1821 is principally known for his best-selling work A Commentary On The Whole Bible, and as one of the founders of the Church Missionary Society He studied architecture as a pupil of James Edmeston and, from 1832 to 1834, worked as an assistant to Henry Roberts. James Edmeston ( 10 September, 1791 - 7 January 1867) was an English Architect and surveyor; he was also known He also worked as an assistant for his friend Sampson Kempthorne. Sampson Kempthorne (1809-1873 was a Workhouse Architect. He began practicing in Carlton Chambers on Regent Street in London. [1]

In about 1835, Scott took on William Bonython Moffatt as his assistant and later (1838-1845) as partner. William Bonython Moffatt ( 1812 - 24 May 1887) was an architect who for many years was a partner with Sir George Gilbert Scott at Spring Gardens Over the next 10 years Scott and Moffatt designed over 40 workhouses. A workhouse, colloquially known as a spike was a place where people who were unable to support themselves could go to live and work A notable example was the Akroydon model housing scheme. The Akroydon model housing scheme is a Victorian era Model village at Boothtown Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.

Meanwhile, he was inspired by Augustus Pugin to join the Gothic revival of the Victorian era, his first notable work in this style being the Martyrs' Memorial on St Giles in Oxford (1841). Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin ( 1 March 1812 – 14 September 1852) was an English Architect, designer and theorist of design now The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement which began Culture The Victorian fascination with novelty resulted in a deep interest in the relationship between modernity and cultural continuities The Martyrs' Memorial is an imposing stone monument positioned at the intersection of St Giles', Magdalen Street and Beaumont Street in Oxford Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, Later, Scott went beyond copying mediaeval English gothic for his Victorian Gothic or Gothic Revival buildings, and began to introduce features from other styles and European countries as evidenced in his glorious Midland red-brick construction, the 'Midland Grand Hotel' at London's St Pancras Station, from which approach Scott believed a new style might emerge.

Between 1864 and 1876, the Albert Memorial, designed by Scott, was constructed in Hyde Park. The Albert Memorial is situated in Kensington Gardens, London, England, directly to the north of the Royal Albert Hall. Hyde Park is one of the largest Parks in central London, England and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner It was a commission on behalf of Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband, Prince Albert. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Scott was awarded the RIBA's Royal Gold Medal in 1859. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA is a Professional body for Architects in the United Kingdom. The Royal Gold Medal for Architecture is awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects on behalf of the British monarch in recognition of an individual's Knighted in 1872, he died in 1878 and was buried in Westminster Abbey. The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a large mainly Gothic church

His sons George Gilbert Scott Junior and John Oldrid Scott, and grandson Giles Gilbert Scott, were also prominent architects. George Gilbert Scott Jr (1839 &ndash 1897 was an English Architect. John Oldrid Scott (1841-1913 was an English Architect. He was the son of Sir George Gilbert Scott, brother to George Gilbert Scott Junior and Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, OM, FRIBA ( November 9 1880 – February 8 1960) was an English Architect He was also related to the architect Elisabeth Scott. Elisabeth Whitworth Scott, 20 September 1898 to 19 June 1972, was a British architect Scott's grandfather was Thomas Scott (commentator). The Rev Thomas Scott (1747-1821 is principally known for his best-selling work A Commentary On The Whole Bible, and as one of the founders of the Church Missionary Society

Contents

His book

Designs

The chapel of St John's College, Cambridge is characteristic of Scott's many church designs
The chapel of St John's College, Cambridge is characteristic of Scott's many church designs

His projects include:

Glasgow University's main building (1870)
Glasgow University's main building (1870)

Restorations

Scott was involved in major restorations of medieval church architecture. Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. Leeds ( is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England The Church of St Thomas of Canterbury is situated in the City of Chester, in an area of the city informally known St Thomas’s has since its very beginnings in 1859 been the most significant church in the Catholic tradition of the Church of England in Huddersfield and the Walton Hall is a 19th century country mansion at Walton near Wellesbourne, Warwickshire now in use as an hotel "ChristChurch Cathedral" redirects here For other uses see Christ Church Cathedral (disambiguation.

The West Front of Lichfield Cathedral
The West Front of Lichfield Cathedral

Cathedrals include


Plus Bath Abbey, Pershore Abbey, Great Malvern Priory, St Margaret's, Westminster, St Mary's of Charity in Faversham, which was restored (and transformed, with an unusual spire and unexpected interior) by Scott in 1874, and Dundee Parish Church (St Mary's), and designed the chapels of Exeter College, Oxford, St John's College, Cambridge and King's College London. The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the oldest religious foundation in the City of Nottingham, England, and is also the largest church after the Roman Catholic Aconbury is a village in the English county of Herefordshire, situated on a Road leading from Hereford to Ross-on-Wye. Constitution Herefordshire was reconstituted both as a new Non-metropolitan district (effective 19th July 1996 and as a new County comprising the area of the Bromsgrove is a Town in Worcestershire, West Midlands, England. Worcestershire (ˈwʊstəʃə abbreviated Worcs) is a county located in the West Midlands region of central England. For other buildings in Normandy see Architecture of Normandy. Upton Bishop is a small village in Herefordshire. St John the Baptist Church was restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1862 Constitution Herefordshire was reconstituted both as a new Non-metropolitan district (effective 19th July 1996 and as a new County comprising the area of the Yarpole is a small Village in rural north Herefordshire between Leominster and Ludlow, Shropshire. Constitution Herefordshire was reconstituted both as a new Non-metropolitan district (effective 19th July 1996 and as a new County comprising the area of the "Chancel" is an architectural term for the space around the Altar at the Liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building Orchardleigh (also spelled Orchardlea is a country estate in Somerset, approximately two miles north of Frome, and on the southern edge of the village of Lullington St Peter's Church is the Parish church of Prestbury Cheshire, England. Spratton is a Village in the English county of Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire (or archaically the County of Northampton; abbreviated Northants Lichfield Cathedral is situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. Chichester Cathedral in Chichester, West Sussex, England is an Anglican Cathedral. Ripon Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds and the Motherchurch of the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, situated in the small Exeter Cathedral is an Anglican Cathedral in the city of Exeter, Devon, in the southwest of England and Gloucester Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Undivided Trinity, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city The current Hereford Cathedral, located at Hereford in England, dates from 1079 St Albans Cathedral (formerly St Albans Abbey, officially The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban) is an Anglican church at Wakefield lies at the heart of the City of Wakefield, a Metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. Chester Cathedral is the mother church of the Church of England Diocese of Chester, and is located in the city of Chester, Cheshire, The Abbey Church of Saint Peter Bath, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is an Anglican Parish church and a former Benedictine Monastery Pershore Abbey, at Pershore in Worcestershire, was an Anglo-Saxon Abbey and is now an Anglican Parish church. Great Malvern Priory, in Malvern Worcestershire, England, was a Benedictine Monastery c The Anglican church of St Margaret Westminster is situated in the grounds of Westminster Abbey on Parliament Square, and is the Parish church Faversham (fævɜʃəm is a town in Kent, England, in the district of Swale, roughly halfway between Sittingbourne and Canterbury Dundee Parish Church (St Mary’s is located in the east section of Dundee 's "City Churches" the other being occupied by the Steeple Church. Exeter College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the 4th oldest college of the University St John's College, an institution known formally as The Master Fellows and Scholars of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge is a King's College London is a British Higher education institution and co-founding constituent college of the federal University of London. He also designed St Paul’s Cathedral, Dundee. St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican Cathedral in the city of Dundee, Scotland. Lichfield Cathedral's ornate West Front was extensively renovated by Scott from 1855 - 1878. Lichfield Cathedral is situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He restored the Cathedral to the form he believed it took in the Middle Ages, working with original materials where possible and creating imitations when the originals were not available. This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral It is recognised as some of his finest work.

References

  1. ^ The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p106 ISBN 0-14-071025-6
  2. ^ The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p122-123 ISBN 0-14-071025-6
  3. ^ The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p126 ISBN 0-14-071025-6
  4. ^ 'Hanwell:Churches', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington (1962), pp. 230-33. Date accessed: 21 July 2007.
  5. ^ The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p299 ISBN 0-14-071025-6
  6. ^ Church of St. Mary the Virgin. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-09-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.
  7. ^ The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1968 p271
  8. ^ The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1968 p113
  9. ^ The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p226 ISBN 0-14-071025-6
  10. ^ The Book of Buckingham, John Clarke, 1984, p145 ISBN 0-86-023072-4
  11. ^ see Ayscoughfee Hall museum, Spalding
  12. ^ The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p63 ISBN 0-14-071025-6
  13. ^ The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1968 p109
  14. ^ The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p304 ISBN 0-14-071025-6
  15. ^ The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p327 ISBN 0-14-071025-6
  16. ^ Church of St. Mary, causeway bridge, and gates. Ayscoughfee Hall is located in central Spalding, Lincolnshire and is a famous Landmark on the fen tour Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-11-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs,
  17. ^ The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p146 ISBN 0-14-071025-6

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