Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), known as Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he started his career as a leading designer of

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s. Over 800 buildings were designed or altered by him. Scott was the architect of many iconic buildings, including the Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras Station, the Albert Memorial, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, all in London,

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, the main building of the

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, St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh and King's College Chapel, London.

Life and career

Born in Gawcott, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, Scott was the son of the Reverend Thomas Scott (1780–1835) and grandson of the biblical commentator Thomas Scott. He studied architecture as a pupil of James Edmeston and, from 1832 to 1834, worked as an assistant to Henry Roberts. He also worked as an assistant for his friend, Sampson Kempthorne, who specialised in the design of workhouses, a field in which Scott was to begin his independent career.Bayley 1983, p. 43

Early work

Scott's first work was built in 1833; it was a vicarage for his father in the village of Wappenham, Northamptonshire. It replaced the previous vicarage occupied by other relatives of Scott. Scott went on to design several other buildings in the village. In about 1835, Scott took on William Bonython Moffatt as his assistant and later (1838–1845) as his partner. Over ten years or so, Scott and Moffatt designed more than forty

s in the wake of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. Their first churches were St Mary Magdalene at Flaunden, Bucks (1838, for Samuel King, Scott's uncle); St Nicholas, Newport, Lincoln (1839); St John, Wall, Staffordshire (1839); and the Neo-Norman church of St Peter at

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, Surrey (1841). They built Reading Gaol (1841–42) in a picturesque, castellated style.

Gothic Revival

Meanwhile, he was inspired by

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to participate in the

. While still in partnership with Moffat. he designed the

Martyrs' Memorial The Martyrs' Memorial is a stone monument positioned at the intersection of St Giles', Magdalen Street and Beaumont Street, to the west of Balliol College, Oxford, England. It commemorates the 16th-century Oxford Martyrs. History The monume ...

St Giles', Oxford St Giles' is a wide boulevard leading north from the centre of Oxford, England. At its northern end, the road divides into Woodstock Road to the left and Banbury Road to the right, both major roads through North Oxford. At the southern en ...

(1841), and St Giles' Church, Camberwell (1844), both of which helped establish his reputation within the movement. Commemorating three Protestants burnt during the reign of Queen Mary, the Martyrs' Memorial was intended as a rebuke to those very high church tendencies which had been instrumental in promoting the new authentic approach to Gothic architecture. St Giles' was in plan, with its long chancel, of the type advocated by the Ecclesiological Society:

Charles Locke Eastlake Charles Locke Eastlake (11 March 1836 – 20 November 1906) was a British architect and furniture designer. His uncle, Sir Charles Lock Eastlake PRA (born in 1793), was a Keeper of the National Gallery, from 1843 to 1847, and from 1855 its f ...

said that "in the neighbourhood of London no church of its time was considered in purer style or more orthodox in its arrangement". It did, however, like many churches of the time, incorporate wooden galleries, not used in medieval churchesEastlake 1872, p. 221 and highly disapproved of by the high church ecclesiological movement. In 1844 he received the commission to rebuild the Nikolaikirche in Hamburg (completed 1863), following an international competition.Hitchcock 1977, p. 153 Scott's design had originally been placed third in the competition, the winner being one in a Florentine inspired style by Gottfried Semper, but the decision was overturned by a faction who favoured a Gothic design. Scott's entry had been the only design in the Gothic style. In 1854 he remodelled the Camden Chapel in Camberwell, a project in which the critic

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took a close interest and made many suggestions. He added an apse, in a Byzantine style, integrating it to the existing plain structure by substituting a

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for the existing flat ceiling. Scott was appointed architect to Westminster Abbey in 1849, and in 1853 he built a Gothic terraced block adjoining the abbey in Broad Sanctuary. In 1858 he designed

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, Christchurch, New Zealand which now lies partly ruined following the earthquake in 2011 and subsequent attempts by the Anglican Church authorities to demolish it. Demolition was blocked after appeals by the people of Christchurch, and in September 2017 the Christchurch Diocesan Synod announced that the cathedral would be reinstated. The choir stalls at Lancing College in Sussex, which Scott designed with Walter Tower, were among many examples of his work that incorporated green men. 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 Midland red-brick construction, the Midland Grand Hotel at London's St Pancras Station, from which approach Scott believed a new style might emerge. In 1863, after restoration of the chapel at Sudeley Castle, the remains of Catherine Parr were placed in a new neo-Gothic canopied tomb designed by Gilbert Scott and created by sculptor

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. Between 1864 and 1876, the Albert Memorial, designed by Scott, was constructed in Hyde Park. It was a commission on behalf of

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in memory of her husband, Prince Albert. Scott advocated the use of Gothic architecture for secular buildings, rejecting what he called "the absurd supposition that Gothic architecture is exclusively and intrinsically ecclesiastical." He was the winner of a competition to design new buildings in Whitehall to house the Foreign Office and War Office. Before work began, however, the administration which had approved his plans went out of office. Palmerston, the new Prime Minister, objected to Scott's use of the Gothic, and the architect – after some resistance – drew up new plans in a more acceptable style. Scott designed the Thomas

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, where his brother Rev John Scott was vicar. It was completed after his death under the direction of his son John in 1881.

Honours

Scott was awarded the RIBA's Royal Gold Medal in 1859. He was appointed an Honorary Liveryman of the Turners' Company; and on 9 August 1872 he was knighted, choosing the style Sir Gilbert Scott. He died in 1878 and is buried in

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. A

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" blue plaque" (in fact brown) was placed in 1910 to mark Scott's residence at the

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on Admiral's Walk in

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Family

Scott married Caroline Oldrid of

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in 1838. Two of his sons George Gilbert Scott, Jr. (founder of Watts & Company in 1874) and John Oldrid Scott, and his grandson Giles Gilbert Scott, were also prominent architects. His third son, photographer, Albert Henry Scott (1844–65) died at the age of twenty-one; George Gilbert designed his funerary monument in St Peter's Church, Petersham, whilst he was living at The Manor House at Ham in Richmond. His fifth and youngest son was the botanist Dukinfield Henry Scott. He was also great-uncle of the architect

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Pupils

Scott's success attracted a large number of pupils and many would go on to have successful careers of their own, not always as architects. Some notable pupils are as follows, their time in Scott's office shown after their name:

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(1868), Joseph Maltby Bignell (1859–78), George Frederick Bodley (1845–56), Charles Buckeridge (1856–57), Somers Clarke (1865), William Henry Crossland (dates uncertain), C. Hodgson Fowler (1856–60),

Thomas Garner Thomas Garner (1839–1906) was one of the leading English Gothic revival architects of the Victorian era. He is known for his almost 30-year partnership with architect George Frederick Bodley. Early life Born at Wasperton Hill Farm in War ...

(1856–61),

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(1858–61), John T. Micklethwaite (1862–69), Benjamin Mountfort (1841–46), John Norton (1870–78), George Gilbert Scott, Jr. (1856–63), John Oldrid Scott (1858–78),

J. J. Stevenson John James Stevenson FRSE FSA FRIBA (24 August 1831 – 5 May 1908), usually referred to as J. J. Stevenson, was a British architect of the late-Victorian era. Born in Glasgow, he worked in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London. He is particularly assoc ...

(1858–60), George Henry Stokes (1843–47),

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(1844–49), William White (1845–47), William Niven (dates unknown).

Books

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online texts for vols. I & II
Additionally he wrote over forty pamphlets and reports. As well as publishing articles, letters, lectures and reports in '' The Builder'', ''The Ecclesiologist'', ''The Building News'', ''The British Architect'', ''The Civil Engineer's and Architect's Journal'', '' The Illustrated London News'', ''

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'' and ''Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects''.

Architectural work

His projects include:

Public buildings

*Workhouse in Winslow, Buckinghamshire (1835) *Workhouses (1836) in: Amesbury, Wiltshire; Buckingham, Buckinghamshire;

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, Northamptonshire;

Northampton Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. The county town of Northamptonshire, Northampton is one of the largest towns in England ...

, Northamptonshire; Oundle, Northamptonshire; Tiverton, Devon; Totnes, Devon; Towcester, Northamptonshire *Workhouse in Guildford, Surrey (1836–38) *Workhouses (1837) in: Bideford, Devon;

Boston, Lincolnshire Boston is a market town and inland port in the borough of the same name in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Boston is north of London, north-east of Peterborough, east of Nottingham, south-east of Lincoln, south-southeast of ...

; Clutton, Somerset;

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, Somerset;

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, Gloucestershire; Liskeard, Cornwall; Newton Abbot, Devon; Hundleby, Lincolnshire; Tavistock, Devon *The workhouse in Loughborough, Leicestershire (1837–38) *Workhouses (1838) in:

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, Buckinghamshire; Belper, Derbyshire; Great Dunmow, Essex;

Lichfield Lichfield () is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated roughly south-east of the county town of Stafford, south-east of Rugeley, north-east of Walsall, north-west of Tamworth and south-west o ...

, Staffordshire;

Mere, Wiltshire Mere is a small town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It lies at the extreme southwestern tip of Salisbury Plain, close to the borders of Somerset and Dorset. The parish includes the hamlets of Barrow Street, Burton, Charnage, Limpers ...

; Penzance, Cornwall; Redruth, Cornwall *Workhouse (1838); Williton, Somerset and 'sister design' Witham, Essex *Workhouses (1839) in: Billericay, Essex;

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, Warwickshire;

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; Louth, Lincolnshire; Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire;

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, Berkshire;

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, Cornwall;

Uttoxeter Uttoxeter ( , ) is a market town in the East Staffordshire district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is near to the Derbyshire county border. It is situated from Burton upon Trent, from Stafford, from Stoke-on-Trent, from ...

, Staffordshire * Buckingham Gaol extension and alterations (1839) in: Buckingham, Buckinghamshire *The workhouse in

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, Leicestershire (1839–40) *School and Master's House,

Hartshill Hartshill is a large village and civil parish in North Warwickshire, England, 2.5 miles (4 km) north-west of the town of Nuneaton. The parish borders the district of Nuneaton and Bedworth at the south, the North Warwickshire district parishes ...

, Stoke on Trent (1840) *

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, Wanstead, Essex (1841–43) *

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(1841–43) * Reading Gaol, Berkshire (1842–44) *Lunatic Asylum, Shelton, Shropshire (1843) *The workhouse, Macclesfield, Cheshire (1843) * Lunatic Asylum,

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(1845) *Lunatic Asylum, Wells, Somerset (1845) *Astbury School and Masters House Congleton (1848) *Christ Church School, Alsager, Cheshire (1848) * Brighton College, Sussex (1848–1866) * Sandbach School, Sandbach, Cheshire (1849) *School, Trefnant, Denbighshire (''c.'' 1855) *School,

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, Warwickshire (1856) Sandbach Literary Institute

* Literary Institution, Sandbach (1857) *Crimea War Memorial,

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, Broad Sanctuary,

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(1858) *School, Ashley, Northamptonshire (1858) *The Vaughan Library, Harrow School, Middlesex (1861–63) * Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, London (1861–1868) * Preston Town Hall, Lancashire (1862–67), destroyed by fire in 1947 University of Glasgow Gilbert Scott Building - Feb 2008

University of Glasgow Gilbert Scott Building - Feb 2008

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(1864–67) * Leeds General Infirmary (1864–67) *The Albert Memorial, London (1864–72); in the podium frieze, one of the images of architects, sculpted by

shows Scott himself * Midland Grand Hotel, St Pancras Station, London (1865) *

McManus Galleries The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum is a Gothic Revival-style building, located in the centre of Dundee, Scotland. The building houses a museum and art gallery with a collection of fine and decorative art as well as a natural history co ...

– formerly the Albert Institute,

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(1865–69) *The School, Great Dunmow, Essex (1866) *Brill Swimming Baths, Brighton (1866–69), demolished 1929 *

Clifton Hampden Bridge Clifton Hampden Bridge is a road bridge crossing the River Thames in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, England, situated on the reach below Clifton Lock. Originally it joined Oxfordshire on the north bank with Berkshire on the south but in 1974 t ...

, Oxfordshire (1867) *The library of the Grammar School (now

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) in

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(1868) *Market Cross,

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, Yorkshire (1869) *School

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, Lincolnshire (1869) *Extension to Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford (1869–71) *Lincoln's Inn, London, Library extension (1870–72), New Chambers Block A (1873) and New Chambers Block B (1876–78) *The main building of the new campus of the

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(1870), often called the Gilbert Scott Building *Savernake Hospital, Wiltshire (1871–72) *Gatehouse to Ramsgate Cemetery, Kent (1872) *The University Senate Hall, Mumbai University (1869–74) * The University Library and Rajabai Clock Tower, Mumbai University (1869–78) *The

. Scott first put forward designs in 1875, but work did not start until 1880. The eventual design was a slightly altered version of Scott's original design.

Domestic buildings

*Vicarage, Wappenham, Northamptonshire (1833) *16 High Street, Chesham, Buckinghamshire (1835) *Vicarage, Dinton, Buckinghamshire (1836) *Rectory,

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, Buckinghamshire (1838) *Parsonage,

Blakesley Blakesley is a village in the West Northamptonshire, England. It is about west of Towcester. It is about above sea level according to Ordnance Survey. North-west of Blakesley, and now contiguous with it, is the hamlet of Quinbury End. Demogr ...

, Northamptonshire (1839) *Parsonage, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent (1840) * Wanstead Infant Orphanage Asylum, London Borough of Redbridge (1841) *Seaman's Houses,

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, Yorkshire (1842) *Workers Houses, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent (1842–48) *Parsonage,

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, Oxfordshire (1843–46) *Parsonage, Barnet, Hertford (1845) *Parsonage, St Mark's,

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(''c.'' 1846) *Parsonage, Wembley, Middlesex (1846) *Parsonage, Weeton, North Yorkshire (''c.'' 1852) *Houses Broad Sanctuary,

(1852–54) *Parsonage, St Paul's, Cambridge (1853–54), now Cambridge Muslim College *Parsonage, St Mary's, Stoke Newington, London (''c.'' 1855) *All Souls' Vicarage, Halifax, Yorkshire (''c.'' 1856) *Cottages,

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(''c.'' 1857) *Almshouses, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent (1857) * Lanhydrock House, near

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, Cornwall (1857) an Elizabethan mansion rebuilt after a fire, formal gardens assisted by

Richard Coad Richard Coad (13 February 1825 – 1 November 1900) was a 19th-century Cornish architect.Kilkhampton, Cornwall (''c.'' 1858) *The Vicarage, Leafield, Oxfordshire (1858) *

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(1858) * Treverbyn Vean, St Neot, Cornwall (1858–62) *Parsonage, Ashley, Northamptonshire (1858) *Claydon House, Buckinghamshire (1859) *Parsonage,

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, Kent (''c.'' 1859) *Vicarage, Ranmore Common, Surrey (''c.'' 1859) *

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, Nottinghamshire (1859–62) *Workers' housing at

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, Halifax (1859) *Almshouses, Sandbach (1860) * Parsonage, Trefnant, Denbighshire (1860) *Lee Priory,

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, Kent, alterations and additions (1860–63) demolished *Rectory,

Higham, Forest Heath Higham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in the east of England. Located midway between Bury St Edmunds and Newmarket, in 2005 its population was 140.Kingston St Mary, Somerset for Mr Perkins (''c.'' 1861) *Parsonage, St Andrew's,

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(''c.'' 1861) *Hartland Abbey (c.1851) supervised by Richard Coad, built by Pulsman of Barnstaple * Hafodunos, Llangernyw, North Wales (1861–1866) *Vicarage, Jarrom Street, Leicester (1862) *Nos 1,3 & 3a Dean's Yard, Westminster (1862) *Parsonage,

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, Midlothian (1862) *

Brownsover Hall Brownsover Hall is a 19th-century mansion house in the old village of Brownsover, Rugby, Warwickshire which has been converted for use as a hotel. It is a Grade II* listed building. Early History (1471–1850) The manor of Brownsover was owne ...

, Warwickshire, date uncertain (''c.'' 1860) *Two lodge houses at Great Barr Hall, near

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the We ...

(pre-1863) *The Master's House, St John's College, Cambridge (1863) *Parsonage, Christ Church, Ottershaw, Surrey (''c.'' 1864) *Parsonage, St Luke's, Weaste, Lancashire (''c.'' 1865) *Schools Master's House, Ashley, Northamptonshire (1865) *Almshouses, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire (1865) *Rectory, Tydd St Giles, Cambridgeshire (1868) *Vicarage, Higham Green, Suffolk *Parsonage, Mirfield, Yorkshire (1869) *Polwhele House, Truro, Cornwall, additions (''c.'' 1870) *Vicarage,

Hillesden Hillesden is a village and civil parish in north-west Buckinghamshire, England, about south of Buckingham. The village name is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and means 'Hild's hill'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as ''Ilesdone ...

, Buckinghamshire (1871) *St Mary's Homes,

Godstone Godstone is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England, east of Reigate at the junction of the A22 and A25 roads, near the M25 motorway and the North Downs. Godstone railway station is separated from it by agricultural land. Blindley H ...

(1872) *Scott's Building,

King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the cit ...

(1873) *Parsonage, St Michael's, New Southgate, Middlesex (''c.'' 1874) *Parsonage, St Saviour's,

(1875) *Parsonage, Fulney, Lincolnshire (1877–80) *New Court,

Pembroke College, Cambridge Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 ...

(1881)

Church buildings

* St Mark's Church, Ladywood (1840–41) (demolished 1947) * St Giles' Church, Camberwell, London (1841–44) *Christ Church, Bridlington (1840–41) * St Mary's Church, Hanwell, Middlesex (1841) * Holy Trinity, Hulme (1841) *St Peter's Church,

, Surrey (1841) *Holy Trinity Church, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent (1842) *St John the Baptist's Church, St John's, Woking, Surrey (1842) *

St John the Baptist Church, Beeston St. John the Baptist Church is an Anglican church in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England. The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest. Hi ...

, Nottinghamshire (1842) * St Michael and All Angels Church, Wood Green (1843) * St John the Baptist's Church, Leenside, Nottingham (1843–44) * Holy Trinity Church, Halstead, Essex (1843–44) *St John the Evangelist, West Meon, Hampshire (1843–46), squared knapped flint work *

St Mark's Church, Worsley St Mark's Church is an active Anglican parish church in Worsley, Greater Manchester, England. It is part of a team ministry along with St Mary's in Ellenbrook and St Andrew in Boothstown. The church is in the Eccles deanery, the archdeaconry ...

, Greater Manchester (1844–46) *St John the Evangelist, Wembley, Middlesex (1846) * St Matthias, Malvern Link, Worcestershire (1844–46) *

St Mark's Church, Swindon St Mark's Church in central Swindon, Wiltshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Swindon, the archdeaconry of Malmesbury, and the diocese of Bristol. Its benefice is united with those of St Aldhelm, Swindon, St Luke, ...

(1845) *St Matthew’s Church, Donnington Wood, Telford, Shropshire (1845) * St Nikolai, Hamburg (1845–80), the tallest building in the world from 1874 to 1876. * Memorial Chapel, Bromsgrove School * The Cathedral of St John the Baptist in

St John's, Newfoundland St. John's is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. The city spans and is the easternmost city in North America ...

(1847, construction overseen by apprentice William Hay) *St Mary the Virgin,

Aylesbury Aylesbury ( ) is the county town of Buckinghamshire, South East England. It is home to the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery, David Tugwell`s house on Watermead and the Waterside Theatre. It is in central Buckinghamshire, midway between High Wy ...

(1848) *St Gregory's Church, Canterbury (1848) *St Paul's Church, Canterbury (1848) *St Cwyfan, Tudweiliog, Gwynedd (1849) *St Peter's Church, South Croydon (1851) *

Emmanuel Church, Forest Gate Emmanuel Church, Forest Gate is a Church of England church in Forest Gate, east London. It was built in the Decorated Gothic variant of the neo-Gothic style Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an ...

, London (1852) *St John's Church, Eastnor, Herefordshire Church (1852) and Monument (1855) *All Saints' Church, Watford, Hertfordshire (1853) *St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Dundee (1853) (cathedral since 1905) * St Mary's Church, West Derby, Liverpool (1853–6) *All Saints' Church, Sherbourne, Warwick (1854) *Christ Church, Lee Park, Kent (1854) (bombed 1941, demolished 1944) *St John the Evangelist, Shirley, Surrey (1854) *

Holy Trinity Church, Coventry Holy Trinity Church, Coventry, is a parish church of the Church of England in Coventry City Centre, West Midlands, England. Above the chancel arch is an impressive Doom wall-painting. History The church dates from the 12th century and is ...

(1854) *St Paul's Church, Chippenham (1854–55) *Chapel of Exeter College, Oxford (1854–60) *

Holy Trinity Church, Trefnant Holy Trinity Church is a Grade II* listed building in Trefnant, Denbighshire, Wales. It forms part of a group of listed structures in the village, including a parsonage and school, that were designed by George Gilbert Scott and which are recogn ...

(1855) *St John's Church, Bilton, Harrogate (1855) *St Mary,

Hayes Hayes may refer to: * Hayes (surname), including a list of people with the name ** Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the United States * Hayes (given name) Businesses * Hayes Brake, an American designer and manufacturer of disc brakes * Hay ...

, Kent (alterations) (1856–62) *St Peter, Bushley, Worcestershire. Roof (1856) *St Mary, Tedstone Delamere, Herefordshire Chancel (1856–57) *

St George's Minster, Doncaster Doncaster Minster, formally the Minster and Parish Church of St George, is the Anglican minster church of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It is a grade I listed building and was designed by architect designer George Gilbert Scott. The chu ...

(1858) * St Mary New Church, Stoke Newington (1858) * St Matthias Church, Richmond, London (1858) *

All Souls Church, Halifax All Souls Church, Halifax, is a redundant Anglican church in Haley Hill, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Ch ...

(1859) * St Thomas's Church, Huddersfield (1859) *St Michael and All Angels Church, Leafield, Oxfordshire (1859–60) * St Matthew's Church, Stretton, Cheshire (1859 and 1867) *St Matthew's Church, Yiewsley, Hillingdon (1859) *St Mary, Edvin Loach, Herefordshire (?1860) *Christ Church, Wanstead, Essex (1861) *St Stephen's Church, Higham Green, Suffolk (1861) *St John the Evangelist, Sandbach Heath (1861) *All Saints' Church, Hawkhurst, Kent (1861) *St Andrews, Jarrom Street, Leicester (1862) *The

Hereford Screen The Hereford Screen is a great choir screen designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811–1878) and made by Coventry metalworking firm Skidmore & Co. for Hereford Cathedral, England in 1862. It was one of the Gothic Revival works in iron of ...

(1862), choir screen from Hereford Cathedral, now restored and in the

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

, London *Chapel of Wellington College, Berkshire (1861–63) *All Saints' Church, Langton Green, Kent (1862–63) * St Barnabas' Church, Bromborough, Merseyside (1862–64) *St Andrew's Hospital Chapel, Northampton (1863) * St John the Evangelist, Taunton (1863) *St Clement's Church, Barnsbury (1864–65) (closed 1976 and converted into flats) *

St Andrew's Church, Derby St Andrew's Church, London Road was a parish church in the Church of England in Derby, Derbyshire. It was built between 1864 and 1867 and demolished in 1971. History The corner stone for the church was laid by William Cavendish, 7th Duke of D ...

(1864–67) *St Andrew's Church, Uxbridge (1865) *

St John the Baptist, Penshurst St John the Baptist Church at Penshurst, Kent is a Grade I listed Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Rochester in England. Those buried or commemorated here include Knights, Earls, Viscounts, a Viceroy of India, a Governor-General of Austral ...

(1865) *

St Luke's Church, Pendleton St Luke's Church is an Anglican church that stands on raised ground in Liverpool Street, Pendleton, Salford. The church, in the parish of Weaste, Seedley and Langworthy, is part of the Salford All Saints Team Ministry in the Salford deanery and ...

(1865) *St Stephen & St Mark, Lewisham (1865) *St Mary's Church, Shackleford, Surrey (1865) *St Denys Church, Southampton (1868) *St Stephen's Church, Higham Green, Suffolk (1868) *St James' Church, Cradley, Herefordshire Chancel (1868) * Holy Trinity Church, Shanghai (1866–69) * St Peter's Church, Edensor,

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

(1867–70) * St Mary's Church, Mirfield (1869-1871) * Ramsgate Cemetery Chapel, Kent (1869) *All Saints' church,

Ryde Ryde is an English seaside town and civil parish on the north-east coast of the Isle of Wight. The built-up area had a population of 23,999 according to the 2011 Census and an estimate of 24,847 in 2019. Its growth as a seaside resort came ...

, Isle of Wight (1872) * St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Chester (1872) *St Peter and St Paul, Priory Church Leominster, Herefordshire Quatrefoil piers (1872–79). * The Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin, Glasgow (1873) * Christ Church, Bradford-on-Avon (additions) (1875) * St Saviour's Church, Leicester (1875–77) * All Souls, Blackman Lane,

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popul ...

(1879) – his last work, a large lancet-style church *St Mary The Virgin,

Speldhurst Speldhurst is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The parish is to the west of Tunbridge Wells: the village is west of the town. Speldhurst has a primary school, a parish church, a general store with ...

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

(1879) * St Michael and St George Cathedral,

Grahamstown Makhanda, also known as Grahamstown, is a town of about 140,000 people in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated about northeast of Port Elizabeth and southwest of East London. Makhanda is the largest town in the Makana ...

(tower and spire completed in 1879) *St Paul's Church,

Low Fulney Low Fulney is a hamlet in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is in the Spalding St. Paul's ward of the South Holland District Council. It is situated east from the town of Spalding, Thornholme Grange, a house of 15th-c ...

, Spalding, Lincolnshire (completed 1880) *St Michael, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire: designed (1875), started (1881) by son John Oldrid Scott, never finished and partly demolished *

, Christchurch, New Zealand StJohnsCambChapel02

* St John The Baptist Church, Busbridge, Godalming, Surrey * St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal) *St Mary's Church, Mirfield, West Yorkshire *St Mary, Timsbury, Somerset *St Nicholas's, Newport, Lincoln, Lincolnshire *St Peter's Church, Elworth, Cheshire *Christ The Saviour, Ealing, London *Christ Church, Ramsgate, Kent *

Christ Church, Swindon Christ Church is a grade II* listed church in Cricklade Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It was built in 1851 to a design by George Gilbert Scott. The church is one of two major buildings in Old Town, the other being the old town hall, onl ...

, Wiltshire

Restorations

Churches

Scott was involved in major restorations of medieval church architecture, all across England. *

Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin, Wakefield The Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin is a chantry chapel in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, and is designated a Grade I Listed building by English Heritage. It is located south of the city centre on the medieval bridge over the Rive ...

, West Yorkshire (1842) * Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield, Derbyshire (1843) * St Mary's Church, Sandbach (1847) * St Mary's Church, Temple Balsall,

Solihull Solihull (, or ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in West Midlands County, England. The town had a population of 126,577 at the 2021 Census. Solihull is situated on the River Blyth ...

, West Midlands (1849) * St Peter's Church, Northampton (1849-1851) * St John the Baptist Church

Glastonbury Glastonbury (, ) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. The town, which is in the Mendip district, had a population of 8,932 in the 2011 census. Glastonbur ...

, Somerset (1850s) *

St Mary's Church, Nottingham The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the oldest parish churchDomesday Book: A Complete Translation (Penguin Classics) of Nottingham, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest church after the Cathedral in the city of Nottingham. The church ...

, Nottinghamshire (1850s) * Church of St Editha, Tamworth, Staffordshire (1850s) * Church of St Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire (1850s) *

St Mary's Church, Halton St Mary's Church is in Halton, which was formerly a separate village, but is now part of the town of Runcorn, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Fr ...

, Runcorn, Cheshire (1852) *St Mary's Church,

Bishopsbourne Bishopsbourne is a mostly rural and wooded village and civil parish in Kent, England. It has two short developed sections of streets at the foot of the Nailbourne valley south-east of Canterbury and centred from Dover. The settlement of ...

, Kent (1871) * All Saints' Church, Oakham (1857–1858) *St John the Baptist Church,

Aconbury Aconbury ( cy, Caer Rhain) is a village in the English county of Herefordshire, situated on a road between Hereford and Ross-on-Wye. St John the Baptist Church was originally the church of a nunnery founded before 1237. The style of the current ...

, Herefordshire (1863) *St Paul (Without the Walls) Church,

Canterbury Canterbury (, ) is a cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the primate of t ...

, Kent (1860s) * Church of St John the Baptist, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire (1858) *St Mary Magdelene,

Duns Tew Duns Tew is an English village and civil parish about south of Banbury in Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 478. With nearby Great Tew and Little Tew, Duns Tew is one of the three villages known collectively as ...

, Oxfordshire (1861–62) * St Mary's Church, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire (1861–63) * St Helen's Church, Welton, East Riding of Yorkshire (1862–63) *

St Peter and St Paul, Buckingham St. Peter and St. Paul, known commonly as Buckingham Parish Church, is the Anglican parish church in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England. The current rector is Revd Will Pearson-Gee who leads a range of services; traditional and modern in st ...

Church Buckingham, (1862–1878), additions to the original 1780 church including

chancel In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse. ...

, buttresses, porch, roof and

nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-typ ...

alterations. Work continued over the years by his second son John Oldrid Scott and grandson

Charles Marriott Oldrid Scott Charles Marriott Oldrid Scott (1880 – 1952) was an English architect who is often best remembered for being the son of John Oldrid Scott and grandson of Sir Gilbert Scott (George Gilbert Scott), both of whom were architects, as was his uncle G ...

. *St John the Baptist Church,

Upton Bishop Upton Bishop is a small village in Herefordshire, England. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 602. Upton Bishop was featured several years ago on TV when Phil and Alison Clarke chose their home on the Channel 4 programme '' ...

, Herefordshire (1862) *

St Cuthbert's Church, Darlington St Cuthbert's Church, Darlington is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Durham in Darlington, County Durham. History The church dates from the early 12th century. The church became collegiate when Richard Whitton was appointed ...

(1864–65) *St Leonard, Yarpole, Herefordshire, restoration of

(1864) * St Mary and St Nicolas, Spalding, Lincolnshire (1865-7) * St Wulfram's Church, Grantham, Lincolnshire (1866–75) * All Saints' Church, Winterton, Lincolnshire (1867) * St Mary Abbots, Kensington, London (1872) * All Saints' Church, Hillesden

Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-e ...

(1874–75) *

St Margaret's Church, King's Lynn King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop’s Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is located north of London, north-east of Peterborough ...

(1875) * St Margaret's, Westminster, London (1877–78) *St Mary's Island church on the Orchardleigh Estate, Somerset (1878) *

St Peter's Church, Prestbury St Peter's Church is the parish church of Prestbury, Cheshire, England. It is probably the fourth church on the site. The third, the Norman Chapel, stands in the churchyard. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a ...

, Cheshire (1879–1881) *St Andrew's Parish Church, Spratton, Northamptonshire (1847) * Church of St Mary the Less, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (1856–57) *Church of St John the Baptist,

Danbury Danbury is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately northeast of New York City. Danbury's population as of 2022 was 87,642. It is the seventh largest city in Connecticut. Danbury is nicknamed the "Hat City ...

, Essex (1866–67) Lichwestfrontdetail

Cathedrals

* Ely Cathedral (1847–78) * Gloucester Cathedral (1854–76) * Peterborough Cathedral (1855–60) *

Coventry Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael, commonly known as Coventry Cathedral, is the seat of the Bishop of Coventry and the Diocese of Coventry within the Church of England. The cathedral is located in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The cur ...

(1855–57) * Hereford Cathedral east side (1855–63) *

Lichfield Cathedral Lichfield Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, one of only three cathedrals in the United Kingdom with three spires (together with Truro Cathedral and St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh), and the only medie ...

(1855–61 & 1877–81) * Wakefield Cathedral (1858–60, 1865–69 and 1872–74) * Durham Cathedral (1859 and 1874–76) *

Brecon Cathedral Brecon Cathedral ( cy, Eglwys Gadeiriol Aberhonddu), in the town of Brecon, Powys, is the cathedral of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon in the Church in Wales and seat of the Bishop of Swansea and Brecon. Previously the church of Brecon Priory ...

(1860–62 & 1872–75) * Canterbury Cathedral (1860 & 1877–80) * Chichester Cathedral (1861–67 & 1872) * Ripon Cathedral (1862–72) * St Edmundsbury Cathedral (1863–64 & 1867–69) *

Worcester Cathedral Worcester Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Worcester, in Worcestershire, England, situated on a bank overlooking the River Severn. It is the seat of the Bishop of Worcester. Its official name is the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Bless ...

(1863–64, 1868 & 1874) *

St David's Cathedral St Davids Cathedral ( cy, Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi) is situated in St DavidsBritain's smallest city in the county of Pembrokeshire, near the most westerly point of Wales. Early history The monastic community was founded by Saint David, Abbot ...

, St Davids, Wales (1864–76) * Salisbury Cathedral (1865–71) * St Asaph Cathedral (1866–69 & 1871) * Newcastle Cathedral (1867–71 & 1872–76) *

Chester Cathedral Chester Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral and the mother church of the Diocese of Chester. It is located in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. The cathedral, formerly the abbey church of a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Sa ...

(1868–75) *

Exeter Cathedral Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 14 ...

(1869–70) *

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church ( la, Ædes Christi, the temple or house, '' ædēs'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniq ...

east wall of choir (1870–72 & 1874–76) * Rochester Cathedral (1871–74) * St Albans Cathedral (1871–80) * Manchester Cathedral (''c.'' 1872) * Winchester Cathedral (1875) Additionally, Scott designed the Mason and Dixon monument in York Minster (1860), prepared plans for the restoration of Bristol Cathedral in 1859 and Norwich Cathedral in 1860 neither of which resulted in a commission, and designed a pulpit for

Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Minster, or the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln and sometimes St Mary's Cathedral, in Lincoln, England, is a Grade I listed cathedral and is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Lincoln. Construc ...

in 1863.

Abbeys, priories and collegiate churches

* St Mary's Church, Stafford, 1842–45 *

Beverley Minster Beverley Minster, otherwise known as the Parish Church of Saint John and Saint Martin, in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, is a parish church in the Church of England. It is one of the largest parish churches in the UK, larger than one-thi ...

1844, 1866–68, 1877 *

, 1848–78 * Dorchester Abbey, 1858, 1862, 1874 *

, 1859–63, 1875 * Bath Abbey, 1860–77 * Pershore Abbey, 1861–64, 1867 * St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, 1863 *Chapel of St James the Great, Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick, 1863 *

Great Malvern Priory Great Malvern Priory in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, was a Benedictine monastery (c. 1075 – 1540) and is now an Anglican parish church. In 1949 it was designated a Grade I listed building. It is a dominant building in the Great Malvern ...

, c. 1864 * Boxgrove Priory, 1864–67 * Priory Church, Leominster, 1864–66, 1876–78 * Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey, 1865–66 * Selby Abbey, 1872–74 * Tewkesbury Abbey, 1874–79 *

Bridlington Priory Priory Church of St Mary, Bridlington, , commonly known as Bridlington Priory Church is a parish church in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in the Diocese of York. It is on the site of an Augustinian priory founded in 1113 which ...

, 1875–80

Other restoration work

Scott restored the Inner Gateway (also known as the Abbey Gateway) of Reading Abbey in 1860–61 after its partial collapse. St Mary's of Charity in

Faversham Faversham is a market town in Kent, England, from London and from Canterbury, next to the Swale, a strip of sea separating mainland Kent from the Isle of Sheppey in the Thames Estuary. It is close to the A2, which follows an ancient Briti ...

, which was

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(and transformed, with an unusual spire and unexpected interior) by Scott in 1874, and Dundee Parish Church, and designed the chapels of Exeter College, Oxford, St John's College, Cambridge and

King's College, London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King G ...

. He also designed St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee.

's ornate West Front was extensively renovated by Scott from 1855 to 1878. He restored the cathedral to the form he believed it took in the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

, working with original materials where possible and creating imitations when the originals were not available. It is recognised as some of his finest work. In 1854 Gilbert Scott began a restoration of Sudeley Castle "working on the western side of the inner court in the style of the existing Medieval and Elizabethan buildings" and subsequently began the restoration of St Mary's chapel, with the assistance of John Drayton Wyatt.

Gallery of architectural work

File:Louth Workhouse - geograph.org.uk - 134024.jpg, Workhouse, Louth Lincolnshire (1839) File:St mary hanwell 38.jpg, St Mary's Hanwell, Middlesex (1841) File:St mary hanwell east window 3435.jpg, East end, St Mary's Hanwell, Middlesex (1841) File:Martyrs Memorial Oxford 20050317.jpg, Martyrs' Memorial, Oxford (1841–43) File:Camberwell parish church of St Giles.JPG, St Giles Church, Camberwell (1842–44) File:Reading Prison 1.JPG, Reading Gaol, Berkshire (1842–44) File:Holy Trinity church, Halstead, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 213377.jpg, Holy Trinity Church, Halstead, Essex (1843–44) File:Zeals - geograph.org.uk - 5444.jpg, St Martin's, Zeals, Wiltshire (1845–46) File:Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist, St John's, Newfoundland.jpg, Cathedral of St. John, Newfoundland, Canada (1847–1905) File:Anglican Cathedral St.John's newfoundland.jpg, Cathedral of St John, Newfoundland, Canada (1847–1905) File:St Peter's Church, Croydon - West.jpg, St Peter's Church, Croydon (1849–51) File:St.Ann's Church, Alderney.jpg, St Anne's Alderney (c.1850) File:Weeton, the Church of St Barnabas.jpg, St Barnabas's Church, Weeton, North Yorkshire (1852) File:St George, Doncaster.JPG, St George's Church, Doncaster, Yorkshire (1853–58) File:Doncaster, St George's Church - geograph.org.uk - 234717.jpg, St George's Church, Doncaster, Yorkshire (1853–58) File:Lichfield Cathedral nave.jpg, Lichfield Cathedral, as restored and with fittings by Scott (1855–61) & (1877–81) File:All Souls' Halifax from Dean Clough sheep.JPG, All Souls', Haley Hill, Halifax (1856–59) File:All Souls', Haley Hill, Halifax - Interior looking east - Tim Green aka atoach.jpg, Interior looking east, All Souls', Haley Hill, Halifax, Yorkshire (1856–59) File:Ilam cottages 304790.jpg, Cottages, Ilam, Staffordshire (c.1871) File:Exeter College, Oxford chapel door.jpg, Chapel door, Exeter College, Oxford (1857–59) File:Exeter College Chapel & Lectern, Oxford - Diliff.jpg, East end, Chapel, Exeter College, Oxford (1857–59) File:Kelham Hall - geograph.org.uk - 4560.jpg, Kelham Hall, Nottinghamshire (1858–62) File:Westminster School Monument.jpg, Crimea War Memorial, Westminster School, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster (1858) File:Walton Hall through the trees - geograph.org.uk - 118520.jpg, Walton Hall, Warwickshire (c.1858–62) File:Edwin Loach Church.jpg, St Mary's, Edwin Loach, Herefordshire (c.1859) File:Brighton College Chapel.jpg, The Chapel, Brighton College (1859) File:All Saints, Nocton. - geograph.org.uk - 16937.jpg, All Saints, Nocton (1860–63) File:Buckingham PeterandPaulParishChurch08.JPG, SS. Peter and Paul Church, Buckingham, heavily restored (1860–67) File:Bath Abbey Vaults.jpg, Nave Vault, Bath Abbey (1860–77) (copy of the medieval vault in the chancel) File:King's College London Chapel 2, London - Diliff.jpg, The Chapel, King's College London (1861–62) File:Christ Church, Southgate, London N14 - geograph.org.uk - 1079672.jpg, Christ Church, Southgate, London (1861–62) File:Vaughan Library, Harrow School - geograph.org.uk - 98107.jpg, Vaughan Library, Harrow School, London (1861–63) File:Herefordscreen.jpg, Screen from Hereford Cathedral (1862) now in the

File:Sherbourne - geograph.org.uk - 13347.jpg, All Saints' Church, Sherbourne, Warwickshire (1862–64) File:Foreign.office.london.arp.jpg, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London (1862–75) File:Foreignofficestairwell.jpg, Grand Staircase, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London (1862–75) File:StJohn'sCollegeChapel1.jpg, Looking east, St John's College Chapel, Cambridge (1863–69) File:Clifton Hampden Bridge (2).JPG, Clifton Hampden Bridge, Oxfordshire (1864) File:Leeds General Infirmary - geograph.org.uk - 66454.jpg, Leeds General Infirmary (1864–70) File:StDavidsCathedral 1.JPG, St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, showing Scott's west front (1864–76) File:Albert Memorial, London - May 2008.jpg, Albert Memorial, London (1864–76) File:Christchurch Cathedral-derivative.jpg, ChristChurch Cathedral, Christchurch, New Zealand (1864–1904) File:St_Mary's_Church,_Norney,_Shackleford.jpg, St Mary's Church, Norney, Shackleford, Surrey (1865) File:McManus Galleries.jpg, Former Albert Institute Dundee (1865–69) File:St Luke's church, Salford.JPG, St Luke's church, Salford (1865) File:St Pancras Railway Station.jpg, Former Midland Grand Hotel, St Pancras Station (1866–76) File:St Pancras Decor Andh.JPG, Detail of decoration in the Train Shed, St Pancras Station (1866–76) File:Worcester cathedral 006.JPG, Reredos high altar, Worcester Cathedral (1867–68) File:University of Glasgow view.jpg, University of Glasgow (1867–70), spire added after Scott's death by his son John Oldrid Scott File:Highclere Church - geograph.org.uk - 56915.jpg,

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Church, Hampshire (1869–70) File:Brownsover Hall 48216.jpg, Brownsover Hall, Warwickshire (c.1870) File:St Mary Abbots Church Kensington.jpg, St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington (1870–72) File:George Gilbert Scott Reichstag 1872.jpg, Design for Reichstag, Berlin, not executed (1872) File:Worcester cathedral 019.JPG, Pulpit, Worcester Cathedral (1873–74) File:St Mary's 3 spires.jpg, West front, St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (1874–80) File:St Mary's Episcopal, Edinburgh.jpg, East front, St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (1874–80) File:Grahamstown Cathedral.JPG, Grahamstown Cathedral, South Africa (1874–78) & finished (1893) File:Clarkson Memorial.JPG,

, Wisbech, (1880–81) File:New Court Pembroke College Cambridge.jpg, New Court, Pembroke College, Cambridge (1881) File:St Barnabas, Bromborough from southeast.jpg, St Barnabas' Church, Bromborough, Merseyside (1862–64)

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St Johns Church Bromsgrove

Sir George Gilbert Scott, the unsung hero of British architecture

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, George Gilbert 1811 births 1878 deaths Architects from Buckinghamshire English Anglicans 19th-century English architects English ecclesiastical architects Gothic Revival architects Burials at Westminster Abbey Knights Bachelor Recipients of the Royal Gold Medal George Gilbert Architects of cathedrals Presidents of the Royal Institute of British Architects Royal Academicians