Gerald Callcott Horsley (31 October 1862, in Glasgow – 2 July 1917, in

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, East Sussex)*Gerhard Bissell, ''Horsley, Gerald'', in: ''

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'', vol. 75, 2012 (in German) was a British

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and draughtsman who lived in London.

Life

Horsley was the son of the painter

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. He was articled to

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from 1879 to 1882, and in 1883 became his assistant. From 1884 to 1885 he was assistant to John Dando Sedding. In 1883, Horsley was a founder member of the St George's Art Society, 1884 of the Art-Workers' Guild. He was the first recipient, in 1887 and again in 1888, of the

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Studentship of the

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(RIBA) which took him twice to Italy. A RIBA associate in 1890, he left the institute in 1892 in protest against plans for compulsory registration of architects; he rejoined as a fellow in 1906. From 1911 to 1913, Horsley was president of the

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Works

Horsley was first influenced by the

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and built a number of country residences. His best known buildings are in a Baroque revival style following the examples of

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. In this style he designed

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(1901–1902; Music School added in 1914) and a few stations for the North Western Railway such as Hatch End station (1911). Some churches like St Chad's Church, Longsdon,

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(1902–1906) are Gothic buildings. Horsley was also an excellent draughtsman and submitted views of historic monuments to the annual exhibitions of the

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all his life. He also prepared presentation drawings for architect colleagues.Online exhibition How We Built Britain
with Horsley’s view of

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Horsley was the

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of ''A History of Gothic Art in England'' by E. S. Prior (published 1900).

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