Sir george gilbert scott biography of martin
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A guest post by LH Member Martin Thompson.
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Sir Giles Gilbert Scott was an English architect known for his work on such structures as Liverpool Cathedral, Waterloo Bridge, Bankside Power Station, Battersea Power Station and also for the design of the iconic red telephone box. He came from a family of architects. His father was an architect, himself the son of Sir George Gilbert Scott, known for designing the Albert Memorial and the Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras Station.
Scott was born at 26 Church Row, Hampstead. He was one of the six children and third son of George Gilbert Scott Jr and his wife, Ellen. He attended Beaumont College preparatory school and in January 1899 he became an articled pupil in the office of Temple Moore, who had studied with Scott’s father. In later years Scott remarked to his friend John Betjeman, “I always think that my father was a genius. … He was a far better architect than my grandfather and yet look at the reputations of the two men”. As a boy Gilbert and his brother Adrian were taken by their mother Ellen on many cycle trips, which he called ‘church crawls’ visiting some of the masterpieces of church architecture on the Kent-Sussex border. It is possibly these field trips that inspired the young
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George Gilbert Scott facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Sir George Gilbert Scott | |
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Sir George Gilbert Scott | |
| Born | (1811-07-13)13 July 1811 Parsonage, Gawcott, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Died | 27 March 1878(1878-03-27) (aged 66) 39 Courtfield Gardens, South Kensington, London, England |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Royal Gold Medal (1859) |
| Buildings | Wakefield Cathedral Albert Memorial Foreign and Commonwealth Office Midland Grand Hotel St Pancras railway station Main building of the University of Glasgow St Nicholas Church, Hamburg St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal) King's College Chapel, London Wanstead Infant Orphan Asylum |
Sir George Gilbert ScottRA (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), largely known as Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic Revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he started his career as a leading designer of workhouses. Over 800 buildings were designed or altered by him.
Scott was the architect of many notable buildings, including the Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras Station, the Albert Memorial, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, all in London, St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow, the main building o
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