Gothic Revival: Rich colours and decoration

NOTES: St Pancras Station opened in 1868 while the hotel, also known as the Midland Grand Hotel, opened in 1874. The latter was built for the eponymous railway company to receive travellers through the adjacent St Pancras Station. It was converted into offices in 1935.

NOTES: This church was built for the 1st Marchioness of Ripon.

SOURCE: Gaetano Landi. Architectural decorations (London, 1810), pl. 13

NOTES: Horace Walpole purchased Strawberry Hill, a follly, in 1747 and spent until 1776 expanding and redecorating it to his own specifications. He was assisted by two friends, the amateur architect, John Chute, and the draughtsman, Richard Bentley. William Robinson of the Royal Office of Works oversaw the construction.

NOTES: Horace Walpole purchased Strawberry Hill, a follly, in 1747 and spent until 1776 expanding and redecorating it to his own specifications. He was assisted by two friends, the amateur architect, John Chute, and the draughtsman, Richard Bentley. William Robinson of the Royal Office of Works oversaw the construction.

SOURCE: William Henry Pyne. The History of the royal residences (London, 1819), vol. 3, Carlton House, facing p. 63 NOTES: The house was demolished in 1825 and replaced by Carlton House Terrace, designed by John Nash.

Formerly in PB335

NOTES: Horace Walpole purchased Strawberry Hill, a follly, in 1747 and spent until 1776 expanding and redecorating it to his own specifications. He was assisted by two friends, the amateur architect, John Chute, and the draughtsman, Richard Bentley. William Robinson of the Royal Office of Works oversaw the construction.The stained glass in the Round Room was inserted in the 1860s.

NOTES: The library designed by Champneys opened in 1899. 2007 saw the completion of the restoration (Lloyd Evans Prichard) and extension (Austin-Smith Lord) of the building.

NOTES: The Wills Memorial Building was designed in 1912 to be a landmark for the new university. Built in the Perpendicular Gothic style, it was begun in 1915 and, after being delayed through World War I, it was finally completed in 1925. George Herbert Oatley was knighted the same year in recognition of his work.

NOTES: These decorations were not carried out. The executed design was somewhat modified to reduce costs. The set of drawings in the RIBA are for the original, unmodified designs.

NOTES: The church was built 1894-1896; its tower was completed in 1902. This is possibly the drawing exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1899 ('Interior of St John's Church, Cowley, Oxford, number 1625).

NOTES: This design for church, church hall and school was unsuccessful. The church was built in 1905 to the designs of other architects.

NOTES: This watercolour was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in 1880 (number 1178) as 'A library in Kensington'.

NOTES: The lower lights of the west end of the church (Nos.1-4) depict angels with the Virgin and Child, guardian angels with children and a mother teaching her child.

NOTES: This was a rebuilding of an earlier church in two stages, 1868-1870 and 1872-1873.

NOTES: The reredos is by Lethaby and the painting is by Frederick Hamilton Jackson.

NOTES: Horace Walpole purchased Strawberry Hill, a follly, in 1747 and spent until 1776 expanding and redecorating it to his own specifications. He was assisted by two friends, the amateur architect, John Chute, and the draughtsman, Richard Bentley. William Robinson of the Royal Office of Works oversaw the construction. The stained glass seen here is a mixture of English and Flemish glass.