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Gothic Revival: Variety of Materials

Gothic Revival architecture used a variety of materials. This was often expressed through constructional polychromy.

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Keble College Chapel, Oxford

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Butterfield, William (1814-1900)

All Saints, Margaret Street, Fitzrovia, London

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Butterfield, William (1814-1900)

Park House, Park Place, Cardiff, seen from the west

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Burges, William (1827-1881)

Gothick villa, Holly Village, Highgate, London

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Darbishire, Henry Astley (1839-1908)
NOTES: Holly Village was designed by Henry Astley Darbishire for the philanthropist Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts. It consists of four detached houses and four pairs of adjoining cottages built around a green.

Templeton's carpet factory (Albert Mills), Glasgow: the main facade

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Leiper, William (1839-1916)
NOTES: James Templeton engaged William Leiper to design the facade of his new factory called Albert Mills after previous designs had been refused planning permission by the City Council on the premise that they were not prestigious enough for the neighbourhood. The factory, completed in 1889-92, produced carpets for two British coronations, a carpet for the White House, Washington DC, and carpets for luxury liners. They also produced army blankets during the First World War. It closed in 1982 and after restoration re-opened as theTempleton Business Centre.

Bressingham Rectory, Norfolk: perspective view

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Teulon, Samuel Sanders (1812-1873)

Lincoln's Inn Library, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London: view from Newman's Row of the east end with the Benchers' rooms on the right

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Hardwick, Philip (1792-1870)
NOTES: The present library building stands at the north end of the Great Hall built at the same time in 1843-45 by Philip and Philip Charles Hardwick.The library was extended eastwards in 1872, to the design of Sir George Gilbert Scott.

Oxford University Museum, Parks Road, Oxford: corner of the main court

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Deane & Woodward
NOTES: Deane & Woodward of Dublin were responsible for the design of the museum. The carvings of the stonemasonry were the work of the Irish brothers, John and James O'Shea, and their nephew John Whelan.

Town Hall, St Giles's Square, Northampton

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Godwin, Edward William (1833-1886)

Keble College Chapel seen from Liddon Quad, Oxford

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Butterfield, William (1814-1900)

St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London

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Pearson, John Loughborough (1817-1897)

Lincoln's Inn New Hall and Library, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London

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Hardwick, Philip (1792-1870)
NOTES: The present library building stands at the north end of the Great Hall built at the same time in 1843-45 by Philip and Philip Charles Hardwick.The library was extended eastwards in 1872, to the design of Sir George Gilbert Scott.

Alton Abbey (later Alton Towers), Staffordshire: perspective

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Allason, Thomas (1790-1852)
NOTES: The architects working on the existing house during the period 1811-1820 were Thomas Hopper, who was responsible for the conservatory, William Hollins of Birmingham, who was responsible for changes to the old hall in 1817 and some ornamental work, and, most significantly, Thomas Allason, commissioned by the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury in 1819-20, who designed the north Entrance Hall, Chapel, great Drawing Room, Long Gallery and dining room. The house was later to be altered by A.W.N. Pugin and its name changed to Alton Towers.

Templeton's carpet factory (Albert Mills), Glasgow

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Charles Robertson Partnership
NOTES: James Templeton engaged William Leiper to design the facade of his new factory called Albert Mills after previous designs had been refused planning permission by the City Council on the premise that they were not prestigious enough for the neighbourhood. The factory, completed in 1889-92, produced carpets for two British coronations, a carpet for the White House, Washington DC, and carpets for luxury liners. They also produced army blankets during the First World War. It closed in 1982 and after restoration by the Charles Robertson Partnership, re-opened as the Templeton Business Centre.

Contract drawings of All Saints Church, corner Grange Road and Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough: west front

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Street, George Edmund (1824-1881)
NOTES: The tower was never built.

Christ Church, College Green, Clifton, Bristol

RIBA92275
Bassett-Smith, William (1830-1901)

Designs for Saint Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne: north elevation towards Swanston Street

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Butterfield, William (1814-1900)
NOTES: Butterfield was appointed architect for the new Anglican cathedral in Melbourne in 1877; the foundation stone was laid in 1880; and the cathedral was consecrated in 1891. Butterfield had resigned in 1886 and the cathedral was finished under the direction of a local architect, J. Reed. Neither the fittings nor the exterior were completed to Butterfield's designs. It was only in 1926 that construction of the three spires began to a design by John Barr of Sydney which replaced Butterfield's planned but unbuilt octagonal central tower and gable west end towers.

Laverstoke Parsonage, Whitchurch, Hampshire

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Street, George Edmund (1824-1881)
NOTES: Also known as the Old Rectory.

St James-the-Less church, Pimlico, London

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Street, George Edmund (1824-1881)

Perspective of the entrance and Library Wing of Eaton Hall, Cheshire, seen from the north-west

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Waterhouse, Alfred (1830-1905)
NOTES: This partial view of Eaton Hall shows the new porte cochère, grand stair and Library Wing that Waterhouse added to the Burn/Porden mansion. The date makes it clear that this is a presentation drawing prepared to show the client the appearance of what was being proposed.

Competition design for the Crimea Memorial Church, Istanbul

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NOTES: This drawing is by an unidentified 19th century English architect. The competition for the Crimea Memorial Church in Istanbul was won by William Burges but his building was never executed.
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