George Gilbert Scott (1811-78)

A proponent of the Ecclesiological principles of church design, he developed the ability to blend elements from disparate architectural sources. Dedicated to the historic preservation of medieval buildings, Scott helped restore many churches throughout Europe. Scott was the most prolific architect of the Gothic revival designing nearly 1000 buildings alone or with his practice. Among the approximately 850 buildings that Scott solely designed, restored, or otherwise influenced are 39 cathedrals and minsters, around 500 churches, and many academic buildings. Scott’s pupils included George Edmund Street, William White, and G.F. Bodley. George Gilbert Scott won a Royal Gold Medal in 1859, became Professor of Architecture at the Royal Academy (1866-1873), and was knighted in 1872.

1857 – Design for Halifax Town Hall, Yorkshire

Architect: George Gilbert Scott

Perspective View published in The Building News,

1858 – George Gilbert’s Scott’s design for Foreign Office, London

Architect: George Gilbert Scott

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office building originally provided premises for four separate government departments: the Foreign Office,

1858 – Jackson Library, Exeter College, Oxford

Architect: George Gilbert Scott

The College’s present library was built in Gothic-Revival style in 1857 by George Gilbert Scott.

1859 – All Souls Church, Haley Hill, Halifax, Yorkshire

Architect: George Gilbert Scott

All Souls was commissioned and paid for by the local industrialist Edward Akroyd in 1856,

1859 – Chapel, Royal Dockyard, Woolwich, London

Architect: George Gilbert Scott

St Barnabas Church was originally designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and was built between 1857 and 1859 as the Naval Dockyard Church at Woolwich Dockyard.