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 Informat.io on Giles Gilbert Scott   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Scott was noted for his blending of Gothic tradition with modernism, making what might have been functionally designed buildings into popular landmarks.
The choice of Scott surprised others as well, because of Scott's youth (he was 22), lack of experience (he had designed a few private houses), and faith (as Liverpool was strongly divided between Anglicans and Roman Catholics).
Scott was on the verge of resigning when Bodley died suddenly in 1907.
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 ooBdoo
Castle Mall, a shopping mall designed by local practice Lambert, Scott and Innes and opened in 1993, presents an ingenious solution to the problem of sensitively creating new retail space in a historic city-centre environment - the building is largely buried underground and in the side of a hill.
John Crome and Joseph Stannard, along with John Sell Cotman, established the first art movement outside of London.
The neo-Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral on Earlham Road, begun in 1882, is by George Gilbert Scott Junior and his brother, John Oldrid Scott.
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 Wappenham's Gilbert Scott Heritage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Scott's buildings in Wappenham are mostly from his early career and are not among his great works of architecture, but they are of architectural, historical and cultural importance.
She was daughter of John Scott (Thomas Scott senior's eldest brother) and also related in some sort of way, I think, to Fanny, wife of Rev Thomas Scott junior.
Sir Gilbert Scott was one of the most successful and famous Victorian architects - he is renowned for The Albert Memorial, The Midlands Hotel at St Pancras Station, The Foreign Office and many churches and countless church restorations - as well as for the very large number of pupils trained in his office.
www.northantsvillages.org.uk /wappenham/GilbertScottHeritage.htm   (2410 words)

  
 Scott Barrow
Scott won her over with his warmth, humor, scott barrow and intelligence, scott barrow and he even won the heart of little Ayiana.
John Scott of Scott's Hall - Sir John Scott (died October 17, 1485) was Warden of the Cinque Ports.
Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch - Walter Scott of Buccleuch (1565 – 15 December, 1611) was a Scottish nobleman and famous border reiver, known as the “Bold Buccleuch” and leader of Kinmont Willie’s Raid.
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 Informat.io on George Gilbert Scott
Sir George Gilbert Scott (July 13, 1811 – March 27, 1878) was an English architect of the Victorian Age, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches, cathedrals and workhouses.
His sons George Gilbert Scott Junior and John Oldrid Scott and grandson, Giles Gilbert Scott, were also prominent architects.
Scott felt that St Pancras station was his most successful project.
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 Scott, Sir George Gilbert - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT [Scott, Sir George Gilbert] 1811-78, English architect.
His grandson, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, 1880-1960, English architect, submitted designs in the competition for the proposed Liverpool Cathedral while still a pupil.
Sir Walter Scott on Oliver Cromwell: an evenhanded Royalist evaluates a usurper.
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 Giles Gilbert Scott / Architect (1880-1960) - Design/Designer Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Scott Jnr continued to offer advice on his children’s upbringing, suggesting for instance that the boys were educated at a particular school because he admired its architecture, but Scott and his siblings were brought up in Sussex by their dynamic, ambitious mother.
After Bodley’s death in 1907, Scott was given sole control, but in 1910 he insisted on reworking the design for the main building, by refining its Gothic style into a simpler, symmetrical structure with a monumental central tower.
Scott returned to work in Liverpool after World War I. In 1923, he was commissioned to design Memorial Court, a hall of residence at Clare College, Cambridge (1923-1934), which he completed in a Georgian-inspired style.
www.designmuseum.org /designinbritain/giles-gilbert-scott   (1856 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Arts | Arts features | Who was George Gilbert Scott Jr?
Scott Sr was, I suppose, the Norman Foster of Victorian England; forever busy, an inveterate traveller, he ran the biggest and most prolific architectural practice of his day.
Scott Jr's early years (Eton, Cambridge, a fellowship at Jesus College) were cosseted by his father's self-made fortune, and he lived the rest of his life in the imposing gothic shadow of Great Scott.
Giles Gilbert Scott once said: "Grandfather was the successful practical man, and a phenomenal scholar in gothic precedent, but father was the artist." An artist, yes, but how tragic that the Norwich cathedral, Scott Jr's biggest commission, was to prove a denial of his innovative artistry, a return to his father's pedantic form.
arts.guardian.co.uk /features/story/0,11710,856493,00.html   (1367 words)

  
 Anacortes John L Scott   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Scott bridges the gap that often exists between Dante studies in English-speaking countries anacortes john l scott and the great tradition of Dante scholarship in the poet's homeland.
John Morin Scott - John Morin Scott (1730 – September 14, 1784) was a lawyer, military officer, and statesman during the American Revolution.
John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon - John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (4 June 1751 – 13 January 1838), Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, was born in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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 Biography for: George Gilbert Scott
George Gilbert Scott was a Gothic revivalist architect.
Scott was initially articled to the London architect James Edmeston.
John Oldrid Scott, who became increasingly involved in his father's work in the late 1860s, took over the practice at his father's death.
www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk /biog/Scot_GG.htm   (377 words)

  
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As a consequence the St. John Ambulance Association was established to train the public at home and at work in first aid, and in 1887 the St. John Ambulance Brigade was founded to provide trained volunteers to serve the public in first aid.
The St. John Ambulance Association was founded in 1877 to carry on the St. John tradition of caring for the sick.
It was customary for the Knights of St. John to serve the patients in their hospital from silver, as a symbol of their duty 'to our Lords the sick'.
www.sja.org.uk /bedfordshire/index.asp?type=History   (1300 words)

  
 Sir George Gilbert Scott, the Architect of St Mary Abbots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Scott was probably the most famous and most sought after architect of his day.
Scott’s first estimate of the cost was for £35,000, though the final figure was closer to £50,000.
Sir George Gilbert Scott was the archetypal Victorian architect, confident and eclectic in his range of buildings and styles.
www.stmaryabbotschurch.org /gilscott.htm   (444 words)

  
 Giles Gilbert Scott   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Scott's original design for Liverpool Cathedral, with twin towers Scott is perhaps best known for his work on Liverpool Cathedral.
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral In 1910 Scott realised that he was not happy with the main design which looked more like a traditional Gothic cathedral in the style originated in the previous century.
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 Norfolk Churches
St John Sepulchre, or, to give it its full joint dedication, St John the Baptist and the Consecration of the Holy Sepulchre, may very well be the best known of all the Norwich churches.
St John's character comes from its distance from the city centre and its proximity to the inner suburbs; but this was also its downfall.
But be aware if you are a fan of John Oldrid Scott that his reredos here is now behind the iconostasis, and may not be approached by anyone except an Orthodox Priest, who will be understandably reluctant to take a photograph of it for you.
norfolkchurches.co.uk /norwichjohnsepulchre/norwichjohnsepulchre.htm   (565 words)

  
 Scott Woodard
Giles Gilbert Scott - Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (November 9, 1880—February 8, 1960) was an English architect known for his work on such buildings as Liverpool Cathedral and Battersea Power Station.
John Oldrid Scott - John Oldrid Scott was an English architect.
Academy Award nominee Holly Hunter, the hell cat from "Broadcast News," is sensational as Carnelle Scott, a catfish-factory worker from Yazoo City, Mississippi, whose rep as the town slut can't stop her dream to win the local Miss Firecracker Beauty Pageant.
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 St Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, UK
The architect was Mr John Oldrid Scott and the Church was built by Hope Constable of Penshurst.
Dedicated in memory of one whose name was John, the central Annunciation is flanked by four Saints of that name - St John the Baptist, St John the Evangelist, St John whose surname was Mark, and St John of Beverley.
The same designer and artist executed the altar rails, the sedilia and the episcopal chair in the Sanctuary, the chancel screen and the priests' chairs, and in 1929 and 1930 the Chancel Wall and the Arches of the Organ were panelled.
www.church.speldhurst.org /history.htm   (684 words)

  
 George Gilbert Scott, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was the son of Sir George Gilbert Scott, brother of John Oldrid Scott and father of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and Adrian Glibert Scott, all also architects.
Among the buildings he designed was St John the Baptist Church, Norwich, which was later to become a cathedral.
Scott was an alcoholic and suffered mental ill health.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Gilbert_Scott_Junior   (166 words)

  
 Places of Worship - Alkborough - North Lincolnshire
The Church of St John the Baptist which dates back to the 1052 and has a replica of Julian's Bower on the floor of the south porch and in the chancel window.
John Oldrid Scott restored the church in the late 1880's and
The church of St John the Baptist is an ancient edifice of stone in mixed styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles containing a clock and 3 bells, on the second of which is the inscription-
www.northlincs.com /alkborough/worship.htm   (359 words)

  
 History of Hafodunos Hall, Llangernyw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Situated close by the village of Llangernyw, Hafodunos Hall was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott between 1861 and 1866 for Henry Robertson Sandbach, who’s family had bought the estate in 1830.
Scott was amongst the most important of the Gothic Revival architects and proponent of the Gothic style in domestic architecture.
John Oldrid Scott was later employed in 1883 to design the elaborate conservatories.
www.btinternet.com /~bevbaker/hafodunoshall/history.htm   (393 words)

  
 Glasgow - New York Times
The London architect George Gilbert Scott was commissioned to build a new university building in Glasgow's West End.
Scott was a noted Victorian Gothic designer, and the building that was erected is one of Britain's best examples of such architecture.
Additions to Scott's building were added, after his death, by his son, John Oldrid Scott.
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 John Oldrid Scott (1841-1913), architect, a biography
Born in London, the second son of Sir George Gilbert Scott, and father of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960), he trained with his brother, George jnr, in his father's office from 1860.
He was also responsible for adding the fretwork spire to the University's Ventilator Tower (1887-91), after his father's original plans for a wooden spire and clock were abandoned as a fire risk.
J O Scott's design for completing the tower also included a clock, its four, circular faces placed above the spandrels of the paired, upper window's.
www.glasgowsculpture.com /pg_biography.php?sub=scott_jo   (349 words)

  
 Charles Perry Scott, by Bishop Montgomery (1928)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
IT would not be becoming to write a memoir of Bishop Charles Perry Scott without a brief and respectful reference to the various branches of this Scott family in the past century, though they have deprecated my references to them.
The present generation probably knows little of him, but the Rev. Thomas Scott, Rector of Aston Sandford, Bucks, was a great spiritual power in the days of the Evangelical movement.
He had a son, John, who was also Vicar of St. Mary's Hull, and succeeded his father in 1835.
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 George Gilbert Scott   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The chapel of [[St John's College, Cambridge is characteristic of Scott's many church designs]] Sir George Gilbert Scott (July 13, 1811 – March 27, 1878) was an English architect of the Victorian Age, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals.
St Pancras station was his most successful project.]] One of Scott's major interests was medieval church architecture.
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 The University of Glasgow :: Newsletter 199 - April 1998
The phone boxes: correctly known as the 'standard cast-iron kiosks', are built to a design by Giles Gilbert Scott, grandson of the architect of the main building, Sir George Gilbert Scott.
Scott senior submitted designs for the Houses of Parliament, failed, and went on to design the University and the St.Pancras station hotel.
His grandson, aiming much lower, submitted a design for a phone box, won, and went on to design Battersea Power Station!" Giles Gilbert Scott was still active at 78 years old in the 1950s, contributing to the design of Berkely nuclear power station.
www.gla.ac.uk:443 /newsdesk/newsletter/199/html/phone.html   (188 words)

  
 Scott Granger
Witness is the chilling story of how a young woman became ensnared in Scott Peterson's web of lies, then risked everything to seek justice for Laci Peterson scott granger and her unborn child, Conner.
It is also a story of forgiveness scott granger and faith, scott granger and of one woman's struggle to live with an open scott granger and honest heart.
Scott won her over with his warmth, humor, scott granger and intelligence, scott granger and he even won the heart of little Ayiana.
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 Country Life : Hafodunos Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Built to the design of Sir George Gilbert Scott between 1861 and 1866, Hafodunos Hall is large 19th century country house in peril.
Sir George Gilbert Scott was among the most important Gothic Revival architects and a strong proponent of the Gothic style in domestic architecture.
The elaborate conservatories were added in 1883 under the direction of his son, John Oldrid Scott.
www.countrylife.co.uk /artsantiques/architecture/save_hafodunos.php   (583 words)

  
 St. John's Gate, England royalty-free image
To the left diverges St. John's Lane, spanned by St. John's Gate, the south gate of the once famous and wealthy priory of the Knights Hospitallers of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
On the south side of the gate is a modern building designed by John Oldrid Scott in 1903, with a fine chapter-hall on the second floor.
Behind the church is the grave of John Wilkes Booth (died 1836), supposed to have been of the same family as the murderer of President Lincoln.
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 Gateway Scott Shayla   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
George Gilbert Scott Junior - George Gilbert Scott junior was an English architect.
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