Scott, George Gilbert

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Scott, George Gilbert (1811–78), architect. Brought up as an Evangelical, he was drawn by A. W. N. Pugin and B. Webb to study the principles of Gothic art. In 1844 he won a competition for a Lutheran church in Hamburg. He designed many churches in Britain and was entrusted with work of restoration at Westminster Abbey and the cathedrals at Ely, Hereford, Salisbury, and Chester. His ‘restorations’ met with resistance because of his preference for his own designs to existing work.

His grandson, Giles Gilbert Scott (1880–1960), designed the Anglican cathedral at Liverpool.

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