William Butterfield

William Butterfield (* September 17, 1814 in London, † February 23, 1900 ) was an English architect. His buildings are attributable to the Neo-Gothic style ( "Gothic Revival" ), which mainly are churches and presbyteries in the center of his work. Butterfield was closely associated with the momentous in the Anglican Church in 19th-century Oxford Movement.

Butterfield came from a family of non-conformists who led a chemist shop in London, beach. He was one of nine children and went to his school days, 16 years old, the builder Thomas Arber in the London district of Pimlico in teaching. In the years 1833-36 Butterfield studied architecture under EL Blackburne and was afterwards ( 1838-1839 ) assistant to the resident in Worcester architect Harvey Eginton, with whom he finished his teaching. In 1840 he opened his own architectural office in Lincoln 's Inn Fields.

1842 Butterfield member of the Cambridge Camden Society and later the Ecclesiological Society, where he was responsible for the appearance of the journal of this society, the Ecclesiologist. This work is in the context of the Anglican Church also influenced his architectural work. Despite his non-conformist background, he has always been a supporter of the so-called High Church and the Oxford Movement. His style was part of the neo-Gothic form circle, ie it was based on old Gothic forms and revived it again in the spirit of his Victorian age. He designed primarily ecclesiastical buildings, but in addition also a number of colleges and schools.

In 1884 he was awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects for his work with the RIBA Gold Medal. In 1900 he died in London.

Structures

  • All Saints (London), Margaret Street, London
  • Balliol College, Oxford Chapel
  • The Cathedral of the Isles, Great Cumbrae, Scotland
  • St Saviour 's, Coalpit Heath
  • Keble College, Oxford ( 1876)
  • Merton College, Oxford New Buildings (1864 )
  • Rugby School Chapel and square courtyard (1875 )
  • St Alban's, Holborn
  • St Augustine 's College, Canterbury (1845 )
  • St James's, Christleton
  • St Mary Brookfield, Dartmouth Park, London ( 1869-75 )
  • Winchester County Hospital
  • Horfield Parish Church
  • St. James 's Church, St. James Primary School Baldersby and city building, Baldersby St. James, North Yorkshire ( 1857)
  • All Saints Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon
  • Sarum College, Salisbury
  • Exeter School, Exeter, Devon
  • St Paul 's Cathedral (except the steeple ), Melbourne, Australia ( 1880-1891 )
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