# Adrian Gilbert Scott

Adrian Gilbert Scott CBE (6 August 1882 – 23 April 1963) was an English ecclesiastical architect.

## Early life

Scott was the grandson of Sir Gilbert Scott (George Gilbert Scott), son of George Gilbert Scott, Jr. (founder of Watts & Company in 1874), nephew of John Oldrid Scott, and the younger brother to Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, all architects.
He was educated at Beaumont College, Old Windsor, as was his brother Giles, and designed the large war memorial still in the grounds of the college. He assisted his brother on a range of projects, including Liverpool Anglican Cathedral.

## Career

His early work includes his design of the school chapel at Mount St Mary's College in Spinkhill, South Yorkshire, which was completed in 1924, St Joseph RC Church, Harrow (1929–31) and the RC Church of Our Lady of Beauchief & St Thomas in Sheffield in 1932.
His work on the Anglican Cathedral in Cairo began in 1933 and it was consecrated in 1938. This building was demolished in 1978 to make way for the building of a new Nile bridge (see Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East).
Scott embraced gothic and modernist designs, and he travelled to Canada in the course of his work. The design of St James' Anglican Church in Vancouver is a combination of Art Deco, Romanesque Revival, Byzantine Revival, and Gothic Revival architecture. The walls are made of reinforced concrete, and the floor features an hydronic heating system. The building was constructed between 1935 and 1937 and consecrated in 1938.
He started work on an altar at Saint Augustine Church in 1938; as of 2006, it is unfinished. He is also remembered for his design of the tower at The Holy Name Church Manchester.
He was also responsible for the design of St Mary and St Joseph Roman Catholic Church on the post-war Lansbury Estate in Poplar, East London, which has architectural similarities to St James', Vancouver. On the Wirral he designed St Joseph's at Upton and had the principal responsibility (in collaboration with his brother Giles) for the design of the rebuilt St Leonard's Church, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex (1953–61). The new building at Aylesford Priory (1958-1965) is his work too.

## Works

| Year | Building | Location | Notes |
| 1913 | Grey Wings | Ashtead, Surrey | Grade II listed; collaboration with Giles Gilbert Scott |
| 1924 | Mount St Mary's College Memorial Chapel | Spinkhill, South Yorkshire | Grade II listed |
| 1926-1928 | Christ the King Roman Catholic Church | Wimbledon Park, London | |
| 1928 | Tower for the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus | Manchester | Grade I listed |
| 1929-1930 | Shepherd's Well | 5 Frognal Way, Hampstead, London | Grade II listed; personal residence |
| 1929-1931 | Roman Catholic Church of St Joseph | Harrow, London | |
| 1931-1932 | Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Beauchief and St Thomas of Canterbury and Presbytery | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Grade II listed |
| 1932-1938 | All Saint's Anglican Cathedral | Cairo, Egypt | demolished in 1978 to make way for a new Nile bridge |
| 1933 | School Chapel, Farnborough Hill | Farnborough, Hampshire | |
| 1935 | Spaniards Mount | 61 Winnington Road, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London | Grade II listed; personal residence |
| 1935-1937 | St James' Anglican Church | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |
| 1937-1938 | Roman Catholic Church of St Willibrords | Manchester | Grade II listed; collaboration with Reynolds & Scott |
| 1951 | Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception | Farm Street, Mayfair London | redesign of west front |
| 1951-1954 | Roman Catholic Church of St Mary and St Joseph | Lansbury Estate, Poplar, London | |
| 1953-1954 | Roman Catholic Church of St Joseph | Upton, Wirral | |
| 1953-1961 | St Leonard's Roman Catholic Church | St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex | collaboration with Giles Gilbert Scott |
| 1957 | Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Victories | Kensington, London | Grade II listed |
| 1958-1965 | Aylesford Priory | Aylesford, Kent | |
| 1959 | Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Rose of Lima | Weoley Castle, Birmingham | |
| 1959-1960 | Roman Catholic Church of St Anthony | Portway, Woodhouse Park, Wythenshawe, Manchester | Grade II listed |
| 1959-1961 | St Alban's Anglican Church | Holborn, London | restoration after bomb damage |
| | G.K. Chesterton Memorial Tower, Roman Catholic Church of St Teresa | Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire | |