A Victorian architectural controversy
Subtitle: who was the real architect of the Houses of Parliament?
By: edited by Ariyuki Kondo
Publisher: Canbridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9781527543126; 9781527539440
Subjects: Public buildings; Design and construction; History; Westminster Palace (London, England)
Description: Who was the bona fide architect of the New Houses of Parliament? Charles Barry (1795-1860), the winner of the Parliamentary competition, or Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-52), the 'ghost' designer, a young Catholic architect and Gothic specialist?After both men died, the controversy over the actual architect of the Houses of Parliament was to become a matter of public dispute, largely stimulated by the directly-opposed claims published by the two men's sons--the architect Edward Welby Pugin (1834-75) and Rev. Alfred Barry (1826-1910), an Anglican clergyman who later became the Bishop of.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.