Victorian Architecture A look at the different styles and types of buildings of the Victorian period from Classical to Gothic. A presentation given at the Guildford Institute by Michael C Sleigh. With photographs from the Polypodphoto Collection.

1. Victorian Architecture
A look at the different styles and types of buildings
of the Victorian period from Classical to Gothic.
A presentation given at the
Guildford Institute by Michael C Sleigh.
With photographs from the
Polypodphoto Collection.

2. Statue of Queen Victoria on the
Temple Bar Memorial. 1880 by
Sir Horace Jones.

3. Pre-Victorian
Corn Market (former)
Winchester, Hampshire.
1833 by Architect O B
Carter, with portico of 4 Tuscan
stone columns.
Now a Public Library.

4. Church of St
Mary, Reading, Berkshire.
Opened 1798, Architect R
Billing. Portico added 1840.

5. Town Hall, Gravesend, Kent.
1836 by Amon Henry Wilds, in
sandstone ashlar with fluted
Doric columns.

6. Market Building in centre of
Penzance, Cornwall. 1837 by
Architect Harris of Bristol.
Built in granite ashlar.

7. Post Office building in the centre of
Penzance, Cornwall.

8. Harris Public
Library, Museum & Art
Gallery, Preston, Lancs, UK.
Monumental Greek Revival
style. 1882-93 by James
Hibbert.

9. Harris Public
Library, Museum & Art
Gallery, Preston, Lancs, U
K. Monumental Greek
Revival style. 1882-93 by
James Hibbert.

10. Limehouse Town Hall
(former). 1879.

11. View of Somerset House, London. Lancaster Place elevation (1853-56) by Sir James Pennethorne

12. View of Somerset
House, London. Lancaster Place
elevation (1853-56) by
Sir James Pennethorne

13. The Hop
Exchange, Southwark, London, U
K.
Now called Central Buildings.
1866 by R H Moore.

14. Hop
Exchange, Southwark, London, U
K. 1866 by
R H Moore. Column detail
showing hops.

15. Government Offices, King Charles Street, London. 1873 by Sir George Gilbert Scott. Italianate style.

16. Government
Offices, Whitehall, London.
Detail of ‘Africa’ carving.

17. Government Offices, Whitehall , London.

18. Government Offices, Whitehall & Parliament Square. 1898-1901 by John Brydon, in English Baroque revival style.

19. Government Offices, Whitehall &
Parliament Square.
1898-1901 by John Brydon, in
English Baroque revival style.

20. The
Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshi
re, UK. 1886-90 by William
Hill, reconstructed after WW2
damage 1955-59, interior and rear
elevation completely rebuilt.

21. War Office
building, Whitehall, London. 1898
by William Young, completed 1907.
Listed Grade 11*.

22. Lloyds Old
Bank, Blackburn, Lancs, UK.
C19th block with composite
columns and enriched
ornament, heavy quoins and
cornice on modillions.

23. Lloyds Old Bank, Blackburn, Lancs, UK. C19th

24. Former Technical School now Victoria Centre of Blackburn College. 1888 by Smith, Woodhouse and Wiloughby

25. City of London School (former).
1882 by Davis & Emnanual.
Portland stone in a northern
Renaissance style.

26. City of London School (former).
1882 by Davis & Emnanual.
Portland stone in a northern
Renaissance style.

27. 151-2 Fenchurch
Street, London. c1865 in
Italian Gothic style.

28. Commercial building,
29 Fleet Street, London.
1860 by W G Bartlett.

29. Holborn Viaduct, London. Corner
building, 1869 by William
Haywood assisted by Thomas
Blashill. In Italian Gothic style.

30. Joseph & Charles Simmonds & Co. Bank, Reading, Berkshire. 1882 by Davis and Emnanuel, in an ornate Palazzo style.

31. Joseph & Charles
Simmonds & Co.
Bank, Reading, Berkshire. 1882
by Davis and Emnanuel, in an
ornate Palazzo style.

32. Joseph & Charles
Simmonds & Co.
Bank, Reading, Berkshire. 1882
by Davis and Emnanuel, in an
ornate Palazzo style.

33. The Black Friar Public
House, London. c1875, remodelled
c1905 & c1917 by H Fuller Clarke
Architect & Frederick Callcott &
Henry Poole Sculptors.

34. Southwark Cathedral,
the east end viewed from
London Bridge. Victorian
restoration.

35. West end of Southwark
Cathedral, London.
Victorian rebuild 1890-97 by
A. W. Blomfield.

36. Martyrs' Memorial and
St. John the Evangelist
church, Stratford,
East London.

37. Reading. Art Gallery
& Museum. 1894 by
W R Howell.

38. Portsmouth. Prudential
Assurance Building. 1891 by
Alfred Waterhouse. Red brick and
terracotta.
Listed Grade 11.

39. Commercial building, 33 & 35
Eastcheap, City of London. 1868
by R L Roumieu. Gothic style in
red and black brick. Listed Grade
11*.

40. Commercial building, 23 & 25
Eastcheap, City of London. 18612 by
John Young & Son. Polychrome
brick.

41. Commercial building, 23 & 25
Eastcheap, City of London. 18612 by
John Young & Son. Polychrome
brick.

42. Commercial building, 23 & 25
Eastcheap, City of London.
1861-2 by
John Young & Son. Polychrome
brick, detail.

43. The
Guildhall, Winchester, Hampshir
e. 1875. Detail of 'Middle Pointed'
Gothic style by Architects Jeffery
and Skiller.

44. 7 Lothbury, London. 1866 by
G Somers Clarke. Portland
stone in Venetian Gothic style.

45. 7 Lothbury, London. 1866 by
G Somers Clarke. Portland
stone in Venetian Gothic style.

46. Albert Buildings, Queen
Victoria Street. 1871 by
F J Ward.

47. Museum of Natural History
Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
Built 1855 - 60.
Designed by Thomas Newenham
Deane and Benjamin Woodward.

48. Congregational
Church, Winchester, Hamp
shire. 1855, in Early English
style.

49. 6 & 7 St Mary at Hill, City of London. 1873 by Ernest George and Vaughan. Listed Grade 11.

50. Liverpool Street Station, London. Building next to trainshed and Great Eastern Hotel.

51. Clock Tower, Gravesend, Kent.
1898 by John Johnson.

52. 9 Carmelite Street, London.
1894 by H A Hunt & H T
Steward, in Tudor Gothic style.

53. St John the Evangelist R C Cathedral, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK. 1877-81 by J Crawley, 1881-96 by J Hanson

54. Houses of Parliament, London. 1860 by Sir Charles Barry & A W N Pugin.

55. Houses of Parliament, London.
1860 by Sir Charles Barry & A W
N Pugin.

56. The Royal Courts of
Justice, London. Front elevation
on the Strand. 1868-82, designed
by G E Street. Portland stone in
C13 English Gothic style. Listed
Grade 1.

57. Clock on tower of the
Royal Courts of
Justice, London.

58. The Royal Courts of Justice, London. Front elevation on the Strand. 1868-82, designed by G E Street. Portland stone in
C13 English Gothic style. Listed Grade 1.

59. The Royal Courts of Justice, London. Front elevation on the Strand. 1868-82, designed by G E Street. Portland stone in C13 English
Gothic style. Listed Grade 1.

60. The Royal Courts of Justice, London. Front elevation on the Strand. 1868-82, designed by G E Street. Portland stone in
C13 English Gothic style. Listed Grade 1.

61. Tower Bridge. 1894, designed by Sir Horace Jones and Sir John Wolfe Barry.

62. Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey. 1872, by P C Hardwick. Bargate stone in ‘commercial’ Gothic.

63. Charterhouse
School, Godalming, Surrey.
1872, by P C Hardwick. Bargate
stone in ‘commercial’ Gothic.

64. Charterhouse
School, Godalming, Surrey.
1872, by P C Hardwick. Bargate
stone in ‘commercial’ Gothic.

65. Statue of Queen Victoria in
Gravesend Market House.
1898 by J Broad Sculptor.

66. Victorian Architecture
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