The two Scott brothers created some landmark designs for England and Scotland: the classic red phone box, Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral and Edinburgh's soaring spires - St Mary's Cathedral:


St Mary's Edinburgh - photo © adrian welch

George Gilbert Scott (1811-78)
University of Glasgow
St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh
McManus Galleries, Dundee
British Home Office, London
Albert Memorial, London
St Pancras Station, London

St Pancras Chambers:

photograph © adrian welch

Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960)
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool
Guild Hall, London
St Asaph, Flintshire - Cathedral
English red telephone box - K6



Key George Gilbert Scott building - Battersea Power Station, London:

building from the Thames: scanned photo © adrian welch

George Gilbert Scott - Background + Key Buildings
This English Gothic architect is probably best known for St Pancras Station and for the Albert Memorial.

A key member of the British Gothic Revival, Scott designed many public structures. His design for the Church of St Nicholas in Hamburg won first place in an 1844 competition. He also directed much Gothic restoration work, beginning with renovations of Ely Cathedral and including Westminster Abbey. Among George Gilbert's other designs were the buildings for the British Home Office, the Albert Memorial, and St Pancras Station, London.

The Albert Memorial is 180 ft high and located on the southwest side of Hyde Park opposite the Albert Hall. It was designed in 1872, completed in 1876 and opened by Queen Victoria.

George's grandson, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, submitted designs in the architecture competition for the proposed Liverpool Cathedral while still a pupil. They were accepted in 1903, but due to the winner's young age G. F. Bodley partnered him.

After the death of Bodley in 1907, Giles Gilbert Scott redesigned Liverpool Cathedral, creating a revered Gothic structure. Consecrated in 1924, it was completed in 1978. Scott's other works include buildings for Clare College, Cambridge, several Oxford University buildings, Cambridge University Library, English war memorials and the Waterloo Bridge over the River Thames in London.

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Giles Gilbert Scott - Classic Red Telephone Box
The K6 "Jubilee" model phone boxes were designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V in 1935.

Giles Gilbert Scott - Key Building:
Albert Memorial
Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens, West London
1872-76
George Gilbert Scott

The Foreign Office and India Office - Durbar Court, King Charles St, London SW1
Sir George Gilbert Scott & Matthew Digby Wyatt
1861-68
Grade I listed Victorian buildings

London Architecture

George Gilbert Scott - RIBA Gold Medal 1859 Winner

St Pancras Station under refurbishment:

photograph © adrian welch

Robert Adam

Architecture Books

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Edinburgh

George Gilbert Scott - Scottish buildings

Scottish Castles in Edinburgh & Lothian

George Gilbert Scott is buried in Westminster Abbey, London

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