British architect notable as a gothic revivalist. He designed the Anglican Cathedral in Christchurch. In London, his buildings include the Midland Hotel which is part of St Pancras Railway Station, St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, the Foreign Office building in Whitehall, and various workhouses, asylums and prisons.
Scott, George Gilbert (Sir), 1811-1878
Thompson, Hamish Charles McFarlane, 1957-: Christchurch heritage. [Sixteen greeting car...
Date: 2012
From: Thompson, Hamish Charles McFarlane, 1957-: [33 greeting cards, designed by Hamish Thompson. 2012-2016]
By: Thompson, Hamish Charles McFarlane, 1957-
Reference: Eph-A-CARDS-Thompson-2013/2014
Description: Includes card showing stylised versions of Christchurch buildings from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, significantly damaged in the earthquakes of 2010-2011: (a) Montage card showing: Christchurch Railway Station, State Fire & Accident Insurance Building, Regent Theatre Building, Trinity Congregational Church, Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Chief Post Office, Christchurch Cathedral, Edmonds band rotunda (b) Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Designed by Francis Petre, built 1905 (c) Chief Post Office. Designed by William Henry Clayton, built 1878 (d) Christchurch Cathedral. Designed by George Gilbert Scott and Benjamin Mountfort, built 1864-1881 (e) Christchurch Railway Station. Designed by Gray Young, Morton & Calder, built 1953-60 (f) Edmonds' Band Rotunda. Designed by Victor Hean, built 1929 (g) Government Buildings. Designed by J C Maddison, built 1909 (h) Harald's Building. Designed by W B Armson, built 1881 (i) Lyttelton time ball station. Designed by Thomas Crane [ie Cane], built 1876 (j) Municipal Chambers (Our City O-Tautahi). Designed by Samuel Hurst Seager, built 1887 (k) New Regent Street. Designed by Francis Willis, built 1930-32 (l) The Press building. Designed by John Goddard Collins, built 1909 (m) Regent Theatre building (formerly Royal Exchange). Designed by Alfred and Sidney Luttrell, built 1905 (n) Repertory Theatre. Designed by Francis Willis, built 1929 (o) St Elmo Courts. Designed by B J Ager, built 1930 (p) State Fire and Accident Insurance Building. Designed by Cecil Wood, built 1931 Quantity: 16 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cards. Physical Description: Offset prints on cards, sizes varying up to 200 mm.
[Ephemera relating to the Church of England and Anglican congregations, parishes, churc...
Date: 1860 - 1869
From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the Church of England and Anglican congregations, parishes, churches and buildings in New Zealand]
Reference: Eph-A-RELIGION-A-1860s
Description: Includes: 1862: Thanksgiving for harvest. A form of prayer with thanksgiving to Almighty God for the blessing of the harvest. Revised and agreed on, by both Houses of Convocation of the province of Canterbury, February 14, 1862. Matthews Baxter & Co., Printers, Rattray-street, Dunedin 1864: ... To the honour and glory of Almighty God and in the name and for the advancement of Christ's Holy Catholick and Apostolick Church, in the xvith day of December in the year of Our Lord Jesus MCCCCLXIV, this chief corner-stone of the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Christchurch is laid by the Right Reverend Henry J C Harper ... This Cathedral Church is to be erected from the designs and drawings of George Gilbert Scott ... and Robert Speechly [16 December 1864]. Flyer 1866: The order for laying the foundation stone of S Michael's Church, Waimea West. Nelson, Printed by R Lucas and Son, 1866. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.
Portrait of Sir George Gilbert Scott of Mountfort Architect
From: Fearnley, Charles James, 1915-1988 :Photographs of New Zealand buildings
Reference: 1/4-074795-F
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Christchurch Cathedral
Date: ca 1880
From: Foxley Norris album
Reference: PA1-q-094-107
Description: Christchurch Cathedral in Cathedral Square, Christchurch. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - Christchurch Cathedral, NZ. Christchurch Cathedral was designed by British architect Sir George Gilbert Scott. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Letter - George Gilbert Scott
Date: 7 May 1875
From: Selwyn family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10105-19A-03
Description: Letter from the architect George Gilbert Scott re work on Lichfield Cathedral Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Christchurch Cathedral
Date: ca 1880s
Reference: 1/2-019743-F
Description: The Christchurch Cathedral building circa 1880s. Christchurch Cathedral was designed by the British architect Sir George Gilbert Scott Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).