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Butterfield's drawings and estimates partially document 25 architectural projects (churches, schools, and hospitals), and 67 drawings are designs for ecclesiastical objects. British architect. William Butterfield architectural and design drawings, 1838-1896 | Research Collections | Getty
William Butterfield. The son of a chemist, William Butterfield was born in London in 1814, one of nine children. His parents were strict non-conformists who ran a chemist's shop in the Strand. He was educated at a local school before being apprenticed to Thomas Arber, a builder in Pimlico, who later became bankrupt.
William Butterfield was a Gothic Revival architect and associated with the Oxford Movement. He is noted for his use of polychromy.
William Butterfield. Arquitecto inglés nacido en Londres. Sus iglesias y casas parroquiales fueron el centro de su trabajo, todas ellas atribuibles al estilo neogótico. Fue asistente del arquitecto Harvey Eginton, con el que completó su enseñanza.
Finding aid for the William Butterfield architectural and design drawings, 1838-1896, undated 850998. Alan Tomlinson and J. Gibbs. Special Collections. 2006. 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100. Los Angeles 90049-1688. Business Number: (310) 440-7390. Fax Number: (310) 440-7780. reference@getty.edu.
William Butterfield Collection (023), Architect, 1814-1900 British architect William Butterfield was among the earliest and best-known proponents of Ruskinian constructional polychromy. A devout member of the Church of England, he completed much of his work under the patronage of the Ecclesiological Society and its supporters.
William Butterfield had little more than 100 square feet of real estate, but designed perhaps the greatest example of High Victorian Gothic architecture. The spire soars 227 feet above London and its interior is a kaleidoscope of color and pattern that expresses the vision of the Oxford Movement and the Ecclesiological Society.
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