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William Butterfield (7 September 1814 – 23 February 1900) was a British Gothic Revival architect and associated with the Oxford Movement (or Tractarian Movement). He is noted for his use of polychromy.
- Architect
- British
- Royal Gold Medal (1884)
William Butterfield was a British architect who was prominent in the Gothic Revival in England. Sometimes called the Oxford movement’s most original architect, Butterfield introduced an architectural realism that included a clear expression of materials in colourful contrasts of textures and.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Butterfield's work cannot be considered apart from the inner spirit of the church revival; his art was entirely inspired by keen churchmanship, and his churchmanship was based on something deeper than ceremonial.
10 de mar. de 2017 · William Butterfield. His commission for the Ecclesiological model church in Margaret Street made Butterfield almost immediately one of the major architects of the mid-century. — Paul Thompson (1971)
The church was designed by the architect William Butterfield and built between 1850 and 1859. It has been hailed as Butterfield's masterpiece and a pioneering building of the High Victorian Gothic style that would characterize British architecture from around 1850 to 1870.
- 1859
- Anglo-Catholic
- United Kingdom
- Church of England
William Butterfield. 1814-1900. William Butterfield was one of the most influential exponents of the Victorian Gothic phase of British architecture. Butterfield was one of nine children born into a strictly non-conformist family. His father operated a chemist's shop in the Strand, London.
William Butterfield. (1814—1900) architect and designer. Quick Reference. (1814–1900). One of the most prolific and original English Gothic Revivalists, he was born in London, for a while worked with the Inwoods, and opened his own practice in 1840.
