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16 de abr. de 2018 · After his tour of North Wales in 1845 Sir George Gilbert Scott made some sketches of Chester Cathedral. The great building was in an appalling state. Its soft red Runcorn sandstone has poor weathering qualities.
Sir George Gilbert Scott RA (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), largely known as Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic Revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he started his career as a leading designer of workhouses.
- Architect
- 27 March 1878 (aged 66), 39 Courtfield Gardens, South Kensington, London, England
- Royal Gold Medal (1859)
The most extensive restoration was carried out by the Gothic Revival architect, George Gilbert Scott, who between 1868 and 1876 "almost entirely re-cased" the cathedral. The current building is acknowledged to be mainly the product of this Victorian restoration commissioned by the Dean, John Saul Howson.
Chester Cathedral restored by George Gilbert Scott, 1868-76. Restoration of this church, which dates back to 907, began with Thomas Harrison (1818-20), R. C. Hussey (1843-44), and, after Scott, Arthur Blomfield (1882-87).
He was the first of a series of eminent nineteenth-century architects who undertook the restoration of the Cathedral culminating in the work of Sir George Gilbert Scott (architect 1868-76). The external appearance of the Cathedral today is in great measure the result of their extensive restorations.
Architect: George Gilbert Scott, From The Building News: “WE give this week two views of Chester Cathedral as it will appear when restored. Tradition, in this as in so many other cases, ascribes to the Romans the first selection of the site for religious purposes. A temple dedicated to Apollo is said to have been erected thereon by the ...
Later investigations during the restoration by Sir George Gilbert Scott (1868–76) modified that picture. Scott uncovered west of Hussey's finds the base of a circular pier and a reused circular scalloped capital, which he interpreted as the remains of a Norman choir arcade of two bays.
