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Title A Victorian architectural controversy : who was the real architect of the Houses of Parliament? / edited by Ariyuki Kondo.

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Canbridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.

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Description 1 online resource (299 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Who was the bona fide architect of the New Houses of Parliament? Charles Barry (1795-1860), the winner of the Parliamentary competition, or Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-52), the 'ghost' designer, a young Catholic architect and Gothic specialist?After both men died, the controversy over the actual architect of the Houses of Parliament was to become a matter of public dispute, largely stimulated by the directly-opposed claims published by the two men's sons--the architect Edward Welby Pugin (1834-75) and Rev. Alfred Barry (1826-1910), an Anglican clergyman who later became the Bishop of.
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Subject Barry, Charles, 1795-1860.
Barry, Charles, 1795-1860.
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812-1852.
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812-1852.
Westminster Palace (London, England)
Westminster Palace (London, England)
Public buildings -- England -- London -- Design and construction -- History -- 19th century.
Public buildings.
England -- London.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Public buildings -- Design and construction.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Subject Public facilities.
Added Author Kondō, Ariyuki, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Kondo, Ariyuki. A Victorian Architectural Controversy : Who Was the Real Architect of the Houses of Parliament? Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, ©2019 9781527539440
ISBN 1527543129 (electronic book)
9781527543126 (electronic book)
152753944X
9781527539440