George Gilbert Scott, Jr.

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George Gilbert Scott, Jr. (1839 – 1897) was an English architect. He was the son of Sir George Gilbert Scott, brother of John Oldrid Scott and father of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and Adrian Gilbert Scott, all also architects.

Among the buildings he designed was St John the Baptist Church, Norwich, which in 1976 was to become a Roman Catholic cathedral. He was also responsible for buildings in the Cambridge colleges of Christ's and Pembroke. He masterminded the main buildings of Dulwich College in South London.

Scott was an alcoholic and suffered mental ill health. He died from cirrhosis of the liver in a bedroom of the Midland Grand Hotel, which was designed by his father.

Source

Biography

• An Architecture of Promise: George Gilbert Scott Jr and the Late Gothic Revival, Gavin Stamp, published by Shaun Tyas, 2002, ISBN 1-900289-51-2.

External links

• Guardian biography

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