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William Butterfield (7 September 1814 – 23 February 1900), born in London, architect of the Gothic revival, and associated with the Oxford Movement (aka the Tractarian Movement). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 3408 KB) St Mary Brookfield, Dartmouth Park, Camden, London Photographer: User:Justinc Architect: William Butterfield. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 3408 KB) St Mary Brookfield, Dartmouth Park, Camden, London Photographer: User:Justinc Architect: William Butterfield. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster, London: Gothic details provided by A.W.N. Pugin The Gothic revival was a European architectural movement with origins in mid-18th century England. ... The Oxford Movement was a loose affiliation of High Church Anglicans, most of them members of the University of Oxford, who sought to demonstrate that the Church of England was a direct descendant of the Christian church established by the Apostles. ...

William Butterfield was born in London in 1814. His parents were strict non-conformists and ran a chemist shop in the Strand. He was one of nine children and was educated at a local school. At the age of 16, he was apprenticed to a builder in Pimlico, Thomas Arber, who later became bankrupt. He studied architecture under E. L. Blackburne (1833–1836). From 1838 to 1839, he was an assistant to Harvey Eginton, an architect in Worcester, where he became articled. He established his own architectural practice at Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1840. In English history, a non-conformist is any member of a Protestant congregation not affiliated with the Church of England. ... A chemist pours from a Florence flask. ... Strand, May 2001 St. ... Pimlico is a district in London, England and part of the City of Westminster. ... The city of Worcester (pronounced Wuh-ster) is the county town of Worcestershire in England; the river Severn runs through the middle, with the citys large Worcester Cathedral overlooking the river. ... Lincolns Inn Fields is the largest public square in London. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

From 1842, Butterfield he was involved with the Cambridge Camden Society, later The Ecclesiological Society. He contributed designs to the Society's journal, The Ecclesiologist. His involvement influenced his architectural style. He also drew religious inspiration from the Oxford Movement and as such, he was very "High Church", despite his non-conformist upbringing. He was a Gothic revival architect, and as such he reinterpreted the original Gothic style in Victorian terms. Many of his buildings were for religious use, although he also designed for colleges and schools. The Cambridge Camden Society, known also as the Ecclesiological Society, was a learned architectural society founded in 1839 by undergraduates at Cambridge University to promote the study of Gothic Architecture, and of Ecclesiastical Antiques. ... The Cambridge Camden Society, known also as the Ecclesiological Society, was a learned architectural society founded in 1839 by undergraduates at Cambridge University to promote the study of Gothic Architecture, and of Ecclesiastical Antiques. ... High Church is a term that may now be used in speaking of viewpoints within a number of denominations of Protestant Christianity in general, but it is one which has traditionally been employed in Churches associated with the Anglican tradition in particular. ... The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles during the Victorian era: Neoclassicism Gothic Revival Italianate Second Empire Neo-Grec Romanesque Revival (Includes Richardsonian Revival) Renaissance Revival Queen Anne Jacobethan architecture (the precusor to the Queen Anne style) British Arts and Crafts movement painted...

In 1884, Butterfield was the recipient of the RIBA Gold Medal. In 1900, he died in London. 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Riba is the (Arabic: ربا ) term for intrest, the charging of which is forbidden by the Quran here, among other places: And that which you give in gift (loan) (to others), in order that it may increase (your wealth by expecting to get a better one in return) from other...

Buildings

Butterfield's buildings include:

• All Saints, Margaret Street, London (1859)
• Balliol College, Oxford Chapel (1856–7)
• The Cathedral of the Isles, Great Cumbrae, Scotland
• St Saviour's, Coalpit Heath
• Keble College, Oxford (1876)
• Merton College, Oxford New Buildings (1864)
• Rugby School Chapel and Quadrangle (1875)
• St Alban's, Holborn
• St Augustine's College, Canterbury (1845)
• St James's, Christleton
• St Mary Brookfield, Dartmouth Park, London (1869-75)
• Winchester County Hospital
• Horfield Parish Church
• St James' Church, Baldersby St James Primary School and village buildings, Baldersby St James, North Yorkshire (1857)
• All Saints Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon
• Sarum College, Salisbury
• Exeter School, Exeter, Devon
• St Paul's Cathedral (except main tower and spire), Melbourne, Australia (1880-1891)

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External links

• Architecture.com portrait
• St Mary Magdalene information
• Cumbria information
• Spartacus entry

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