William Burges (architect)
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William Burges (1827–1881) was an English architect and designer whose influence continues today.
[edit] Buildings
- Cardiff Castle
- Castell Coch
- Knightshayes Court
- The Tower House London residence of Jimmy Page, former guitarist with Led Zeppelin and avid Burges fan and collector.
- Saint Finbarre's Cathedral
- St Mary's Church, near Fountains Abbey
- The Church of Christ the Consoler at Skelton-on-Ure, built as a 'twin-church' to St Mary's at Fountains Abbey (see above), and built in memory of a brother-in-law of the Marquis of Ripon who was taken hostage in 1870 in Greece and eventually murdered
[edit] See also
- Victorian architecture
- Gothic revival architecture
- Trinity College, Hartford CT: Seabury and Jarvis Halls, known as "The Long Walk". These buildings on the main quad of the Trinity campus are considered to be the finest examples of "Collegiate Gothic" architecture in the world.
