Arthur Blomfield
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Sir Arthur William Blomfield (6 March 1829–30 October 1899), English architect, son of Bishop C. J. Blomfield, was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge.
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[edit] Background
He was then articled as an architect to Philip Charles Hardwick, and subsequently obtained a large practice on his own account. He became president of the Architectural Association in 1861, and a fellow (1867) and vice-president (1886) of the Royal Institute of British Architects. In 1887 he became architect to the Bank of England, and designed the law courts branch in Fleet Street, and he was associated with A. E. Street in the building of the law courts. In 1889, he was knighted. He was twice married, and brought up two sons, Charles J. Blomfield and Arthur Conran Blomfield, to his own profession, of which they became distinguished representatives.
[edit] Legacy
Among the numerous churches which Sir Arthur Blomfield designed, his work at St. Saviour's Church, Southwark (now Southwark Cathedral) is a notable example of his use of a revived Gothic style, and he was highly regarded as a restorer. He also designed St. George's Anglican Cathedral in Georgetown, Guyana, which was considered the tallest wooden church in the world until 2003 when the Sapanta-Peri Monastery, situated in the northern part of Romania near the village of Sapanta Maramures, was finished.
[edit] Trivia
In April 1862 a young Thomas Hardy joined his practice as assistant architect. The writer remained friends with Blomfield.
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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