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Overview of the events of 1844 in architecture
The year 1844 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
Buildings completed
Scott Monument
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June 12 –
Abingdon Road railway station near
Culham on the line to Oxford in England, designed by
I. K. Brunel.
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August 21 –
St Mary's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne (Roman Catholic, later Cathedral) in England, designed by
Augustus Pugin.
[1]
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August 27 –
St Barnabas Church, Nottingham (Roman Catholic, later Cathedral) in England, designed by Augustus Pugin.
[1]
- October –
The Grange, Ramsgate (house), designed for himself by Augustus Pugin.
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- Autumn – The
Scott Monument in
Edinburgh,
Scotland, designed by
George Meikle Kemp.
- New buildings for
Marischal College,
Aberdeen, Scotland, designed by
Archibald Simpson.
- Bell tower of
Dormition Cathedral, Kharkiv,
Ukraine.
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Berkshire County Gaol, Reading, England, designed by
George Gilbert Scott with
William Bonython Moffatt.
- Berry Hill, near
Halifax, Virginia.
Events
Awards
Births
George Meikle Kemp
Deaths
References
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b
c Hill, Rosemary (2008). God's Architect: Pugin and the building of romantic Britain. London: Penguin Books.
ISBN
978-0-14-028099-9.
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^ Bonnar, Thomas (1892). A Biographical Sketch of George Meikle Kemp. Edinburgh: Blackwood, pp.144–146
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^ Baltzell, Edward Digby. Puritan Boston & Quaker Philadelphia. Transaction Publishers (1996), p. 322–24.
ISBN
1-56000-830-X.