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Overview of the events of 1847 in architecture
The year 1847 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
The
Roquefavour Aqueduct in the south of France
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March 31 – The first mass is celebrated in
St. Patrick's Basilica, Montreal, designed by Pierre-Louis Morin and Father
Félix Martin.
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April 15 –
Lords Chamber in the
Palace of Westminster in
London, rebuilt to the design of
Charles Barry with decoration by
Augustus Pugin.
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June 28 – Trains first use
Broadstone railway station in
Dublin, Ireland, designed by
John Skipton Mulvany.
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June 30 – Water first flows along the
Roquefavour Aqueduct in the south of France, engineered by
Jean François Mayor de Montricher.
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August 3 – Trains first use
Huddersfield railway station in the north of England, designed by
James Pigott Pritchett.
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September 10 – Trains first use
Carlisle Citadel railway station in the north of England, designed by
William Tite.
- November – Trains first use
Bury St Edmunds railway station in the east of England, probably designed by
Sancton Wood.
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- First performance at the
Carltheater in
Vienna, designed by
Eduard van der Nüll and
August Sicard von Sicardsburg.
Buildings completed
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Madina Mosque,
Murshidabad, West Bengal, India, rebuilt under the supervision of Sadeq Ali Khan.
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- St Marie's Church (Roman Catholic),
Rugby, England, designed by
Augustus Pugin.
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Rectory,
Rampisham, Dorset, England, designed by
Augustus Pugin.
Awards
Births
Archibald Simpson
Deaths
References
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^ John Summerson: The Architectural Association 1847–1947, Pleiades Books, London 1947.
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"Saint-Patrick's Basilica". Images Montréal. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
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^ Designated a
National Historic Site of Canada.
St. Patrick's Basilica National Historic Site of Canada.
Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
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^ Biddle, Gordon (2003). Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: an Oxford Gazetteer of Structures and Sites. Oxford University Press.
ISBN
0-19-866247-5.
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"Heritage Murshidabad » Imambara". Government of West Bengal. Archived from
the original on 2011-12-07. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
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"F. O. Lindström" (in Swedish). Västerbottens museum. Archived from
the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
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^ Gerle, János, ed. (2002). Hauszmann Alajos. Budapest: Holnap Kiadó.
ISBN
963-346-526-5.
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Eastlake, Charles Locke (1872).
A History of the Gothic Revival. London: Longmans, Green & Co. p.
109.
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Watkin, David (2004).
"Elmes, Harvey Lonsdale (1814–1847)".
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.
doi:
10.1093/ref:odnb/8732. Retrieved 2014-06-01. (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)