Sir George Gilbert Scott

Sir George Gilbert Scott PRIBA (1811-1878)

Although not born or based in the Potteries G. G. Scott designed a significant number of building in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme.

He was leading architect of the Gothic revival, born in Gawcott, Buckinghamshire. He started in architecture by designing gaols and workhouses, but later studied French Gothic Cathedrals and Churches, being much influenced by the ideas of Augustus Welby Pugin.

Scott worked for the architect Henry Roberts and the builders Peto and Grissell before setting up his own practice. His output was astonishing - nearly 1000 buildings were designed by him and his firm.

Holy Trinity Church - Hartshill, Stoke
Deigned by G G Scott for Herbert Minton

He was responsible for the Albert Memorial (1862-3), St Pancras Station (1865), the Home Office and Colonial Office (1858 onwards), and the India Office (originally planned as Gothic by Scott, but then changed to Italian Renaissance style after a change of Government) on Whitehall.

In Oxford, he designed the Martyrs' Memorial (1841), St John's College Chapel and Exeter College Chapel. In Scotland he was the architect of the Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, and Glasgow University (1865). He also worked on the restoration of various cathedrals, including Ely, Gloucester, Chester, St Davids, Salisbury, Worcester, and Rochester.