1865 in architecture explained

The year 1865 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• George Gilbert Scott wins the competition to design the St Pancras railway station hotel and buildings in London.^[1]

Buildings and structures

Buildings completed

• Amhuinnsuidhe Castle, Harris, Scotland, built for Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore, by David Bryce.^[2] In 2003 Amhuinnsuidhe Castle Estate purchases the castle (and its fishing rights).^[3]
• Cefn Coed Viaduct, Wales, designed by Alexander Sutherland and Henry Conybeare.
• Government House, Brisbane, Australia, designed by Benjamin Backhouse.
• Bataclan theatre in Paris, designed by Charles Duval.
• Iron-framed shipping warehouses at Saint-Ouen in Paris, designed by engineer Hippolyte Fontaine.
• Crossness Pumping Station, serving the London sewage system, designed by engineer Joseph Bazalgette and architect Charles Henry Driver.
• Westminster Chapel, London, designed by W. F. Poulton.
• Stowford and Magnolia Cottages, Stowford, Cheshire, England, designed by William Eden Nesfield.

Awards

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – James Pennethorne.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jules Machard, André Hennebicq, Gustave Huberti.

Births

• April 27 – Archibald Leitch, Scottish architect, designer of football stadia (died 1939)
• September 20 – William Weir, Scottish-born conservation architect (died 1950)
• October 23 – Baillie Scott, British architect (died 1945)^[4]
• November 17 –, French architect (died 1953)
• date unknown
  • Józef Gosławski, Polish architect (died 1904)
  • Philip Mainwaring Johnston, English architect (died 1936)

Deaths

• January 8 – John Dobson, English neoclassical architect (born 1787)
• June 8 – Joseph Paxton, English gardener, architect and Member of Parliament, best known for The Crystal Palace (born 1803)
• December 4 – Francis Fowke, British engineer and architect (born 1823)
• December 23 – Alan Stevenson, Scottish lighthouse engineer (born 1807)

Notes and References

1. Web site: History of St Pancras railway station. 26 March 2013.
2. Web site: History of Amhuinnsuidhe Castle. https://web.archive.org/web/20060619204844/http://www.amhuinnsuidhe.com/history.htm. dead. 2006-06-19. 2007-12-08.
3. Web site: Friends of North Harris. North Harris Trust. 2007-12-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20070709094507/http://www.north-harris.org/friends.htm. 2007-07-09. dead.
4. Web site: Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report (February 8, 2020, 10:56 pm) . www.scottisharchitects.org.uk . 8 February 2020 . 28 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220328113801/http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201788 . dead .