Edward Buckton Lamb Explained

Edward Buckton Lamb (1806–1869) was a British architect who exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1824. Lamb was labelled a 'Rogue Gothic Revivalist', and his designs were roundly criticised for breaking with convention, especially by The Ecclesiologist.^[1] More recently Nikolaus Pevsner called him "the most original though certainly not the most accomplished architect of his day".^[2]

Life

He was born in London, England, his father James Lamb being a government official. He was articled to Lewis Nockalls Cottingham.^[3]

He was selected to design the chapel for the Brompton Hospital, then being built to the designs of Frederick John Francis, and was retained to complete the main building, in collaboration with Francis.^[4]

He contributed to Loudon's Encyclopaedia (1833), published studies on Gothic Ornament (1830), Ancient Domestic Architecture (1846) with text by William Henry Leeds, and contributed regularly to the Architectural Magazine (1834–8).

He died in the summer of 1869 and was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.

Buildings

Notable buildings he was responsible for include:

• Brompton Hospital Chapel, London, and in collaboration with F.J. Francis, parts of the main Hospital building.
• All Saints' Church, Hartlepool
• St Stephen's Church, Aldwark, Yorkshire (1846–53)^[2]
• St Luke's Chapel, Brompton Hospital (1849)
• St Andrew's Church, Blubberhouses, Yorkshire (1851)
• St Margaret's, Leiston, Suffolk (1853)
• Christ Church, Hartlepool (1854)
• Berkhamsted Town Hall
• Episcopal Church, Dumfries
• Eye Town Hall
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• Disraeli Monument, Hughenden, Buckinghamshire (1862).^[5]
• St Martin's Church, Gospel Oak, London (consecrated 1865)^[6]
• St Mary Magdalene Church, Addiscombe (1868–70)
• Hughenden Manor, alterations for Benjamin Disraeli
• Wadhurst Castle
• St. Ninian's Episcopal Church, Castle Douglas, Scotland
• Carnsalloch Chapel at The Mount, Kirkton, Dumfries

Publications

• Etchings of Gothic Ornament 1830
• Book: Lamb . Edward Buckton . Studies of Ancient Domestic Architecture. 1846 . John Weale . 9 May 2019 . en.

References

• Lamb, Edward Buckton.

External links

• 15913. Lamb, Edward Buckton. .

Notes and References

1. Book: The Ecclesiologist. 150. Ecclesiological society . 1855.
2. Book: Pevsner, Nikolaus. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. Yale University Press. 1981. 9780300096651.
3. http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201906 Edward Buckton Lamb
4. Web site: The Brompton Hospital Estate . F. H. W. Sheppard (General Editor) . Institute of Historical Research . 1983 . Survey of London: volume 41: Brompton . 5 May 2012 .
5. Book: Benjamin Disraeli. Melvin George Wiebe. Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1860-1864. 2009. University of Toronto Press. 978-0-8020-9949-5. 203.
6. Web site: Additional Churches . Walter H. Godfrey and W. McB. Marcham (editors) . Institute of Historical Research . 1952 . Survey of London: volume 24: The parish of St Pancras part 4: King’s Cross Neighbourhood . 5 May 2012 .