G. E. Street (1824–81) was an English architect and architectural writer, whose designs were mainly in High Victorian Gothic style. Born the son of a solicitor, he first worked in a law office, but was then articled to the architect Owen Browne Carter in Winchester. Two years later, in 1844, he moved to London and worked in the office of George Gilbert Scott. Here he also worked with George Frederick Bodley and William White. Street established his own architectural practice in 1849, initially in London, and later in Wantage (then in Berkshire). He was appointed as architect to the diocese of Oxford in 1850, and retained this position until his death. He married in 1852 and in that year moved to Oxford. He returned to London in 1856 and maintained an office there for the remainder of his career. He travelled extensively, visiting the Continent of Europe frequently. Street was also a prolific writer on architectural subjects. He was a member of the Royal Academy, and in 1874 was awarded the Royal Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, being its president in 1881.
Most of Street's works were in relation to churches; designing new churches, restoring and making additions and alterations to existing churches, and designing fittings and furnishings for them.[1] He also designed domestic buildings, especially vicarages, and schools with houses for the schoolmaster. He designed little in the way of public buildings, although towards the end of his life he designed what has been described as his "greatest commission", the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Most of his works were in England, especially within and close to the diocese of Oxford, but examples of his work can be found throughout England, Wales and Ireland. He also designed some buildings abroad, including a church in Constantinople. Almost all his designs are in Gothic Revival style, in particular, in what is known as the High Victorian style. This style came chronologically after the use of "pure" and "correct" use of features of English Gothic architecture, which had been championed by A. W. N. Pugin and the Ecclesiological Society. High Victorian incorporated the use of polychromy, and elements of Continental forms of Gothic architecture. Street died in 1881, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
This list contains details of Street's work on domestic buildings in England and Scotland.
| Grade | Criteria | |||||||||||||
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| Grade I | Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important. | |||||||||||||
| Grade II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. | |||||||||||||
| Grade II | Buildings of national importance and special interest. | |||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a work that is not graded. | ||||||||||||||
| Category (Scotland) | Criteria | |||||||||||||
| Category A | Buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic, or fine little-altered examples of some particular period, style or building type. | |||||||||||||
| Category B | Buildings of regional or more than local importance, or major examples of some particular period, style or building type which may have been altered. | |||||||||||||
| Category C(S) | Buildings of local importance, lesser examples of any period, style, or building type, as originally constructed or moderately altered; and simple traditional buildings which group well with others in categories A and B. | |||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a work that is not graded. | ||||||||||||||
| Name | Location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Lodge | Monken Hadley, Barnet, Greater London | c. 1849–50 | Street made additions to a rectory built in 1824. | II | ||
| Vicarage | Sulgrave, Northamptonshire 52.1033°N -1.1911°W | c. 1850 | A house dating from the 17th or 18th century, remodelled by Street. | II | ||
| Vicarage | Wantage, Oxfordshire 51.5889°N -1.4292°W | c. 1850 | A new building for Revd William John Butler. | II | ||
| 1–5 Church Street | Hatford, Oxfordshire 51.6519°N -1.512°W | 1853 | Row of six cottages, since reduced to three. | II | ||
| St Thomas' Vicarage | Colnbrook, Berkshire 51.4853°N -0.5216°W | 1853–54 | II | |||
| Vicarage | Ripon College, Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire 51.7238°N -1.1338°W | 1853–54 | Later part of the college. | II* | ||
| Vicarage | Kidlington, Oxfordshire 51.8255°N -1.2804°W | 1853–54 | Extension of a 16th-century vicarage. | II* | ||
| Vicarage | West Challow, Oxfordshire 51.5931°N -1.4728°W | 1853–54 | Later used as a house, and called Church Croft. | II | ||
| All Saints Cottage | Maidenhead, Berkshire 51.5196°N -0.7365°W | 1854–57 | Adjoining the parish centre. | II* | ||
| All Saints Vicarage | Maidenhead, Berkshire 51.52°N -0.7363°W | 1854–57 | II* | |||
| Rectory | Upton Magna, Shropshire 52.7078°N -2.6613°W | c. 1856 | II | |||
| St James' Vicarage | Stantonbury, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire 52.0622°N -0.786°W | 1857–59 | II | |||
| Vicarage | Bloxham, Oxfordshire 52.0184°N -1.375°W | 1858 | Enlargement of a vicarage built in 1811–15. | II | ||
| School house | Colnbrook, Berkshire 51.4844°N -0.5215°W | 1858 | II | |||
| Rectory | Laverstoke, Hampshire 51.2347°N -1.3017°W | 1858 | II | |||
| 5 Boyn Hill Road | Maidenhead, Berkshire 51.5193°N -0.7371°W | 1858 | Built as almshouses. | II | ||
| The Grange | Little Tew, Oxfordshire 51.955°N -1.447°W | c. 1858 | A vicarage for Revd F. Garrett. Later extended by different architects. | II | ||
| North Moreton House | North Moreton, Oxfordshire 51.6019°N -1.1901°W | c. 1858 | Restoration of a former vicarage dating from the 16th century. | II | ||
| 3 and 3a Boyn Hill Road | Maidenhead, Berkshire 51.5196°N -0.7369°W | 1859 | Built as a clergy house. | II | ||
| 5 Bachelor's Acre | Windsor, Berkshire 51.4807°N -0.6089°W | 1859 | II | |||
| 7 Bachelor's Acre | Windsor, Berkshire 51.4804°N -0.609°W | 1859 | II | |||
| Headmaster's house | Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire 52.8102°N -1.6329°W | 1860 | A house for the headmaster of Holy Trinity School. | II | ||
| St Andrew's Vicarage | Leeds, West Yorkshire 53.8008°N -1.5633°W | c. 1860 | Since used as offices. | II | ||
| Vicarage | North Muskham, Nottinghamshire 53.1279°N -0.8152°W | 1863 | Built as a vicarage for Revd Winstanley Hall; since used as a hotel. | II | ||
| Bayfield House | Lydford, Devon 50.6427°N -4.1082°W | 1870 | Built as a vicarage at a cost of £5,000 . | II | ||
| Frognall Grove | Frognal, Camden, Greater London 51.558°N -0.182°W | 1871–72 | A large house inherited by Street, who made additions to it. Later subdivided into four semi-detached houses. | II* | ||
| Cotton House | Marlborough, Wiltshire 51.4179°N -1.7433°W | 1871–72 | New house. | II | ||
| Littlefield | Marlborough, Wiltshire 51.418°N -1.7418°W | 1871–72 | New house involving the early use of concrete in its construction. | II | ||
| Vicarage | Wansford, East Yorkshire 53.995°N -0.3813°W | 1872 | For Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet of Sledmere. | II | ||
| Vicarage | Helperthorpe, North Yorkshire 54.121°N -0.5431°W | 1873 | II | |||
| Holmdale | Holmbury St Mary, Surrey 51.1827°N -0.4122°W | 1873 | A country house built by Street for himself and his son. It has since been extended and divided. | I | ||
| Tor Ridge | Holmbury St Mary, Surrey 51.1835°N -0.4097°W | 1873 | A lodge to Holmdale. | II | ||
| Vicarage | Thixendale, North Yorkshire 54.0385°N -0.7148°W | c. 1874 | For Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet of Sledmere. | II | ||
| Wigan Hall | Wigan, Greater Manchester 53.5482°N -2.6363°W | 1875–76 | Built as a rectory for the Bridgeman family. The gatehouse and attached wall, and the terrace walls and steps, are all listed at Grade II. | II | ||
| Dunecht House | Dunecht estate, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 57.161°N -2.4134°W | 1877 | Additions. | A | ||
| The Grange and Orchard Hall | Melksham, Wiltshire 51.3721°N -2.1416°W | 1877 | A house dating from the late 17th century remodelled by Street. Originally a vicarage, later a children's home. | II | ||
| Former priest's house | Dunster, Somerset 51.183°N -3.4456°W | c. 1877 | Restoration of a medieval house. | II | ||
| The Gables | Carlton, South Yorkshire 53.5862°N -1.4492°W | c. 1879 | Built as the vicarage for St John's Church. | II | ||
| 4 Cadogan Square | Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London 51.496°N -0.1605°W | c. 1880 | A five-storey building, and "one of his [Street's] rare domestic buildings in London". | II* | ||
| Vicarage | Kingston, Dorset 50.615°N -2.0649°W | c. 1880 | With a stable and coach house. Later known as Kingston House. | II | ||
| Old Rectory | Blymhill, Staffordshire 52.7072°N -2.284°W | Undated | Street added a wing to the rectory, which has since been demolished. | II | ||
| Vicarage | Christ Church, Lambeth, Greater London 51.4725°N -0.1322°W | Undated | II | |||