Frederick Thomas Pilkington
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Frederick Thomas Pilkington (1832 – October 1898) was a Scottish architect
, practising in the Victorian
High Gothic
revival style. His father was also an architect.
Frederick Thomas Pilkington practised as an architect in Edinburgh from 1860 to 1883. In Edinburgh Pilkington concentrated on churches for the Free Church of Scotland
, where worship focused not on a nave and altar, but on the pulpit and the "Word of God". Pilkington developed a new style of church building which accorded with the fashionable Gothic style but was adapted for the worship needs of the Free Church of Scotland
.
His notable buildings in Scotland include:
In Edinburgh
:
Elsewhere in Scotland:
In 1883 Pilkington moved to London and began work on the Army and Navy Hotel on Victoria Street and started to design residential flats
for both the Artisans, Labourers & General Dwellings Company and for the middle-classes. This second category of flats include Kensington's Campden Hill Court and Battersea's York Mansions
. Pilkington did not see the completion of York Mansions, his last commission, as he died before its completion in 1901.
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
, practising in the Victorian
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
High Gothic
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
revival style. His father was also an architect.
Frederick Thomas Pilkington practised as an architect in Edinburgh from 1860 to 1883. In Edinburgh Pilkington concentrated on churches for the Free Church of Scotland
Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900)
The Free Church of Scotland is a Scottish denomination which was formed in 1843 by a large withdrawal from the established Church of Scotland in a schism known as the "Disruption of 1843"...
, where worship focused not on a nave and altar, but on the pulpit and the "Word of God". Pilkington developed a new style of church building which accorded with the fashionable Gothic style but was adapted for the worship needs of the Free Church of Scotland
Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900)
The Free Church of Scotland is a Scottish denomination which was formed in 1843 by a large withdrawal from the established Church of Scotland in a schism known as the "Disruption of 1843"...
.
His notable buildings in Scotland include:
In Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
:
- Barclay Church 1862-4
- 38 Dick Place (Pilkington's own house which he called Egremont, built within the Grange Park House estate), 1865–1870
- 48–50 Dick Place, 1864
- 158–164 Grove Street, 1864
- Kingston Clinic, 1867–69
- 1–7 Coltbridge Terrace, 1869
- St David and St Oswald's, Viewforth, 1871
- 129–131 Grange Loan, 1872
- Daniel Stewart's Boarding House (formerly Dean Park House), 1874
- 3 Queensferry Terrace, Dean Park House Stable Block, 1874
- 8 Spylaw Road, mid-1870s
- 39–51 Deanhaugh Street, 1880–81
- Sunnybrae Lodge and Stables, Walkerburn, 1868
Elsewhere in Scotland:
- A small church in AuchengrayAuchengrayAuchengray is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.It has a small church whose architect was Frederick Thomas Pilkington , the ground given by George Robertson Chaplin of Colliston House, Arbroath, the uncle of David Souter Robertson of Lawhead House nearby. The church has two stained...
, South Lanarkshire - Trinty Church, IrvineIrvine, North AyrshireIrvine is a new town on the coast of the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland. According to 2007 population estimates, the town is home to 39,527 inhabitants, making it the biggest settlement in North Ayrshire....
, AyrshireAyrshireAyrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the...
, currently on the Buildings at Risk register for Scotland. - Innerleithen Church, InnerleithenInnerleithenInnerleithen is a small town in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders.-Etymology:The name "Innerleithen" comes from the Scottish Gaelic meaning "confluence of the Leithen", because it is here that the river joins the Tweed. The prefix "Inner-/Inver-" is common in many Scottish...
, Scottish Borders, (1864–67), still in use. - Kelso North Parish Church (1866)
- Penicuik Old South Church (1862)
- Spier's school, BeithBeithBeith is a small town situated in the Garnock Valley in North Ayrshire, Scotland approximately 20-miles south-west of Glasgow. The town is situated on the crest of a hill and was known originally as the "Hill o' Beith" after its Court Hill.-History:-Name:Beith's name is thought to emanate from...
, Ayrshire. Memorial shrine to John Spier. - Marine Hotel in North Berwick
- McCheyne Memorial Church, Perth Road, Dundee (1869-70) http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/184081/details/dundee+328+perth+road+mccheyne+memorial+church/
In 1883 Pilkington moved to London and began work on the Army and Navy Hotel on Victoria Street and started to design residential flats
Apartment
An apartment or flat is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building...
for both the Artisans, Labourers & General Dwellings Company and for the middle-classes. This second category of flats include Kensington's Campden Hill Court and Battersea's York Mansions
York Mansions
York Mansions is one of the seven Victorian blocks of flats located on Prince of Wales Drive, London, between Albert Bridge Road and Queenstown Road, in Battersea, in the London borough of Wandsworth. The building is four storeys tall and is of a Victorian High Gothic Revival style...
. Pilkington did not see the completion of York Mansions, his last commission, as he died before its completion in 1901.