Gilbert Blount
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Gilbert Blount was an English
architect working mostly for Catholic Churches. He started his career as a civil engineer under Brunel
and became superintendent of the Thames Tunnel works. He then worked for Sydney Smirke
, and then was appointed as architect to Cardinal Wiseman, the Catholic Archbishop of Westminster.
With a resurgence of Catholic church building in England, he worked on new churches throughout England and was thought to be of the school of Pugin.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
architect working mostly for Catholic Churches. He started his career as a civil engineer under Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS , was a British civil engineer who built bridges and dockyards including the construction of the first major British railway, the Great Western Railway; a series of steamships, including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship; and numerous important bridges...
and became superintendent of the Thames Tunnel works. He then worked for Sydney Smirke
Sydney Smirke
Sydney Smirke, architect, was born in London, England, the younger brother of Sir Robert Smirke, also an architect. Their father, also Robert Smirke, had been a well-known 18th Century painter.Sydney Smirke's works include:...
, and then was appointed as architect to Cardinal Wiseman, the Catholic Archbishop of Westminster.
With a resurgence of Catholic church building in England, he worked on new churches throughout England and was thought to be of the school of Pugin.
Works
- St. Ambrose Church, KidderminsterKidderminsterKidderminster is a town, in the Wyre Forest district of Worcestershire, England. It is located approximately seventeen miles south-west of Birmingham city centre and approximately fifteen miles north of Worcester city centre. The 2001 census recorded a population of 55,182 in the town...
, Worcestershire (1858) - St. Peter's Church, BromsgroveBromsgroveBromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England. The town is about north east of Worcester and south west of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 29,237 in 2001 with a small ethnic minority and is in Bromsgrove District.- History :Bromsgrove is first documented in the early 9th century...
, Worcestershire {1858} - St. Edward’s Church, Clifford, Yorkshire (c.1844-45)
- St. Mary’s Church, Husbands BosworthHusbands BosworthHusbands Bosworth is a large crossroads village in South Leicestershire on the A5199 road from Leicester city to Northampton and the A4304 road from Junction 20 of the M1 motorway to Market Harborough....
, Leicestershire (1873-74) - St. Mary Magdalene, BrightonBrightonBrighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
, Sussex (1861-62) - St. Peter’s Church, GloucesterGloucesterGloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....
, Gloucestershire (1859-60, 1867-88) - Our Lady and St. Catherine of Siena Church, London (1869-70)
- Our Lady Chapel, SwynnertonSwynnertonSwynnerton is a village in Staffordshire, England.St Mary's Church dates back to at least the 13th Century. Swynnerton received its charter from Edward I in 1306. During the 14th Century a market used to be held every Wednesday and an annual fair was held on August 15 each year...
, Staffordshire (1868)