Henry Bowyer Joseph Lane (1817–1878) was an English

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 who worked in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 from c. 1841 to 1847.

Lane's education included time at Blundell's School

Blundell's School

Blundell's School is a co-educational day and boarding independent school located in the town of Tiverton in the county of Devon, England. The school was founded in 1604 by the will of Peter Blundell, one of the richest men in England at the time, and relocated to its present location on the...

 in Tiverton and subsequent professional training in England before he emigrated to Canada in 1841, living first in Cobourg, Upper Canada, and then in Toronto.

Lane's most significant contribution is Osgoode Hall

Osgoode Hall

Osgoode Hall is a landmark building in downtown Toronto constructed between 1829 and 1832 in the late Georgian Palladian and Neoclassical styles. It houses the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Divisional Court of the Superior Court of Justice, and the Law Society of Upper Canada...

, namely the west and central wings from 1844-1846. He designed and oversaw the construction of Toronto's first city hall in 1844.

St. Paul's, Bloor Street

St. Paul's, Bloor Street

The Church of St Paul's, Bloor Street, is a large parish of the Anglican Church of Canada in the Diocese of Toronto.Located in downtown Toronto near the denomination's national headquarters, the parish, along with Little Trinity Anglican Church, is one of historical flagship low church parishes of...

 Anglican Church was built in Gothic Revival between 1851 and 1854 to the combined designs of Henry Bowyer Lane and Kivas Tully

Kivas Tully

Kivas Tully was an Irish-Canadian architect.Born in Garryvacum in County Laois, Ireland, Kivas Tully was the son of John P. Tully, a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and Alicia Willington...

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Works

Building	Year Completed	Style	Location	Image
Church of St. George the Martyr	1844	Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...	197 John Street, Toronto
Church of the Holy Trinity	1847	Gothic Revival	Trinity Square Trinity Square (Toronto) Trinity Square is a public square in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded by the Toronto Eaton Centre, an office building known as Bell Trinity Square, and the Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel. The square's primary feature is the Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity... , Toronto
Osgoode Hall Osgoode Hall Osgoode Hall is a landmark building in downtown Toronto constructed between 1829 and 1832 in the late Georgian Palladian and Neoclassical styles. It houses the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Divisional Court of the Superior Court of Justice, and the Law Society of Upper Canada...	1829-32	Gothic Revival	Toronto, Ontario
St. Paul's, Bloor Street St. Paul's, Bloor Street The Church of St Paul's, Bloor Street, is a large parish of the Anglican Church of Canada in the Diocese of Toronto.Located in downtown Toronto near the denomination's national headquarters, the parish, along with Little Trinity Anglican Church, is one of historical flagship low church parishes of...	1851-1854	Gothic Revival	Toronto, Ontario
Toronto City Hall	1844	Gothic Revival	Toronto, Ontario
Little Trinity Church Little Trinity Anglican Church Little Trinity Anglican Church, formally Trinity East, is a parish of the Anglican Church of Canada located at 425 King Street East in the Corktown neighbourhood just east of downtown Toronto, Ontario....	1843	Gothic Revival	Toronto, Ontario
St. Lawrence Market	1844	Gothic Revival	Toronto, Ontario