William Burges
English architect (1827-1881) · Architects · Died at 53
William Burges was an English architect and designer. Among the greatest of the Victorian art-architects, he sought in his work to escape from both nineteenth-century industrialisation and the Neoclassical architectural style and re-establish the architectural and social values of a utopian medieval England.
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![Burdett House, 15-16 Buckingham Street to the right of the York Water Gate. Burges had his home/studio in a building on the site of No.15.{{Cite web|url=https://www.charlesdickenspage.com/charles-dickens-london-map.html|title=Charles Dickens London Map: The Locations in the Novels|publisher=The Charles Dickens Page|access-date=4 February 2020}} and [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]], 1804–1819.{{Cite web|url=https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Geoscientist/Archive/July-2015/Smith-plaques-spot-the-errors|title=William Smith plaque|publisher=The Geological Society of London|access-date=4 February 2020}} It has also, erroneously, been described as home to [[Peter the Great]] during the London stage of his [[Grand Embassy of Peter the Great|Grand Embassy]] in 1698. The block stands to the right of the [[York House, Strand#Riverside setting|York Water Gate]].{{Cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol18/pt2/pp63-76|title=Buckingham Street|publisher=British History Online|access-date=4 February 2020}}"}},"i":0}}]}">[a]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Burdett_House%2C_15-16_Buckingham_Street%2C_London_WC2.jpg/1280px-Burdett_House%2C_15-16_Buckingham_Street%2C_London_WC2.jpg)
Burdett House, 15-16 Buckingham Street to the right of the York Water Gate. Burges had his home/studio in a building on the site of No.15.{{Cite web|url=https://www.charlesdickenspage.com/charles-dickens-london-map.html|title=Charles Dickens London Map: The Locations in the Novels|publisher=The Charles Dickens Page|access-date=4 February 2020}} and [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]], 1804–1819.{{Cite web|url=https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Geoscientist/Archive/July-2015/Smith-plaques-spot-the-errors|title=William Smith plaque|publisher=The Geological Society of London|access-date=4 February 2020}} It has also, erroneously, been described as home to [[Peter the Great]] during the London stage of his [[Grand Embassy of Peter the Great|Grand Embassy]] in 1698. The block stands to the right of the [[York House, Strand#Riverside setting|York Water Gate]].{{Cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol18/pt2/pp63-76|title=Buckingham Street|publisher=British History Online|access-date=4 February 2020}}"}},"i":0}}]}">[a]
All Saints Church, Fleet, in Hampshire, before an arson attack in 2015
Maison Dieu, Dover
Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork, Ireland - Burges's first major commission
Cardiff Castle, worked on by many members of Burges's architectural team
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Burges stands within the tradition of the Gothic Revival, his works echoing those of the Pre-Raphaelites and heralding those of the Arts and Crafts movement.
