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668: 653: 611: 630: 40: 1225: 1131: 365:, Australia, which he designed in 1834 in the form of a Gothic castle. Such designs were unusual and display a more adventurous side to Blore's work than can be seen from his work in London. His East front, the public face, of Buckingham Palace was criticised from the moment of its completion as banal street architecture, a view shared by King 278:
Eastlake praised Blore's careful detail in his work at Westminster Abbey, adding "this was, in short, his great forte. He had studied and drawn detail so long and zealously that its design came quite naturally to him, and in this respect he was incomparably superior to his contemporaries".
350:. The palace's guidebook describes the building as "Blore's tribute to Muslim architecture". The structure features two façades, contrasting "the starkness of Scottish Baronial on its landward side with Arabian fantasy facing the sea". 295:. Following Nash's dismissal, he completed the palace in a style similar to but plainer than that intended by Nash. In 1847, Blore returned to the palace and designed the great facade facing 610: 1144: 667: 698: 752: 271:. The following year he was engaged to furnish plans for the chancel fittings of Peterborough Cathedral. Shortly afterwards he was employed to restore 1187: 275:, then in a state of near ruin. His work there included the construction of a fire-proof room for the preservation of manuscripts and archives. 783: 652: 187:
Blore's background was in antiquarian draughtsmanship rather than architecture, in which he had no formal training. Nevertheless, he designed
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in London, and a large number of other designs in England and Scotland, including restoring the Salisbury Tower at
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As a recognised establishment architect, Blore was involved in many projects related to the
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and Peterborough Cathedral and measured drawings of Winchester Cathedral for
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in 1913. Around 1840 Blore was possibly responsible for alterations at
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as completed by Blore in 1850. It was later refaced and altered by
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Survey of London: Volumes 31 and 32, St James Westminster, Part 2
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worked for him before going to Australia and New Zealand.
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List of works by Edward Blore on palaces and large houses
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English landscape and architectural artist, architect
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Nineteenth-Century Design: From Pugin to Mackintosh
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British History Online. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
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Oxford University Press. 689:List of ecclesiastical works by Edward Blore 476:, Cheshire: alterations and estate buildings 287:Blore is most notable for his completion of 694:List of miscellaneous works by Edward Blore 269:Surveyor of the Fabric of Westminster Abbey 1206:(Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1993) 38: 324:baronial architecture of Scottish castles 1164: 461:Chapel at College of St Mark and St John 1139: 753:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 322:, and like Scott was interested in the 1241: 1032:'Broadwick and Peter Street Area', in 745: 743: 466:Christ Church (formerly Holy Trinity) 330:'s invitation to design his extensive 1202:Charlotte Gere and Michael Whiteway: 1102:"Town Hall (Grade II) (1364438)" 930:"Crewe Hall (Grade I) (1138666)" 848:. ExeterInternational. Archived from 722: 369:who had the façade redesigned by Sir 44:Blore, by Georg Koberwein (1820–1876) 1192:(Architectural Press, Oxford, 1996) 263:Westminster Abbey and Lambeth Palace 180:, the son of the antiquarian writer 1171:. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 740: 314:Blore was a personal friend of Sir 13: 1176: 1106:National Heritage List for England 1012:National Heritage List for England 986:National Heritage List for England 960:National Heritage List for England 934:National Heritage List for England 907:National Heritage List for England 874:. Historic England. 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"Blore, Edward". 704: 193:Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov 1284:Fellows of the Royal Society 1279:Burials at Highgate Cemetery 1269:English landscape architects 770:UK public library membership 431: 318:, having been introduced by 155:; Lambeth Palace restoration 7: 1053:The Illustrated London News 682: 541:St John's Church, Stratford 391: 386:Fellow of the Royal Society 299:thus enclosing the central 10: 1305: 1158: 1075:"Warminster Old Town Hall" 1063:– via Victorian Web. 602: 455:Cambridge University Press 428:(West), Highgate, London. 267:In 1826, he was appointed 17: 1190:– Editor: Dan Cruickshank 673:Grave of Edward Blore in 148: 140: 132: 90: 71: 49: 37: 30: 677:(west), Highgate, London 659:Government House, Sydney 575:Vorontsov Palace, Alupka 571:, 1833 (Grade II listed) 503:Government House, Sydney 415: 20:Edward Blore (cricketer) 661:, Australia (1837-1843) 562:St Thomas, Charterhouse 420:Blore died at home, 4, 398:Philip Charles Hardwick 18:For the cricketer, see 808:Eastlake 1873, p.138—9 249:Thomas Frognall Dibdin 217:Charles Locke Eastlake 209:Peterborough Cathedral 95:Highgate Cemetery West 1249:Architects from Derby 1183:Sir Banister Fletcher 762:10.1093/ref:odnb/2679 444:Bedford Modern School 326:. 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Edward Blore (cricketer)

Derby
Manchester Square
Highgate Cemetery West
51°34′01″N 0°08′49″E / 51.567°N 0.147°E / 51.567; 0.147
Buckingham Palace
antiquary
Derby
Thomas Blore
a large palace
Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov
Alupka
Crimea
Winchester Cathedral
Peterborough Cathedral
Westminster Abbey
Charles Locke Eastlake
York Minster
John Britton
Walter Scott
William Atkinson
Abbotsford House
Thomas Frognall Dibdin
Surveyor of the Fabric of Westminster Abbey
Lambeth Palace
John Nash
Buckingham Palace
The Mall
quadrangle

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