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and Colney Hatch, with considerable originality and dash, and he comes across as an architect full of self-confidence, with a secure command of the
Picturesque elements of a composition. He failed, however, to adapt to the changing stylistic climate of the High Victorian period, and in the 1860s his
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His early practice would appear to have been assisted by his family's connections, and a link with his future patron, Lord Ward, is provided by his uncle, Richard Davies, who was Lord Ward's mining agent. His family's good financial standing no doubt also enabled him to purchase the Park estate in
239:, Gloucestershire: layout of estate and zoological gardens for Thomas Billings, 1833–34; Daukes purchased the estate in 1839 and began to design villas for erection on a speculative basis, mostly Greek Revival but including Tudor Lodge (dem. c.1966) and perhaps Cornerways, c.1865, Italianate
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and not wholly in sympathy with the ecclesiological movement, as he designed churches in the neo-Norman and
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Daukes was born in London in 1811, the son of Samuel
Whitfield Daukes, a businessman with coal mining and brewery interests, who bought Diglis House,
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Five houses bounded by 25 Kensington Gore and 200 Queen's Gate, Kensington, (Middx): 1873, (insert name from earlier edit)
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159:. Attached to his will was a list of all the architectural books in his office, an eclectic selection, including Weale's
111:. Daukes was a convinced eclecticist, working in all the styles that were fashionable in his day. He was an admirer of
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417:, Park Lane, (Middx.): 1855, new ballroom and picture gallery for Lord Ward; damaged in WW2 but restored by
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practice seems to have declined, although he was still building churches in the
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Congregational Church, Salford, Lancashire: 1874–75, Gothic revival
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Vaccination Hospital, Highgate Hill, (Middx.): 1848–50, Italianate
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The Country Houses of Gloucestershire: volume 3, 1830–2000
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Registry Office, Thornbury, (Glos.): 1839, Greek Revival
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Lypiatt Terrace, Cheltenham, (Glos.): 1847, Italianate
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237:The Park Estate, Cheltenham
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266:Lansdown Railway Station
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117:Ecclesiological Society
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207:List of major works
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498:The Builder
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284:Mount Eldon
109:Joseph Pitt
528:Categories
177:low church
101:Cheltenham
61:Cheltenham
54:Gloucester
26:Gloucester
421:, 1969–70
203:in 1853.
153:Beckenham
56:by 1834.
40:in 1827.
38:Worcester
193:Barnwood
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165:Pugin
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