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'''Philip Charles Hardwick''' ([[1822]]-[[1892]]), son of [[architect]] [[Philip Hardwick]], was the last architect in the family line and is reputed to have designed many of the finest banks in the [[City of London]]. |
'''Philip Charles Hardwick''' ([[1822]]-[[1892]]), son of [[architect]] [[Philip Hardwick]], was the last architect in the family line and is reputed to have designed many of the finest banks in the [[City of London]] - Hardwick was architect to the [[Bank of England]] from [[1855]] to [[1883]]. |
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[[Image:Euston Station - The Great Hall.JPG|thumb|250px|The former Great Hall of Euston Station.]]His best known work was the Great Hall of [[Euston station]] (opened on [[27 May]] [[1849]]). The Great Hall was demolished in 1962 to make way for construction of the current Euston Station building. |
[[Image:Euston Station - The Great Hall.JPG|thumb|250px|The former Great Hall of Euston Station.]]His best known work was the Great Hall of [[Euston station]] (opened on [[27 May]] [[1849]]). The Great Hall was demolished in 1962 to make way for construction of the current Euston Station building. |
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Revision as of 15:15, 31 August 2005
Philip Charles Hardwick (1822-1892), son of architect Philip Hardwick, was the last architect in the family line and is reputed to have designed many of the finest banks in the City of London - Hardwick was architect to the Bank of England from 1855 to 1883.
His best known work was the Great Hall of Euston station (opened on 27 May 1849). The Great Hall was demolished in 1962 to make way for construction of the current Euston Station building.
Projects
- Adare Manor, Adare, County Limerick, Ireland (1850-1862)
- Durham indoor market (1851)
- restoration of St Mary's Church, Lambeth (1851-1852)
- parts of the Titsey Estate in Surrey (1856)
- redevelopment of Heslington Hall, near York (1850s)
- St John's Cathedral, Limerick, Ireland (constructed 1856-1861)
- Adhurst St Mary house, Petersfield, Hampshire (1858)
- new wings at the Greenwich Hospital School (now part of the National Maritime Museum) (1861-1862)
- Rendcomb House, Rendcomb, Gloucestershire (1863)
- Sovereign House (former Bank of England building), Park Row, Leeds (1864)
- 46-48 Lombard Street, London (1866)
- Paddington station hotel (1868-1874)
- parts of Lincoln's Inn (with his father)
- St John's Church, Deptford
- St Edmund's School in Canterbury, Kent