Philip Charles Hardwick
Philip Charles Hardwick (1822-1892), son of the architect Philip Hardwick (1792-1870), grandson of Thomas Hardwick Junior (1752-1825) and great grandson of Thomas Hardwick Senior (1725-1825); the Hardwicks' architectual work spanned over 100 years, making them one of the most successful architectural families in British history.
Like his father, Philip Charles was employed in the 'Square mile' of the City of London, where he became the leading architect of grandiose banking offices, mainly in an Italianate manner, setting the pattern for suburban and provinical designs for almost three decades. He gave the City five banks and was architect to the Bank of England from 1855 to [[1883]. However, he was more employed outside London, designing branch offices at Hull (1856) amd Leeds (1862-65).
His best known work was the Great Hall of London's 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.
Arthur William Blomfield was Hardwick's pupil in 1852-555.
Hardwick is buried with the Hardwick and Shaw family at Kensal Green Cemetery in north-west London.
Projects
- parts of Lincoln's Inn (with his father, 1843-1845)
- restoration of St Nicholas church, Durweston, Dorset (1847)
- Durham indoor market, guildhall, town hall and market tavern (1849-1851)
- Adare Manor, Adare, County Limerick, Ireland (1850-1862)
- restoration of St Mary's Church, Lambeth (1851-1852, now the Museum of Garden History)
- Chapel of Ease of St Saviour, Shotton, County Durham (1852-1854)
- St John's Church, Deptford (1855)
- parts of the Titsey Estate in Surrey (1856)
- Sompting House, Sussex (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)
- All Saints Church, Aldershot (1863)
- Sovereign House (former Bank of England building), Park Row, Leeds (1864)
- 46-48 Lombard Street, London (1866)
- Great Western Royal Hotel at Paddington station (1851-54)
- Charterhouse School, near Godalming, Surrey (1872)
- St Edmund's School in Canterbury, Kent