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  1. Sir Giles Gilbert Scott OM RA FRIBA (9 November 1880 – 8 February 1960) was a British architect known for his work on the New Bodleian Library, Cambridge University Library, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, Battersea Power Station, Liverpool Cathedral, and designing the iconic red telephone box.

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    Feb 6, 2024 · Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and Elizabeth Scott. Sir George Gilbert Scott is buried in Westminster Abbey in a grave, which he would have been pleased to learn, unearthed some of the earliest Roman remains discovered in the Abbey. The iconic red telephone box was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott who took inspiration from Sir John Soane’s wife ...

  3. Apr 20, 2018 · When the Chamber was rebuilt after 1945 at the cost of £2 million, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott designed a steel-framed building of five floors (two taken by the Chamber), with offices both above and below.

  4. Sir Giles Gilbert Scott was an English architect who designed numerous public buildings in the eclectic style of simplified historical modes often termed 20th-century traditionalism. Like his famous grandfather, Sir George Gilbert Scott, he was primarily a church builder, his greatest individual.

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  5. Apr 3, 2018 · Fitzroy House. Located in the centre of Lewes, a small town southwest of London, you’ll find a striking red house that’s as Gothic as they come. Fitzroy house was designed by George Gilbert Scott. Built in 1862, it was commissioned by Hannah Rothschild, a member of the famous banking dynasty.

  6. Born 26 Church Row, Hampstead. Grandson of Sir George Gilbert Scott. Built Liverpool Cathedral (where he and his wife are buried). Rebuilt the Commons Chamber at the Houses of Parliament after it was badly damaged in WW2.

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  8. Mar 17, 2023 · The man behind this remarkable shift in perception was Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, who turned the building’s lumbering bulk into a functional take on a medieval cathedral.

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