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Jun 20, 2024 · On the east, Alfred Waterhouse's prominent King's Weigh House Church (Plate 23a) was the first new building (1889–91), on the site of a public house at the northern corner with Chandler (now Weighhouse) Street.
5 days ago · Plan of Alfred Waterhouse's design for the Natural History Museum attached to the south side of the Royal Horticultural Society's garden, 1868. The development of plans 1870–2. In May 1870 attention reverted to South Kensington.
Jun 29, 2024 · The offices of the Ship Canal Company were given a Grecian colonnade perched high above street level, and the Town Hall, designed by Alfred Waterhouse, is regarded as perhaps the ultimate in Victorian Gothic fantasies.
Jun 27, 2024 · Designed especially for the purpose by Alfred Waterhouse, the building is an outstanding example of Victorian Romanesque architecture. It has been extended a number of times, mainly to provide storage and facilities for the museum’s services.
2 days ago · At Girton College the original small central block of 1873, designed by Alfred Waterhouse, was extended eastward and westward in the 1880s, c. 1900, and c. 1930, to designs by his descendants. Its extensive grounds covered 37 a. along the main road by 1910.
Jun 12, 2024 · The man the task fell to to design the new building in South Kensington was Alfred Waterhouse. What he created is a work of art in and of itself: an awe-inspiring, Romanesque building, a cathedral to nature, but one that was open to all.
Jun 10, 2024 · Recently, a set of architectural drawings by Alfred Waterhouse have been rediscovered and authenticated by an expert working on a project to safeguard the heritage of the iconic building.
