2099 Study Day: French Architecture and the English, 1835–1914

French Architecture and the English, 1835–1914

A study day at the Art Workers' Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AT. Saturday 12 June 2021 9.55am to 5.30pm.  Doors open at 9.30am.

The aim of this study day is threefold: to examine the various Victorian buildings built in England to the designs of French architects and explain why Frenchmen were chosen; to trace the fluctuating reputation of French architecture and design in England over the Victorian and Edwardian years; and to assess the infiltration of Beaux-Arts influences into English architecture, particularly in the cities from 1880s onwards.

Introduction                                                                    Andrew Saint

Destailleur at Farnborough                                           Anthony Geraghty

From French decoration to French architecture        Michael Hall

The Bowes Museum                                                      Howard Coutts

Chateau Impney, Droitwich                                          James Edgar

Pierre-Charles Dusillion’s house for H. T. Hope        Joseph Specklin

Two Abbeys: Parkminster and Quarr                         Peter Howell

Viollet-le-Duc and the English                                    Martin Bressani

English architects and French Gothic                       Alexandrina Buchanan

Mewès and Davis and Blow and Billerey                  Antonio Brucculeri

Why Beaux-Arts beat Edwardian Baroque               Alan Powers

At the Art Workers' Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AT. Tube: Holborn or Russell Square. £55 including sandwich lunch. Doors open at 9.30am.