Charles Marriott Oldrid Scott (1880 – 1952) was an English
architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
who is often best remembered for being the son of
John Oldrid Scott
John Oldrid Scott (17 July 1841 – 30 May 1913) was a British architect.
Biography
He was the son of Sir Gilbert Scott (George Gilbert Scott) and his wife Caroline (née Oldrid). His brother George Gilbert Scott Junior and nephew Sir Giles G ...
and grandson of Sir Gilbert Scott (
George Gilbert Scott), both of whom were architects, as was his uncle
George Gilbert Scott Jr. and his cousins Sir
Giles Gilbert Scott
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (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 ...
and
Adrian Gilbert Scott
Adrian Gilbert Scott (6 August 1882 – 23 April 1963) was an English ecclesiastical architect.
Early life
Scott was the grandson of Sir Gilbert Scott (George Gilbert Scott), son of George Gilbert Scott, Jr. (founder of Watts & Company in 1 ...
. He was married and had two children; Sheila Grace and Helen Baret. After living in central London for some time, he moved to
Little Kimble, near
Aylesbury,
Buckinghamshire.
He was a pupil of Sir
Reginald Blomfield
Sir Reginald Theodore Blomfield (20 December 1856 – 27 December 1942) was a prolific British architect, garden designer and author of the Victorian and Edwardian period.
Early life and career
Blomfield was born at Bow rectory in Devon, w ...
in 1898, then in 1902 became an assistant to his father for a year before spending a further year in the office of
George Frederick Bodley
George Frederick Bodley (14 March 182721 October 1907) was an English Gothic Revival architect. He was a pupil of Sir George Gilbert Scott, and worked in partnership with Thomas Garner for much of his career. He was one of the founders of Watt ...
, who had himself been a past pupil of
George Gilbert Scott. In 1904 he rejoined his father's practice of Scott & Son in
Westminster
Westminster is an area of Central London, part of the wider City of Westminster.
The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, B ...
, London as his partner.
During the thirties he practiced under the name of Scott & Miles, his partner being Charles Thomas Miles. One of his last projects before his death related to works to
Maids Moreton
Maids Moreton is a village and civil parish in north-west Buckinghamshire, England, around north of Buckingham. The village sits on top of a plateau overlooking Buckingham and is less than 1km away from the Foxcote Reservoir SSSI
Description a ...
Church which is only 3 miles from his grandfather's place of birth in
Gawcott
Gawcott is a village about south-west of Buckingham in the Buckinghamshire (district), Buckinghamshire district in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. The village is in the civil parishes in England, civil parish of Gawcott with L ...
, near
Buckingham. The majority of his work was
ecclesiastical.
Works included
*St George’s Institute,
Wolverton
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,
Milton Keynes,
Buckinghamshire (1908)
*St. Christopher's Church,
Southbourne,
Bournemouth, (1932–1934)
*
Speldhurst
Speldhurst is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The parish is to the west of Tunbridge Wells: the village is west of the town.
Speldhurst has a primary school, a parish church, a general store with p ...
war memorial,
Kent
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*Croydon Parish Church war memorial,
Surrey (1922)
Alterations, repairs and extensions
*
St Asaph Cathedral,
Wales
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(1930)
*
Benenden School
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Hall,
Benenden
Benenden is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The parish is located on the Weald, to the west of Tenterden. In addition to the main village, Iden Green, East End, Dingleden and Standen Street settle ...
, Kent (1938)
* St. Edmund Church,
Maids Moreton
Maids Moreton is a village and civil parish in north-west Buckinghamshire, England, around north of Buckingham. The village sits on top of a plateau overlooking Buckingham and is less than 1km away from the Foxcote Reservoir SSSI
Description a ...
,
Buckinghamshire (1951–1952)
* St. James,
Pokesdown
Pokesdown is a suburb of Bournemouth in Dorset, England. It lies just east of Boscombe and west of Southbourne.
History
Evidence of human occupation in the area dates back to the Bronze Age. In 1909 when Lock's Field was being developed into wh ...
,
Bournemouth (1930–1931)
*
St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral,
Edinburgh
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,
Scotland
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(1913–1917) Completion of western spire to George Gilbert Scott's 1873 designs
* St. Michael & All Angels,
Stewkley
Stewkley is a village and civil parish in the Buckinghamshire district of the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about east of Winslow and about west of Leighton Buzzard. The civil parish includes the hamlets of No ...
, Buckinghamshire (1937–1938)
* Oxted Place,
Oxted
Oxted is a town and civil parish in the Tandridge district of Surrey, England, at the foot of the North Downs. It is south south-east of Croydon in Greater London, west of Sevenoaks in Kent, and north of East Grinstead in West Sussex.
Oxted ...
,
Surrey
*
St Peter and St Paul Church,
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire (1922) New boiler room added
*
Southwark Cathedral
Southwark Cathedral ( ) or The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark, London, lies on the south bank of the River Thames close to London Bridge. It is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Southwar ...
, London (1911) Restoration and repairs
[''The Times'', Tuesday November 14, 1911; pg. 6; Issue 39742; col E]
*
St. John's Church, Colston Bassett (1934) repairs
References
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1880 births
1952 deaths
English ecclesiastical architects
Charles Marriott Oldrid
Architects of cathedrals