William Gillbee Scott, sometimes William Gilbee Scott, (1857-1930) was an English architect who designed the Gower Street Memorial Chapel (now the Chinese Church in London), the Salvation Army Citadel in Sheffield, and the London and Provincial Bank in Enfield (now Barclays Bank).

Early life

William Gillbee Scott was born in 1857.

Career

One of Scott's first designs was the Gower Street Memorial Chapel, now known as the Chinese Church in London, which was built in 1887–88. He also designed a brick Gothic chapel at the Woodgrange Park Cemetery (1888) which was demolished in 2006 after it fell into disrepair and was damaged by a fire. In 1889, he renovated All Saints Church, Edmonton, and in 1892 he designed the Salvation Army Citadel in SheffieldSalvation Army Citadel.
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. He designed the grade II listed

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in The Town, Enfield, now Barclays Bank, built 1897 in the Flemish Renaissance style."Historic buildings: Enfield Town"
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, West Sussex. Scott lived in Harden House, Waverley Road, Enfield, and had offices at 25 Bedford Row, London. He was a fellow of the

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Death and legacy

Scott died in 1930.

References

External links

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