Edward Buckton Lamb (1806–1869) was a British architect who exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1824. Lamb was labelled a 'Rogue Gothic Revivalist', and his designs were roundly criticised for breaking with convention, especially by ''

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''. More recently

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called him "the most original though certainly not the most accomplished architect of his day".

Life

Grave of Edward Buckton Lamb in Highgate Cemetery

He was born in London, England, his father James Lamb being a government official. He was articled to

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. He was selected to design the chapel for the

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, then being built to the designs of Frederick John Francis, and was retained to complete the main building, in collaboration with Francis. He contributed to '' Loudon's Encyclopaedia'' (1833), published studies on Gothic Ornament (1830), ''Ancient Domestic Architecture'' (1846) with text by William Henry Leeds, and contributed regularly to the '' Architectural Magazine'' (1834–8). He died in the summer of 1869 and was buried on the western side of

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Buildings

Notable buildings he was responsible for include: *Brompton Hospital Chapel, London, and in collaboration with F.J. Francis, parts of the main Hospital building. *All Saints' Church, Hartlepool *St Stephen's church, Aldwark, Yorkshire (1846–53) * St Luke's Chapel, Brompton Hospital (1849) *St Margaret's, Leiston, Suffolk (1853) * Christ Church, Hartlepool (1854) * Berkhamsted Town Hall *Episcopal Church, Dumfries * Eye Town Hall *

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, Hughenden, Buckinghamshire (1862). * St Martin's Church, Gospel Oak, London (consecrated 1865) *St Mary Magdalene Church,

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(1868–70) *

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, alterations for Benjamin Disraeli * Wadhurst Castle *St. Ninian's Episcopal Church,

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*Carnsalloch Chapel at The Mount, Kirkton, Dumfries

Gallery

Old Town Hall Berkhamsted.jpg, Berkhamsted Town Hall by Lamb. Christ Church, Hartlepool. - geograph.org.uk - 24512.jpg, Christ Church, Hartlepool, designed by Lamb in 1854, now Hartlepool Art Gallery. Hughenden2010.JPG,

as redesigned by Lamb in 1862. EdwardLambandJohnSeddon.jpg, Lamb's son, Edward Beckitt Lamb, was also an architect. He and

John Pollard Seddon John Pollard Seddon FRIBA (19 September 1827 – 1 February 1906) was a British architect, working largely on churches. His father was a cabinetmaker, and his brother Thomas Seddon (1821–1856) a landscape painter. Born in London, he was educa ...

created this 1904 design for a new Imperial Monumental Halls and Tower at Westminster was supposed to house the monuments alongside imperial trophies. The Gothic Revival tower would have been the tallest building in the UK with a similar floor area to the

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next door. Several different drawings from different angles were created.

Publications

*''Etchings of Gothic Ornament'' 1830 *

References

Notes

External links

*. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamb, Edward Buckton 1806 births 1869 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery Architects from London Gothic Revival architects English architecture writers Writers from London 19th-century English architects