William Butterfield was an English architect. He was born in 1814 and died in 1900. He did much to revive Gothicarchitecture, and largely developed the use of colour in ecclesiastic buildings by the aid of brick, marble, mosaic and painted tiles. He was the designer of the St Augustine's College, Canterbury; Keble College, Oxford; the grammar school in Exeter. Research William Butterfield
Victorian architecture is the architecture of Britain and of certain parts of the British Empire erected during the reign of Queen Victoria between 1837 and 1901. This period was marked by great variety; one of its main characteristics was the revival of many different historical styles (a trait that was often accompanied by a love of lavish ornamentation) and Victorian architecture was long dismissed by many as heavy-handed and derivative. Now, however, the richness, vitality, and self-confidence of the best Victorian buildings are once again appreciated.
To many architects and patrons certain styles were thought of as particularly 'morally' suitable for certain types of building. The most obvious instance is Gothic, which was regarded as the style for ecclesiastical buildings because of its association with the supreme age of Christian devotion and church- building in the Middle Ages. The way in which Victorian architects responded to the past, however, varied considerably; some were concerned with accurately reproducing the forms and details of their models, whereas others used the past as a springboard for the imagination. Thus Burges, Butterfield, and Pugin all worked in a Gothic style, but their work is completely different in flavour. Victorian architects also reacted imaginatively to the functional use of new buildings, to mass production, mechanization, and new building materials, most notably Paxton in the Crystal Palace. Some of the most grandiose Victorian buildings are outside Britain, an outstanding example being the Parliament Buildings in Ontario erected between 1861 and 1867. Research Victorian Architecture
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