Main entry:

Spencer-Silver, Patricia.

Title & Author:

Pugin's builder : the life and work of George Myers / Patricia Spencer-Silver.

Publication:

[Hull?] : University of Hull Press, 1993.

Description:

xix, 294 pages, 77 pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-209) and index.
I. The Early Years in Hull and Beverley: 1803-42 -- II. London -- Craftsmen and the Lambeth Workshops: 1842-75 -- III. Perfect Gothic and the Great Exhibition: 1838-54 -- IV. Pugin Churches: 1838-54 -- V. 1852: A Sad Year -- VI. Business Methods -- VII. More Churches and a Synagogue: 1842-73 -- VIII. Asylums and Scandal at Colney Hatch: 1847-58 -- IX. Building for Miss Nightingale's Army: 1854-66 -- X. Changing Cities -- Westminster and London: 1850-71 -- XI. Building for the Rothschilds: 1851-73 -- XII. Death of the Great Builder -- Appendix I List of Contracts -- Appendix II List of Architects.
Also issued online.

Summary:

George Myers was one of the great Master Builders of the Victorian Age. Born in 'Hull in 1803, he gained renown as 'Pugin's Builder' and - from his workshops in Hull and then in London - directed a nationwide contracting business. Myers executed many of Pugin's buildings, such as cathedrals in Newcastle, Birmingham, Nottingham and Southwark and the Medieval Court for the Great Exhibition of 1851. In fact Myers undertook work for nearly 100 other architects. This included the original camp at Aldershot, military hospitals and the Staff College, Broadmoor Hospital and restoration work at the Guildhall, the Towers of London, Windsor Castle and extensive work for the Rothschilds. He died in London in 1875. This book, based on original research, provides a fascinating account of mid-19th century England and some of its most interesting figures. It contains hitherto unpublished drawings by Pugin.

ISBN:

0859586111 (pbk.)
9780859586115 (pbk.)

Subject:

Myers, George, 1803-1875.
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812-1852.
Myers, George 1803-1874
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore 1812-1852
Myers, George (Architekt)
Construction workers Great Britain Biography.
Hospital Design and Construction history
Ouvriers de la construction Grande-Bretagne Biographies.
Construction workers.
Architektur
Geschichte 1832-1874.
Great Britain.
England
Großbritannien
Buildings Construction

Form/genre:

Biographies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 100174
Call No.: ID:94-B115
Status: Available