Great Scott! Britain's Most Prolific Architect
Nigel Lowey
- Region:
- Anywhere
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Hobby
- Fee:
- Paid: £100 + travel at cost
- Category:
- Uncategorised
- Updated:
- 27th April 2024
- Tagged:
- Architecture | Workhouses | History | Victorian
I made productive use of the COVID lockdowns to research a new talk!
One the most prolific architects EVER, Sir George Gilbert Scott designed the Albert Memorial, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, cathedrals, churches, public buildings, and the Midland Grand Hotel at St. Pancras.
However, this is not just about his buildings: as I researched, the architect became more 'human' and the subject expanded to include the Industrial Revolution, workhouses, the Victorian Revival of the Church of England, Political unrest and the Great Reform Act which changed our electoral system!
Views: 392 | Enquiries: 2About Nigel Lowey
An IT Consultant in real life, with knowledge of history and architecture & design.
My original amateur interest in the madly-Gothic St. Pancras over several years led to closer involvement, and eventually being asked to comment on the planning application for the restoration of the Victorian Gothic buildings.
I was asked to do a talk about my interest for a local library. Then a local history society. And a W.I. And because speaker finders talk to each other, suddenly I was doing a talk a month!
I don't do online talks; I'm not a natural small-screen presenter: I wave my arms around too much which looks mad. I also like meeting real people.
The talk fee is £100, which within 30 miles of Nottingham includes travel. I'm happy to travel anywhere, adding train fare or petrol at cost; I've done the talks in North and South London, Bucks, Manchester, the West Midlands, Yorkshire.
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