William Gillbee Scott

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).

Barclays Bank, Enfield
The Salvation Army Citadel, Sheffield.

Early life

William Gillbee Scott was born in 1857.[1]

Career

One of Scott's first designs was the Gower Street Memorial Chapel,[2] 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.[3]

In 1889, he renovated All Saints Church, Edmonton,[4] and in 1892[5] he designed the Salvation Army Citadel in Sheffield[1] which is a grade II listed building with Historic England.[6]

He designed the grade II listed London and Provincial Bank in The Town, Enfield, now Barclays Bank, built 1897 in the Flemish Renaissance style.[7][8] The builder was Alan Fairhead.[9] He also designed the public swimming baths at Edmonton which were built 1900 but have since been replaced.[10] In 1899–1900 he designed Holy Trinity Church in Horsham, West Sussex.[11]

Scott lived in Harden House, Waverley Road, Enfield, and had offices at 25 Bedford Row, London. He was a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Death and legacy

Scott died in 1930.[1]

References
  1. Salvation Army Citadel. The Victorian Web. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  2. Stell, Christopher. (2002). Nonconformist chapels and meeting-houses in eastern England. English Heritage. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-873592-50-2.
  3. Meller, Hugh & Brian Parsons. (2013). London cemeteries: An illustrated guide and gazetteer (ebook ed.). Stroud: History Press. pp. 533–534. ISBN 978-0-7524-9690-0.
  4. Enfield Deanery. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  5. Harman, Ruth, & John Minnis. (2004). Sheffield. Pevsner Architectural Guides. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-300-10585-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Historic England. "Salvation Army Citadel (1247367)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  7. Pevsner, Nikolaus & Bridget Cherry (2002). The buildings of England London 4: North. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. p. 42. ISBN 0300096534.
  8. "Historic buildings: Enfield Town" by Stephen Gilburt, Enfield Society News, No. 197 (Spring 2015), pp. 6-7.
  9. "Enfield Town and the market in 1910" by W.G. Monk in TES News, No. 178 (Summer 2010), p. 1.
  10. Edmonton: Social life. British History Online. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  11. "Horsham, Holy Trinity". Sussex Parish Churches. 2018. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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