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        3. Scott, Sir George Gilbert (), architect, born in at Gawcott, Buckinghamshire, was the son of Thomas Scott, perpetual curate of that place.
        4. Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July – 27 March ) was an English architect of the Victorian Age, chiefly associated with the design, building and.

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          Scott, Sir George Gilbert ( ‘Great’)(1811–78). Prolific English Gothic Revivalarchitect. He was articled to James Edmeston(1791–1867) in 1827, who was better known as a writer of hymns (‘Lead us, Heavenly Father, lead us’ (1821) was one of his efforts) than as an architect, and later joined the office of Henry Robertsin 1832, where he worked on the new Fishmongers' Hall, London, and on a school at Camberwell (1834).

          In England alone, he designed buildings and oversaw hundreds more restorations.

          Early in 1835 he assisted Sampson Kempthorne(1809–73), Architect to the Poor Law Commissioners, who produced several designs for workhouses and schools that were published and widely copied in the 1830s and 1840s.

          By the end of 1835 Scott was practising on his own, but had also formed a working relationship with William Bonython Moffatt(1812–87) that developed into a partnership (1838) which was responsible for over 50 workhouses and many other buildings.

          In 1838 Scott designe