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PEARSON, JOHN LOUGHBOROUGH (1817-1897)

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 30 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PEARSON, See also:JOHN See also:LOUGHBOROUGH (1817-1897) , See also:English architect, son of See also:William Pearson, etcher, of See also:Durham, was See also:born in See also:Brussels on the 5th of See also:July 1817. He was articled at the See also:age of fourteen to See also:Ignatius See also:Bonomi, architect, of Durham, but soon removed to See also:London, and worked under the See also:elder See also:Hardwicke. He revived and practised largely the See also:art of vaulting, and acquired in it a proficiency unrivalled in his See also:generation. He was, however, by no means a See also:Gothic purist, and was also fond of See also:Renaissance and thoroughly grounded in classical See also:architecture. From the erection of his first See also:church of Ellerker, in See also:Yorkshire, in 1843, to that of St See also:Peter's, See also:Vauxhall, in 1864, his buildings are Geometrical in manner and exhibit a See also:close adherence to precedent, but elegance of proportion and refinement of detail lift them out of the See also:commonplace of See also:mere See also:imitation. See also:Holy Trinity, See also:Westminster (1848), and St See also:Mary's, See also:Dalton Holme (1858), are notable examples of this phase. St Peter's, Vauxhall (1864), his first groined church, was also the first of a See also:series of buildings which brought Pearson to the forefront among his contemporaries. In these he applied the See also:Early English See also:style to See also:modern needs and modern See also:economy with unrivalled success. St See also:Augustine's, Kilburn (1871), St John's, Red See also:Lion Square, London (1874), St See also:Alban's, See also:Birmingham (188o), St See also:Michael's, See also:Croydon (188o), St John's, See also:Norwood (1881), St See also:Stephen's, See also:Bournemouth (1889), and All See also:Saints', See also:Hove (1889), are characteristic examples of his matured See also:work. He is best known by See also:Truro See also:Cathedral (188o), which has a See also:special See also:interest in its See also:apt See also:incorporation of the See also:south See also:aisle of the See also:ancient church. Pearson's conservative spirit fitted him for the reparation of ancient edifices, and among cathedrals and other See also:historical buildings placed under his care were See also:Lincoln, See also:Chichester, See also:Peterborough, See also:Bristol and See also:Exeter Cathedrals, St See also:George's See also:Chapel, See also:Windsor, Westminster See also:Hall and Westminster See also:Abbey, in the surveyorship of which last he succeeded See also:Sir G. G.

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Scott. Except as to the porches, the work of Scott, he re-faced the See also:north See also:transept of Westminster Abbey, and also designed the vigorous See also:organ cases. In his See also:hand-See also:ling of ancient buildings he was repeatedly opposed by the ultra See also:anti-restorers (as in the See also:case of the See also:west front of Peterborough Cathedral in 1896), but he, generally proved the soundness of his See also:judgment by his executed work. Pearson's practice was not confined to church See also:building. Treberfydd See also:House (185o), Quar See also:Wood (1858), Lechlade See also:Manor, an Elizabethan house (1873), Westwood House, See also:Sydenham, in the See also:French Renaissance style (188o), the See also:Astor See also:estate offices (1892) upon the See also:Victoria See also:Embankment, London, the remodelling of the interiors of Clieveden House (1893) and No. 18 Carlton House See also:Terrace (1894), with many parsonages, show his aptitude for domestic architecture. In See also:general See also:design he first aimed at See also:form, embracing both proportion and See also:contour; and his work may be recognized by accurate scholarship coupled with harmonious detail. Its See also:key-notes are cautiousness and refinement rather than boldness. He died on the 11th of See also:December 1897, and was buried in the See also:nave of Westminster Abbey, where his See also:grave is marked by the appropriate See also:motto Sustinuit et abstinuit. He was elected A.R.A. in 1874, R.A. in 188o, was a See also:fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and a fellow and member of the See also:Council of the Royal See also:Institute of See also:British Architects. The following are some of Pearson's more important See also:works, not already named: Ferriby church (1846); See also:Stow, See also:Lincolnshire (restoration, 185o) ; See also:Weybridge, St See also:James's (1853) ; See also:Freeland church, parsonage and See also:schools (1866); Kilburn, St Peter's See also:Home (1868); See also:Wentworth church (1872); Horsforth church (1874); Cullercoats, St George's (1882) ; See also:Chiswick, St Michael's (restoration, 1882) ; See also:Great See also:Yarmouth church (restoration, 1883); See also:Liverpool, St See also:Agnes' (1883); See also:Woking Convalescent Home (1884); Headingley church (1884); See also:Torquay, All Saints (1884) ; See also:Maidstone, All Saints (restoration, 1885) ; See also:Shrewsbury Abbey (1886) ; See also:Ayr, Holy Trinity (1886) ; See also:Hythe church (restoration, 1887) ; See also:Oxford, New See also:College, See also:reredos (completion, 1889) ; See also:Cambridge University Library (additions, 1889) ; Friern See also:Barnet, St John's (189o); Cambridge, See also:Sidney See also:Sussex College (additions, 189o); See also:Middlesex See also:Hospital chapel (189o); Bishopsgate, St See also:Helen's (restoration, 1891); See also:Maida See also:Hill (Irvingite) church ((1891); See also:Barking, All Hallows (restoration, 1893) ; Cambridge, See also:Emmanuel College (additions, 1893) ; See also:Ledbury, St Michael's (restoration, 1894) ; See also:Malta, Memorial church (1894) ; See also:Port See also:Talbot church (1895). (W.

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