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Overview of the events of 1847 in architecture
The year 1847 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- March 31 – The first mass is celebrated in St. Patrick's Basilica, Montreal, designed by Pierre-Louis Morin and Father Félix Martin.[2][3]
- April 15 – Lords Chamber in the Palace of Westminster in London, rebuilt to the design of Charles Barry with decoration by Augustus Pugin.
- June 28 – Trains first use Broadstone railway station in Dublin, Ireland, designed by John Skipton Mulvany.
- June 30 – Water first flows along the Roquefavour Aqueduct in the south of France, engineered by Jean François Mayor de Montricher.
- August 3 – Trains first use Huddersfield railway station in the north of England, designed by James Pigott Pritchett.
- September 10 – Trains first use Carlisle Citadel railway station in the north of England, designed by William Tite.
- November – Trains first use Bury St Edmunds railway station in the east of England, probably designed by Sancton Wood.[4]
- First performance at the Carltheater in Vienna, designed by Eduard van der Nüll and August Sicard von Sicardsburg.
Buildings completed
- Madina Mosque, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India, rebuilt under the supervision of Sadeq Ali Khan.[5]
- St Marie's Church (Roman Catholic), Rugby, England, designed by Augustus Pugin.
- Rectory, Rampisham, Dorset, England, designed by Augustus Pugin.
Awards
Births
Deaths
References
- ^ John Summerson: The Architectural Association 1847–1947, Pleiades Books, London 1947.
- ^ "Saint-Patrick's Basilica". Images Montréal. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
- ^ Designated a National Historic Site of Canada. St. Patrick's Basilica National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
- ^ Biddle, Gordon (2003). Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: an Oxford Gazetteer of Structures and Sites. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-866247-5.
- ^ "Heritage Murshidabad » Imambara". Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 2011-12-07. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
- ^ "F. O. Lindström" (in Swedish). Västerbottens museum. Archived from the original on 2011-08-02. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
- ^ Gerle, János, ed. (2002). Hauszmann Alajos. Budapest: Holnap Kiadó. ISBN 963-346-526-5.
- ^ Eastlake, Charles Locke (1872). A History of the Gothic Revival. London: Longmans, Green & Co. p. 109.
- ^ Watkin, David (2004). "Elmes, Harvey Lonsdale (1814–1847)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8732. Retrieved 2014-06-01. (subscription or UK public library membership required)