Philip Charles Hardwick
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Philip Charles Hardwick (London 1822–1892) was an English architect.
Life
Philip Charles Hardwick was born in
Hardwick trained under his father and also
Philip Charles worked in the City of London, where he became the leading architect of grandiose banking offices, mainly in an Italianate manner. He designed five City banks, including Drummond's in Trafalgar Square (1879–81), and was architect to the Bank of England from 1855 to 1883. He was employed outside London designing branch offices at Hull (1856) and Leeds (1862–65).[1]
His best known work was the Great Hall of London's Euston railway station (opened on 27 May 1849). The Great Hall was demolished in 1962 to make way for construction of the current Euston Station building.
Hardwick, like his grandfather Thomas Hardwick, was the Surveyor to
Family history
Hardwick retired to
Philip Charles Hardwick is buried alongside his father, Philip, and the Shaw family in Kensal Green Cemetery, London.
Notable projects
- restoration of St Nicholas church, Durweston, Dorset (1847)
- Durham Town Hall (1849–1851)[2]
- Adare Manor, Adare, County Limerick, Ireland (1850–1862)
- Rooms for the fourth Earl Spencer at Althorp (1851)
- restoration of St Mary's Church, Museum of Garden History)
- Paddington station(1851–54)
- Chapel of Ease of St Saviour, Shotton, County Durham (1852–1854)
- St John's Church, Deptford (1855)
- Alterations on Uxbridge House, London (1855)
- parts of the Titsey Place estate in Surrey (1856)
- Sompting House (now Sompting Abbotts), Sompting, Sussex (1856)
- redevelopment of Heslington Hall, near York (1850s)
- St John's Cathedral, Limerick, Ireland (constructed 1856–1861)
- Adhurst St Mary house, Petersfield, Hampshire(1858)
- new wings at the Greenwich Hospital School (now part of the National Maritime Museum) (1861–1862)
- For Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid, Rendcomb House, Rendcomb, Gloucestershire(1863)
- Rebuilt Madresfield Court for the 5th Earl of Beauchamp (1863)
- Royal Garrison Church, Aldershot (1863)
- Sovereign House (former Bank of England building), Park Row, Leeds (1864)
- 46–48 Lombard Street, London (1866)
- St Barnabas Church Mayland, Essex (1867
- Charterhouse School, near Godalming, Surrey (1872)
- St Edmund's School in Canterbury, Kent
- St Columba's College, Dublin[3]
References
- ^ a b c Paul Johnson. "Philip Charles Hardwick (1822–1892)". The Victoria Web. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ Historic England. "Town Hall and Guildhall (1160184)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ "HARDWICK, PHILIP CHARLES # - Dictionary of Irish Architects". www.dia.ie. Retrieved 30 November 2021.