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594 COMPARATIVE ARCHITECTURE. the Gothic revival, which it was attempted to extend to buildings for every purpose ; until the movement met with a severe check in the decision, acquiesced in by Sir Gilbert Scott, to erect the Home and Foreign Offices (1860-1870) in the Classic, or, as it was called, the modern style. The design thus dictated to Scott was not likely to be a masterpiece, and it is in fact but a poor compromise between modern French and the traditional Italian ideas of the Renaissance. After this crisis a new movement, due to Norman Shaw, Nesfield, and Philip Webb, then arose in favour of the Queen Anne style, or Free Classic, for domestic buildings, while churches and kindred buildings continued to be erected in a developed style of Gothic architecture. The work of Shaw, Nesfield, and Webb influenced the design of smaller buildings in suburbs and country. CLASSIC SCHOOL E.M. Barry (1831-1880) : Covent Garden Theatre ; The Art Union Building, Strand ; Charing Cross Station. He endeavoured to intro- duce the Early French Renaissance as in theTemple Chambers, Victoria Embankment, London. Nelson: Junior United Service Club. F. P. Cockerell : The Free- masons' Tavern. Sir Gilbert Scott (1810-1877) : The Foreign Office. Sir Digby Wyatt (1820-1877) : Courtyard to India Office. Messrs. Banks and Barry : Dul- wich College; Buidington House (the Courtyard and fa9ade to Piccadilly). Sidney Sinirke : The story added to Burlington House; British Mu- seum reading-room ; Carlton Club, Pall Mall, after the library of S. Mark, Venice. Leivis VuUianiy : Dorchester House, London, after a Roman Renaissance palace, has unique decorative work inside by Alfred Stevens. John Gibson : National Pro- vincial Banks in London and the provinces, in which the Classic orders embracing two stories are freely introduced ; the Society for the Promotion of Christian Know- ledge, in Northumberland Avenue, GOTHIC SCHOOL. Sir Gilbert Scott (1810-1877) : Camberwell Church ; S. Mary, Stoke Newington ; the Martyrs' Memorial, Oxford ; church at Haley Hill, Hahfax (1855) ; church at Hamburg; S. George, Don- caster (1853) ; S. Mary's Cathe- dral, Edinburgh ; S. Mary Abbott, Kensington ; the Albert Memorial ; S. Pancras Station ; buildings in Broad Sanctuary, Westminster ; many other new churches, houses, and restorations. Oze'cn Jones : S. James's Hall, a modern version of Venetian Gothic. Benjamin Ferrey : S. Stephen, Westminster. William Biitterfield : Keble College, Oxford ; All Saints, Margaret Street, London ; and S. Alban, Holborn, all of which show the increasing desire for and study of color. G. E. Street (1824-1881) : S. Mary Magdalene, Paddington ; S. Jamesthe Less, Westminster, 1861 ; the Law Courts, London ; house in Cadogan Square ; the Convent, liast Grinstead ; house and church at Holmwood, and elsewhere. IF. Barges (1828-1881) : Cork Cathedral (1870) ; restored Cardiff Castle, and built his own house in Melbury Road, London ;the Speech Room, Harrow School. R. Brandon : Catholic and