George Edmund Street Quotes


It is most necessary to avoid rusticity in any way, whether in material, design, or execution.


Citations

Street, George Edmund. "On the Proper Characteristics of a Town Church." The Ecclesiologist, vol. 11, Joseph Masters, 1850, p. 228.

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George Edmund Street
George Edmund Street
  • Born: June 20, 1824
  • Died: December 18, 1881
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Architect

George Edmund Street RA, also known as G. E. Street, was an English architect, born at Woodford in Essex. Stylistically, Street was a leading practitioner of the Victorian Gothic revival. Though mainly an ecclesiastical architect, he is perhaps best known as the designer of the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand in London.