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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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George Gilbert Scott
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(1811–78, kt 1872) Prolific architect of the later *Gothic Revival and a controversial figure for his sometimes heavy-handed restoration of medieval buildings. His best-known works are the *Albert Memorial, *St Pancras Station Hotel, and the Government Offices (now occupied entirely by the Foreign Office) which form a large block between Whitehall and St James's Park. Unusually for him these offices are in a Renaissance style, the result of his losing what became known as the 'battle of the styles' with Palmerston, the prime minister, who rejected Scott's Gothic designs and forced him to buy 'some costly books on Italian architecture'.
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