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| 1818 |
| | | Mary Shelley publishes Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, a Gothic tale about giving life to an artificial man | |
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| 1824 |
| | | The King’s Free School is established in a small Gothic building near the pond, with George IV as a major subscriber | |
|  | Print of the King's School in Kew when newly built
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| 1831 |
| | | New St Mary's Church opens, designed by Edward Lapidge, in white brick with stone dressings in Gothic revival style and with sqare pinnacled tower at the west end | |
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| c. 1835 |
| | | English architect and designer Augustus Welby Pugin plays a major part in the second stage of the Gothic Revival | |
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| 1836 |
| | | Charles Barry wins the competition to design the new Houses of Parliament | |
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| 1837 |
| | | Work begins on Charles Barry's spectacular design for London's new Houses of Parliament | |
|  | Houses of Parliament, c.1851
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| 1837 |
| | | Pugin begins work on his first contribution to country house architecture, adding extensive Gothic details to Scarisbrick Hall in Lancashire | |
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| 1839 |
| | | Edgar Allan Poe publishes a characteristically gothic tale, The Fall of the House of Usher | |
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| 1852 |
| | | Queen Victoria opens the new Houses of Parliament, designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Welby Pugin | |
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| 1852 |
| | | The church of St Mary Magdalen in Mortlake, designed in Gothic style by Gilbert Blount, is completed | |
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