“Every building which is worth seeing, is so for some definite reason, either for its general design, its detail, its construction, or its material.”

— George Edmund Street

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About George Edmund Street

Architect • English

George Edmund Street was a prominent English architect and a leading figure in the Victorian Gothic Revival movement. Born in Woodford, Essex, he became a highly influential ecclesiastical architect, designing and...

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