16 Facts About George Basevi

1.

Elias George Basevi FRS was a British architect who worked in both Neoclassical and Gothic Revival styles.

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2.

George Basevi was surveyor to the Guardian Assurance Company, to the Trustees of Smith's Charity and to the Thurloe estate.

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3.

George Basevi was the youngest son of a City of London merchant, named George Basevi.

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4.

George Basevi was educated at the Reverend Dr Burney's school at Greenwich, and then trained professionally with John Soane, after which he spent three years studying in Greece and Rome.

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5.

George Basevi's work for the company involved personally inspecting and reporting on buildings where there was a great risk, or which were insured for large amounts.

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6.

George Basevi was unhappy with the modifications to the designs of the steeples imposed by the Commissioners, and he did no further work for them.

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7.

George Basevi designed Belgrave Square for the developers William and George Haldimand; it was built between 1825 and 1841.

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8.

George Basevi designed the houses in Thurloe Square, off the Brompton Road, for the Thurloe estate.

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9.

George Basevi built two Gothic churches in Chelsea, St Jude and St Saviour, and another, Holy Trinity at Twickenham Green.

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10.

George Basevi used the Gothic style at almshouses in Stamford and Ely, and at Coulsdon rectory, Surrey.

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11.

George Basevi carried out some work for Balliol College, Oxford including a Gothic ceiling for the chapel, and was invited to design a whole new frontage for the college, but the plans were never carried out, due to the intervention of a faction amongst the fellows who commissioned an alternative set of plans from Pugin.

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12.

George Basevi enlarged the prison at Ely and built a new one at Wisbech, In collaboration with Sidney Smirke he designed premises for the Conservative Club, and the two architects were chosen to design a new building for the Carlton Club, but the scheme was delayed due to financial considerations.

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13.

George Basevi died on 15 October 1845, aged 51, after falling through an opening in the floor of the old bell chamber of the west tower of Ely Cathedral while inspecting repairs.

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14.

George Basevi was buried in the North Choir Aisle towards the east end of the cathedral under a monumental brass.

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15.

The older son George Basevi Henry became a colonel and later took an interest in microscopy.

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16.

The younger, James Palladio George Basevi became an army engineer who died in the Himalayas while conducting gravitational surveys.

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