The Early years

Design for St James, Eastbury, Berkshire

Design for St James, Eastbury, Berkshire

Design for St James, Eastbury, Berkshire
George Edmund Street (1824-81)
About 1851
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Victoria and Albert Museum


Street's churches of the 1850's exemplify the 'developed' Gothic that he had helped to create. This new style draws on French and Italian sources to powerful, monumental effect, even in a small rural church such as St James.

 


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