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he designed a palace for the bishop. The foundation stone was laid at a ceremony in October 1838, and by the end of 1841 it was ready for the bishop to move in. Four years later, Railton was asked to add a chapel, slightly separate from the palace, to allow the local population to worship there. In
347: 144:. Railton designed a church and monastic buildings, once again employing a neo-Tudor style. The church was consecrated in October 1837. Railton's buildings were, however, soon replaced by a more ambitious monastic complex to plans by 205:, London. His winning design – a simple Corinthian column topped with a statue of Nelson – was constructed between 1839 and 1842; the lions on the base, although part of the original plan, were not added until 1867. 359: 319: 97:
In 1825 Railton set off for a tour of Greece and Egypt. On his return to England he prepared for publication some drawings he had made of the remains of the recently excavated
331: 90:(then in Surrey) on 14 May 1800, the son of Isaac Railton and his wife, Margaret Maria Railton, nÊe Scott. He was a pupil of the London architect and surveyor 1035: 148:. For Charles March Phillipps, Railton designed lodges and gatehouses for Garendon Park, which have survived the demolition of the main house. 117: 867: 992: 961: 930: 689: 640: 589: 558: 371: 247:
Two lodges and a gatehouse (the Bavarian Gates) at Garendon Park near Loughborough, Leicestershire, for Charles Phillipps (1837–47).
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deference to the Tudor style of the palace, he chose the perpendicular style, battlemented like the main building.
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which had recently been destroyed by fire, and in 1839 came first in the competition to design a monument to
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for whom he produced two standard designs for parsonages. During this time he also remodelled
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In 1836 he won the fourth prize in the competition to design a replacement for the
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Railton also designed two identical Anglican churches in Charnwood Forest, at
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A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 11: Stepney, Bethnal Green
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St Mary, Stafford Street, Wolverhampton (consecrated 1845). Demolished.
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to build a monastery for a community of Trappist monks, to be named
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Grace Dieu, Leicestershire. House for Ambrose Phillipps (1833).
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In the mid-1830s, Railton carried out several commissions for
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rev. Geoffrey Tyack, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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Rebuilding of St Mary, Bromley by Bow (1842-3). Destroyed.
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Between 1838 and 1848 he was employed as architect to the
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Holy Trinity Church, Shepherdess Walk, Hoxton, London N1
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on Corfu. They were printed as a supplementary volume to
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St Bartholomew the Less Bethnal Green (consecrated 1844)
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The capital and statue at the top of Nelson's Column
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History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Leicestershire
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Copt Oak church, Leicestershire (consecrated 1837).
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Randalls, Surrey. House for Nathaniel Bland (1830).
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The newly-discovered Temple at Cadachio Illustrated
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There, Railton built the neo-Tudor 782:British Magazine and Monthly Register 756:Survey of London: volume 41: Brompton 503: 501: 287:Bishop's Palace Chapel, Ripon (1846). 256:, Trafalgar Square, London (1839–42). 7: 866:Hawkins, Duncan; Phillpotts, Chris. 530:Cave, Edward; Nichols, John (1837). 525: 523: 521: 244:, Leicestershire (consecrated 1837). 67:Monumental work at Trafalgar Square. 993:National Heritage List for England 962:National Heritage List for England 931:National Heritage List for England 690:National Heritage List for England 641:National Heritage List for England 590:National Heritage List for England 559:National Heritage List for England 231:St Peter, Duddon, Cheshire (1835). 14: 1021:. Vol. 1. 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Index


Nelson's Column
Clapham
William Inwood
Kardaki Temple
James Stuart
Ambrose March Phillipps
Charles March-Phillipps
Garendon Park
Grace Dieu Priory
Grace Dieu Manor
Charnwood Forest
Mount St Bernard
Augustus Pugin
Copt Oak
Woodhouse Eaves
Groby
Thorpe Acre
Beaumanor Hall
Ripon
Ecclesiastical Commissioners
Riseholme
Houses of Parliament
Admiral Lord Nelson
Trafalgar Square
Royal Academy
Onslow Square
Woodhouse Eaves
Nelson's Column
Groby

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