Street

Street, GEORGE EDMUND, architect, born at Woodford in Essex, 20th June 1824, was educated at Camberwell and Crediton, and studied for five years with Gilbert Scott. Starting in practice for himself in 1849, he designed many churches throughout the country, and restored more—the chief restoration being Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin. Cuddesden College and Uppingham School are by him; but his most famous work is the new Law Courts in London, the subject of so much controversy (see Vol. VI. p. 703). Street became an A.R.A. in 1866, an R.A. in 1871, and P.R.I.B.A. in 1881. He died in London, 18th December 1881, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. He published The Architecture of North Italy in the Middle Ages (1855) and Gothic Architecture in Spain (1865). See Memoir by his son (1888).