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Burges, William [1827-1881. UK. Architect/Jewellery/Stained Glass/Furniture Designer]

 

William Burges was born in London, England on 2 December 1827. He began studying… subscribers only


Vita Nova washstand, c.1880, designed by William Burges

Vita Nova washstand, c.1880, designed by William Burges


Bibliography

1. Armstrong, Barrie and Armstrong, Wendy. The Arts and Crafts movement in Yorkshire: a handbook. Wetherby: Oblong Creative Ltd., 2013

2. Avery, Derek. Victorian and Edwardian Architecture. London: Chaucer Press, 2003

3. Briggs, R. A. 'The art of William Burges, ARA: an appreciation'. Royal Institute of British Architects Journal vol. 23, 9 February 1916 pp. 131-139

4. Crook, J. Mordaunt. 'Patron Extraordinary: John Marquess of Bute'. in Victorian South Wales - Architecture, Industry and Society. London: Victorian Society [Victorian Society Conference Report No. 7], 1969 [A digitized version is available through the Haithi Trust Digital Library]

5. Crook, J. Mordaunt. William Burges and the High Victorian dream. London: ‎ Frances Lincoln, revised and enlarged edition, 2013

6. Crook, J. Mordaunt; Axon, Mary; and Glenn, Virginia. The Strange Genius of William Burges, "art-architect", 1827-1881. Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, 1982

7. Floud, Peter. Castell Coch. London: HMSO, 1954 [Reconstruction of Castell Coch in Tongwynlais, Cardiff, Wales by William Burges in collaboration with the 3rd Marquess of Bute in the late 1870s]

8. Girouard, Mark. 'Cardiff Castle, Gloucestershire'. Country Life vol. 129, 20 April 1961 pp. 886-889 [Third of a three-part article on renovations made with addition to Cardiff Castle by William Burges between 1867 and 1876]

9. Girouard, Mark. 'Cardiff Castle, Gloucestershire'. Country Life vol. 129, 13 April 1961 pp. 822-825 [Second of a three-part article on renovations made with addition to Cardiff Castle by William Burges between 1867 and 1876]

10. Girouard, Mark. 'Cardiff Castle, Gloucestershire'. Country Life vol. 129, 6 April 1961 pp. 760-763 [First of a three-part article on renovations made with addition to Cardiff Castle by William Burges between 1867 and 1876]

11. Girouard, Mark. Castell Coch, Glamorgan'. Country Life vol. 131, 17 May 1962 pp. 1174-1177 [Second part of a two-part article on the remodelling of Castell Coch by William Burges]

12. Girouard, Mark. Castell Coch, Glamorgan'. Country Life vol. 131, 10 May 1962 pp. 1092-1095 [First part of a two-part article on the remodelling of Castell Coch by William Burges]

13. Girouard, Mark. The Victorian Country House. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, revised and enlarged edition, 1979

14. Godwin, E. W. 'The home of an English architect'. Art Journal October 1886 pp. 301-305 [Part two of a two part article on Number 9, Melbury Road, Kensington, the house designed for himself by William Burges in 1875-80]

15. Godwin, E. W. 'The home of an English architect'. Art Journal June 1886 pp. 170-173 [Part one of a two part article on Number 9, Melbury Road, Kensington, the house designed for himself by William Burges in 1875-80]

16. Gregg, Helen. The literary lens of William Burges: his work at Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch M.A. thesis, University of Wales, Lampeter 2002

17. Handley-Read, C. ‘Notes on William Burges's Painted Furniture’ The Burlington Magazine Vol. 105, No. 728, November 1963 pp. 494, 496-507, 509

18. Handley-Read, Charles. ‘Aladdin's Palace in Kensington: William Burges's tower house'. Country Life vol. 139, 17 March 1966 pp. 600-604

19. Handley-Read, Charles. ‘St. Fin Barre's Cathedral'. Architectural Review vol. 141, June 1967 pp. 422-430 [A discussion of William Burges's first major commission, St. Fin Barre's Cathedral in Cork, Ireland, 1865-79]

20. Handley-Read, Charles. ‘William Burges’ in Victorian Architecture, edited by Peter Ferriday. London: Janathan Cape, 1963 pp. 185-220

21. Howell, W. G. 'Castell Coch'. Architectural Review vol. 109, January 1951 pp. 39-46 [Discusses the restoration and remodelling of Castell Coch in Tongwynlais, Cardiff, Wales by William Burges in collaboration with the 3rd Marquess of Bute in the late 1870s]

22. Lawrence, David and Wilson, Ann. The Cathedral of St Fin Barre at Cork: William Burges in Ireland Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2006

23. Marks, Percy L. 'William Burges'. Architectural Association Notes vol. 18, March 1903 pp. 31-33

24. Measham, Terry. Castell Coch and William Burges. London: Dept. of the Environment, 1978

25. Muthesius, Stefan. The High Victorian movement in architecture, 1850-1870. London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1972.

26. Pullan, Richard Popplewell. 'Works of the late William Burges' Royal Institute of British Architects Journal 1881-82 pp. 183-195

27. Rotch, Arthur. 'William Burges'. American Architect and Building News vol. 9, 1981 pp. 236-237

28. Skipworth, Peyton. ‘Cardiff: William Burges at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff’. The Burlington Magazine Vol. 123, No. 943, October 1981, pp. 625-627

29. Taylor, Nicholas and Symondson, Anthony. 'Burges and Morris at Bingley. Architectural Review vol. 144, July 1968 pp. 35-38

30. The Architectural Designs of W. Burges, A.R.A. Details of Stonework, edited by Richard Popplewell Pullan. London : B.T. Batsford, 1887

31. The Architectural Designs of William Burges, edited by Richard Popplewell Pullan. London: [publisher not identified], 1883

32. The House of William Burges, A.R.A. Edited by R.P. Pullan. London: B.T. Batsford, 1886

33. Thistlewood, Jevon. ‘An examination of William Burges’s great bookcase’ Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 1850 to the Present vol. 41, 2017 pp. 26-33

34. Towne Hufford , Sarah. ‘The 'St Bacchus' Sideboard: A New Piece of Furniture by William Burges’ The Burlington Magazine Vol. 128, No. 999 June 1986 pp. 404+407-413

35. Williams, Matthew. William Burges. Andover, Hampshire: Jarrold Publishing, 2004

36. Winterbottom, Matthew, ‘Not acceptable to present taste: William Burges’s great bookcase’. Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 1850 to the Present vol. 41, 2017 pp. 14-25

37. Zelleke, Ghenete. ‘Telling Stories in the Gothic Vein: William Burges and the Art of Painted Furniture’ Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies vol. 31, no. 1, 2005 pp. 20-28, 90-91

38. ‘Obituary’. The Builder vol. 40, 25 June 1881 p. 811

39. ‘Obituary’. The Builder vol. 40, 30 April 1881 pp. 531-532, 534

40. ‘Obituary’. The Builder vol. 40, 7 May 1881 p. 581

41. ‘Obituary’. The Builder vol. 40, 21 May 1881 p. 648

42. ‘Obituary’. Royal Institute of British Architects Transactions 1981-82 pp. 17-30

43. ‘Obituary’. American Architect & Building News vol. 9-10, 1881 pp. 36-37

44. ‘Obituary’. The British Architect 29 April 1881 pp. 213-215

Weblinks

Artnet 

Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online [Subscription service] 

British Listed Buildings - 141 entries 

Country Life Picture Library 

David Prout. William Burges. Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online [Subscription service] 

Dictionary of Scottish Architects 

Getty Library Catalogue 

Historic England - 118 entries on William Burges 

J. Mordaunt Crook, ‘Burges, William (1827–1881)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 [subscription service 

RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History 

The Royal Academy 

The Victorian Web - Cardiff Castle in Cardiff, South Wales, by William Burges. Part I: Exterior 

The Victorian Web - a profile of William Burges 

The Victorian Web - The Arab Room and the Banquet Hall, Cardiff Castle 

Victoria & Albert Museum, London 

Victoria & Albert Museum, London -  

Wikimedia Commons 

Wikipedia - Castell Coch designed by William Burges 

Wikipedia - profile of William Burges 

Wikipedia - Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral designed by William Burges 

Wikipedia - The Tower House designed by William Burges 

Wikipedia - Work of William Burges at Cardiff Castle 

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