Adrian Gilbert Scott

St. Mary and St. Joseph Church on the Lansbury Estate, Poplar, East London.

Adrian Gilbert Scott CBE (6 August 1882 – 23 April 1963) was an English ecclesiastical architect.

Early life Scott was the grandson of Sir Gilbert Scott (George Gilbert Scott), son of George Gilbert Scott, Jr. (founder of Watts & Company in 1874), nephew of John Oldrid Scott, and the younger brother to Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, all architects.

He was educated at Beaumont College, Old Windsor, as was his brother Giles, and designed the large war memorial still in the grounds of the college. He assisted his brother on a range of projects, including Liverpool Anglican Cathedral.

Career His early work includes his design of the school chapel at Mount St Mary's College in Spinkhill, South Yorkshire, which was completed in 1924, St Joseph RC Church, Harrow (1929–31) and the RC Church of Our Lady of Beauchief & St Thomas in Sheffield in 1932.

His work on the Anglican Cathedral in Cairo began in 1933 This building was demolished in 1978 to make way for the building of a new Nile bridge (see Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East).

Scott embraced gothic and modernist designs, and he travelled to Canada in the course of his work. The design of St James' Anglican Church in Vancouver is a combination of Art Deco, Romanesque Revival, Byzantine Revival, and Gothic Revival architecture. The walls are made of reinforced concrete, and the floor features an hydronic heating system. The building was constructed between 1935 and 1937 and consecrated in 1938.

He started work on an altar at Saint Augustine Church in 1938; as of 2006, it is unfinished. He is also remembered for his design of the tower at The Holy Name Church Manchester.

He was also responsible for the design of St Mary and St Joseph Roman Catholic Church on the post-war Lansbury Estate in Poplar, East London, which has architectural similarities to St James', Vancouver. On the Wirral he designed St Joseph's at Upton The new building at Aylesford Priory (1958–1965) is his work too.

Works Year Building Location Notes 1913 Grey Wings Ashtead, Surrey Grade II listed; collaboration with Giles Gilbert Scott 1924 Mount St Mary's College Memorial Chapel Spinkhill, South Yorkshire Grade II listed 1926–1928 Christ the King Roman Catholic Church Wimbledon Park, London 1928 Tower for the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus Manchester Grade I listed 1929–1930 Shepherd's Well 5 Frognal Way, Hampstead, London Grade II listed; personal residence 1929–1931 Roman Catholic Church of St Joseph Harrow, London 1931–1932 Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Beauchief and St Thomas of Canterbury and Presbytery Sheffield, South Yorkshire Grade II listed 1932–1938 All Saint's Anglican Cathedral Cairo, Egypt demolished in 1978 to make way for a new Nile bridge 1933 School Chapel, Farnborough Hill Farnborough, Hampshire 1935 Spaniards Mount 61 Winnington Road, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London Grade II listed; personal residence 1935–1937 St James' Anglican Church Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 1937–1938 Roman Catholic Church of St Willibrords Manchester Grade II listed; collaboration with Reynolds & Scott 1951 Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception Farm Street, Mayfair London redesign of west front 1951–1954 Roman Catholic Church of St Mary and St Joseph Lansbury Estate, Poplar, London 1953–1954 Roman Catholic Church of St Joseph Upton, Wirral 1953–1961 St Leonard's Roman Catholic Church St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex collaboration with Giles Gilbert Scott 1957 Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Victories Kensington, London Grade II listed 1958–1965 Aylesford Priory Aylesford, Kent 1959 Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Rose of Lima Weoley Castle, Birmingham 1959–1960 Roman Catholic Church of St Anthony Portway, Woodhouse Park, Wythenshawe, Manchester Grade II listed 1959–1961 St Alban's Anglican Church Holborn, London restoration after bomb damage G.K. Chesterton Memorial Tower, Roman Catholic Church of St Teresa Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire