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Alfred Waterhouse at Reading School and the Shaping of Victorian Reading
Presented by Dr Stephen Gage
How do you think Alfred Waterhouse’s design of Reading School helped shape the town’s identity during the Victorian era?
As one of the most prolific architects of the Victorian period, Alfred Waterhouse made vital contributions to local communities around England, including Reading, where he lived from 1867 to 1877. In the process, he reshaped the town’s architecture, not least with the designs for Reading School, built from 1868 to 1874. This talk will discuss the architectural history of Waterhouse’s designs for the School, making wider connections to Waterhouse’s educational architecture and the development of Reading’s identity in the Victorian period.
Dr Stephen Gage is a lecturer and BSc Programme Director at the University of Reading School of Architecture. He received a March degree from the Yale School of Architecture and a PhD in Architectural History from the University of Cambridge.
Date: Tuesday 23rd September
Time: 15:30 – 16:30
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Reading School
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