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Obituary.
a committee of the House of Commons . His design for tho bridge was highly approved , but the committee , by the casting vote of their chairman , decided in favour of the design of tho late Mr . Eennie . Among- several others , he was one who made a plan ( in 1 S 25 ) for improving tho river Thames ; but while they selected tho north bank for their operations , he chose the south bank . This scheme he named the Surrey Quay , which he proposed should extend from London-bridge to Bishop ' s-walk , Lambeth . Much of his practice consisted in arbitration cases , and the investigation of architectural and engineering
questions brought before the courts of law . Among these was tho long pi-otracted Custom-house case of the Crown v . Peto , in which the defendant attributed his success mainly to the evidence of Mr . Savage . " About 1 S 30 he succeeded the late Mr . Hakewell as architect to the Society of the Middle Temple . He erected the Clock Tower to their Hall ; also Plowden-buildings in Middle Temple-lane , and other works . " In 1836 he published ' Observations on Style in Architecture , with Suggestions on the best Mode of procuring Designs for Public Buildings and promoting the Improvement of Architecture ; es ] : > eciailin reference to a
Recomy mendation in the Report of the Commissioners on the Designs for the new Houses of Parliament . ' " In 1 S 40 he was commissioned by the Societies of the Inner and Middle Temple to prepare designs for the restoration of the Temple Church ; and the works were fast progressing , when a disagreement between the societies and Mr . Savage induced the Benchers to apply to other architects to cany on the works , which , after some delay , were , however , completed according to the original intentions of Mr . Savage , a few unimportant alterations having been introduced .
" Among other buildings and works which he designed and executed , the following may be mentioned : —Trinity Church , Sloane-street ; St . James ' s Church , Bennondsoy ; Trinity Church , Tottenham-green ; St . Mary ' s Church , Ilford , Essex ; St . Michael ' s Church , Burleigh-street , Strand ; St . Thomas the Martyr Church , Brentwood , Essex ; St . Mary's Church , Speenhamland , near Newbury , Berks ; St . Mary ' s Church , Addlestone , Chertsey , Surrey ; two bridges on the road made through the crown lands at Reading , Berks ; the new floor and bell-frame , and repairs to the broad tower of Lincoln Cathedral , to receive ' Great Tom' re-cast Mr . Mearsof Londonin 1886 ; repairs to
, oy , , the belfry-floor and bell-frame of St . Mary-le-Bow , Cheapside , London , so as to enable the peal of twelve bells therein to be rung with safety , which had not been rung out for very many years prior to the alteration ; the Baptists' College , Stepney ; Bromley and Tenterden Union Workhouses , & c . & c . & e . " One of the last works upon which he was engaged till within a few months 01 his death , was altering and beautifying the Church of St . Mary-at-Hill , London . He had previously executed great alterations and repairs to tliis chmch in 1827-8 , when it was in fact nearly rebuilt .
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Obituary.
a committee of the House of Commons . His design for tho bridge was highly approved , but the committee , by the casting vote of their chairman , decided in favour of the design of tho late Mr . Eennie . Among- several others , he was one who made a plan ( in 1 S 25 ) for improving tho river Thames ; but while they selected tho north bank for their operations , he chose the south bank . This scheme he named the Surrey Quay , which he proposed should extend from London-bridge to Bishop ' s-walk , Lambeth . Much of his practice consisted in arbitration cases , and the investigation of architectural and engineering
questions brought before the courts of law . Among these was tho long pi-otracted Custom-house case of the Crown v . Peto , in which the defendant attributed his success mainly to the evidence of Mr . Savage . " About 1 S 30 he succeeded the late Mr . Hakewell as architect to the Society of the Middle Temple . He erected the Clock Tower to their Hall ; also Plowden-buildings in Middle Temple-lane , and other works . " In 1836 he published ' Observations on Style in Architecture , with Suggestions on the best Mode of procuring Designs for Public Buildings and promoting the Improvement of Architecture ; es ] : > eciailin reference to a
Recomy mendation in the Report of the Commissioners on the Designs for the new Houses of Parliament . ' " In 1 S 40 he was commissioned by the Societies of the Inner and Middle Temple to prepare designs for the restoration of the Temple Church ; and the works were fast progressing , when a disagreement between the societies and Mr . Savage induced the Benchers to apply to other architects to cany on the works , which , after some delay , were , however , completed according to the original intentions of Mr . Savage , a few unimportant alterations having been introduced .
" Among other buildings and works which he designed and executed , the following may be mentioned : —Trinity Church , Sloane-street ; St . James ' s Church , Bennondsoy ; Trinity Church , Tottenham-green ; St . Mary ' s Church , Ilford , Essex ; St . Michael ' s Church , Burleigh-street , Strand ; St . Thomas the Martyr Church , Brentwood , Essex ; St . Mary's Church , Speenhamland , near Newbury , Berks ; St . Mary ' s Church , Addlestone , Chertsey , Surrey ; two bridges on the road made through the crown lands at Reading , Berks ; the new floor and bell-frame , and repairs to the broad tower of Lincoln Cathedral , to receive ' Great Tom' re-cast Mr . Mearsof Londonin 1886 ; repairs to
, oy , , the belfry-floor and bell-frame of St . Mary-le-Bow , Cheapside , London , so as to enable the peal of twelve bells therein to be rung with safety , which had not been rung out for very many years prior to the alteration ; the Baptists' College , Stepney ; Bromley and Tenterden Union Workhouses , & c . & c . & e . " One of the last works upon which he was engaged till within a few months 01 his death , was altering and beautifying the Church of St . Mary-at-Hill , London . He had previously executed great alterations and repairs to tliis chmch in 1827-8 , when it was in fact nearly rebuilt .