“On Wooden Churches”: William Scott and the Colonial Church

The use of wood in Gothic Revival buildings was a contentious issue in the middle of the nineteenth century. Because of the need in the British colonies to use timber in church construction due to financial and material restraints, a re-examination of wood as a building medium consistent with the pr...

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Published in:Religion and the arts
Main Author: Turner, Emily (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Religion and the arts
Further subjects:B Gothic Revival Ecclesiology William Scott Church Architecture Frederick Thatcher
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