tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post6762849519912986240..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: St Pancras Renaissance (2)CarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-90138294091490965202011-07-02T20:45:18.307+01:002011-07-02T20:45:18.307+01:00Not as far as I know - although he was born very n...Not as far as I know - although he was born very nearby.CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-69979574135794635732011-06-30T03:09:04.827+01:002011-06-30T03:09:04.827+01:00The splendid architecture is still surprising to o...The splendid architecture is still surprising to our modern eyes, so I can imagine it knocked the socks off visitors when it first opened. <br /><br />The interested viewer would certainly want to know what the architect was thinking. And the attached history document is wonderful, thanks. It noted that George Gilbert Scott envisaged a building that was as imposing and ornate as the Palace, but strongly influenced by the softer, more colourful Venetian Gothic, as championed by the noted critic John Ruskin.<br /><br />Did Ruskin ever comment on St Pancras?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com