Blore, Edward (1787-1879)

English architect, draughtsman and writer. His first important building was Walter Scott's Tudor Gothic Revival house Abbotsford 1816. As architect to the Crown, he completed Buckingham Palace and restored Windsor Castle. Besides many new churches, he designed several country mansions in England; the Pitt Press, Cambridge (1831-32); and Government House (1837) in Sydney, Australia.

Blore's work on Buckingham Palace Blore was chosen to complete the work on Buckingham Palace begun by John Nash because of his work on Lambeth Palace (the official residence in London of the archbishop of Canterbury). He was appointed in 1831 on the approval on William IV, largely because he was perceived to be a ‘cheap’ architect unlike the ‘extravagant’ Nash. Blore recommended the building of new offices and a servant's hall on the south wing of the palace, and also added an attic block.

It is possible that the finished building was in fact faithful to Nash's original design. However, the parameters of each architect's involvement in the final structure are difficult to ascertain. Blore's structural work on the palace was completed in 1834.