Edward William Godwin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edward William Godwin

British architect

Date of Birth: 26-May-1833

Place of Birth: Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 06-Oct-1886

Profession: architect

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Edward William Godwin (26 May 1833, Bristol – 6 October 1886, London) was a progressive English architect-designer, who began his career working in the strongly polychromatic "Ruskinian Gothic" style of mid-Victorian Britain, inspired by The Stones of Venice, then moved on to provide designs in the "Anglo-Japanese taste" of the Aesthetic Movement and Whistler's circle in the 1870s.
Godwin's influence can be detected in the Arts and Crafts Movement. His best known early works include The Guild Hall, Northampton (illustration, right), which was his first notable public commission, and Town Hall, Congleton, as well as restorations and neo-Gothic additions to Dromore Castle, Limerick and Castle Ashby.