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The year 1865 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

  • George Gilbert Scott wins the competition to design the St Pancras railway station hotel and buildings in London.

Buildings and structures

Buildings completed

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  • Amhuinnsuidhe Castle, Harris, Scotland, built for Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore, by David Bryce. In 2003 Amhuinnsuidhe Castle Estate purchases the castle (and its fishing rights).
  • Cefn Coed Viaduct, Wales, designed by Alexander Sutherland and Henry Conybeare.
  • Government House, Brisbane, Australia, designed by Benjamin Backhouse.
  • Bataclan theatre in Paris, designed by Charles Duval.
  • Iron-framed shipping warehouses at Saint-Ouen in Paris, designed by engineer Hippolyte Fontaine.
  • Crossness Pumping Station, serving the London sewage system, designed by engineer Joseph Bazalgette and architect Charles Henry Driver.
  • Westminster Chapel, London, designed by W. F. Poulton.
  • Stowford and Magnolia Cottages, Stowford, Cheshire, England, designed by William Eden Nesfield.

Awards

  • RIBA Royal Gold Medal – James Pennethorne.
  • Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jules Machard, André Hennebicq, Gustave Huberti.

Births

  • April 27 – Archibald Leitch, Scottish architect, designer of football stadia (died 1939)
  • September 20 – William Weir, Scottish-born conservation architect (died 1950)
  • October 23 – Baillie Scott, British architect (died 1945)
  • November 17 – , French architect (died 1953)
  • date unknown
  • Józef Gosławski, Polish architect (died 1904)
  • Philip Mainwaring Johnston, English architect (died 1936)

Deaths

  • January 8 – John Dobson, English neoclassical architect (born 1787)
  • June 8 – Joseph Paxton, English gardener, architect and Member of Parliament, best known for The Crystal Palace (born 1803)
  • December 4 – Francis Fowke, British engineer and architect (born 1823)
  • December 23 – Alan Stevenson, Scottish lighthouse engineer (born 1807)

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