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George Edmund Street was an English architect known for his designs of churches and public buildings in the Gothic Revival style. His notable works include the Royal Courts of Justice in London and various ecclesiastical structures. Street's architectural contributions helped shape the Victorian era's architectural landscape, and his designs continue to be admired for their craftsmanship and historical significance.
"I think our failure in the production of good town churches of distinctive character must have struck you often, as it has me, when contrasted with our comparative success in country churches."
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"I think our failure in the production of good town churches of distinctive character must have struck you often, as it has me, when contrasted with our comparative success in country churches."

Success, Character, Failure, Churches
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"An absolutely different and distinctive character."
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"An absolutely different and distinctive character."

Character,
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"It is most necessary to avoid rusticity in any way, whether in material, design, or execution."
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"It is most necessary to avoid rusticity in any way, whether in material, design, or execution."

Design, Execution
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"As of essential importance in town churches which are not at all equally necessary in the country."
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"As of essential importance in town churches which are not at all equally necessary in the country."

Church, Churches, Country, Importance
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"The fault seems to me to have been that men have taken ancient country churches as their models and have failed to discover that between them and churches in towns there ought to be a most distinct and marked difference."
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"The fault seems to me to have been that men have taken ancient country churches as their models and have failed to discover that between them and churches in towns there ought to be a most distinct and marked difference."

Men, Churches, Country, Difference
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