1865 in architecture
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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.{{cite web|title=History of St Pancras railway station|url=http://urban75.org/london/st_pancras1.html|access-date=26 March 2013}}
Buildings and structures
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- Amhuinnsuidhe Castle, Harris, Scotland, built for Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore, by David Bryce.{{cite web|url=http://www.amhuinnsuidhe.com/history.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619204844/http://www.amhuinnsuidhe.com/history.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-06-19|title=History of Amhuinnsuidhe Castle|access-date=2007-12-08}} In 2003 Amhuinnsuidhe Castle Estate purchases the castle (and its fishing rights).{{cite web|url=http://www.north-harris.org/friends.htm|title=Friends of North Harris|publisher=North Harris Trust|access-date=2007-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709094507/http://www.north-harris.org/friends.htm|archive-date=2007-07-09|url-status=dead}}
- 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){{cite web |title=Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report (February 8, 2020, 10:56 pm) |url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201788 |website=www.scottisharchitects.org.uk |access-date=8 February 2020 |archive-date=28 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328113801/http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201788 |url-status=dead }}
- November 17 – {{ill|Paul Charbonnier|fr}}, 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)