Edward George Bruton (17 February 1826 – 3 August 1899) was a British Gothic Revival architect who practised in Oxford. He was made an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 1855 and a Fellow of the RIBA in 1861.
Born in Holywell, Oxford in 1826, the son of Richard Bruton, the Common Room Man at New College, and his wife Ruth, he was apprenticed to the architect John Plowman by the time of the 1841 census.
He is buried in St Sepulchre's Cemetery, Oxford.
Work
Saint Sepulchre's Cemetery, Oxford: lodge (designed as part of the original plan in 1848, but not built until 1865) Saint Paul, Walton Street, Oxford: added apse, 1853 Town Hall, Banbury, Oxfordshire, 1854 Saint Nicholas, Islip, Oxfordshire: restoration, 1861 Girls' School, Winslow, Buckinghamshire: school, 1864 62 Banbury Road, Oxford: house, 1864–65 Christ Church Old Buildings, The Hamel, Oxford: tenement block, 1866 Saint Mary, Black Bourton, Oxfordshire: restoration, 1866 64 Banbury Road, Oxford: house, 1868–69 Chapel of Cowley Middle Class School, Oxford Military College, Cowley, Oxfordshire, 1870 St John the Evangelist, New Hinksey, Oxfordshire: church, 1870 (demolished 1900) Saint Bartholomew, Ducklington, Oxfordshire: restoration, 1871 Rewley House, Wellington Square, Oxford: house, 1872 Saints Peter and Paul, Broadwell, Oxfordshire: restoration, 1873 Saint Nicholas, Emmington, Oxfordshire: enlarged rectory, 1873 Saint Mary, Hardwick, West Oxfordshire: rebuilt church, 1874 Saint John the Baptist, Stadhampton, Oxfordshire: rebuilt church and added south aisle, 1875 Saint Michael's Infants' School, New Inn Hall Street, Oxford, 1876 Saint Mary, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire: vicarage, 1880 The Grange, Little Tew, Oxfordshire: new wing, 1880
St Edburg's Hall, London Road, Bicester, Oxfordshire: 1882 Saint Bartholomew, Holton, Oxfordshire: vicarage, 1882 Saints Peter and Paul, Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire: restoration, 1884 Saint Andrew, Oddington, Oxfordshire: restoration, 1886 All Saints, Spelsbury, Oxfordshire: remodelled rectory, 1886 Covered Market, High Street, Oxford: roofs, 1886–97 Saint Mary, Souldern, Oxfordshire: rectory, 1890
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