1865 in architecture
# 1865 in architecture

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

* 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.
* 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 – 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)
