(b London, Oct 8, 1839; d London, May 6, 1897). English architect, son of Sir George Gilbert Scott I. He was articled to his father and assisted him on restoration work until 1863, when he both set up in independent practice and entered Jesus College, Cambridge, of which he became a Fellow briefly in 1872. His principal achievement was the church of St Agnes, Kennington, London, designed in 1874 (destr.), a building conspicuous for its refined Late Gothic style with square-headed windows and containing furnishings with a strong hint of the Renaissance. Here he was instrumental in undermining the orthodoxies of the High Victorian Gothic Revival, which his father had done so much to establish. Like J. D. Sedding and G. F. Bodley, Scott challenged the conventional acceptance of the superiority of 13th-century Gothic and dared to admire the Perpendicular. Similar characteristics were found in the church of All Hallows (1877–92; destr.), Southwark, London, and St Mark’s (1876–9...