•
June 2–
December 1 – Competition for the design of a new in London, to be in
Gothic or
Elizabethan style. •
June 6 –
Augustus Pugin is received into the
Roman Catholic Church in a chapel in
Salisbury, England, restored by himself. At about this time he also writes his first controversial publication, the pamphlet
Letter to A. W. Hakewill, architect, in answer to his reflections on the style for rebuilding the Houses of Parliament. • Late – The
Sharpe, Paley and Austin architectural practice is established by
Edmund Sharpe in
Lancaster, England. •
Robert Mills starts to construct the
Old Patent Office Building, Washington, D.C., United States. •
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc is commissioned by
Prosper Mérimée to restore
Vézelay Abbey, the first of many restorations by him. ==Buildings and structures==