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 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, 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)