the Victorian Academic Classical style, completed in 1884; and is currently occupied by the Lowy Institute. He also designed significant 1881 extensions to the Grafton Bond Store in , Sydney. Architectural legacy Wardell died at his home, Upton Grange, in Edward Street, North Sydney on 19 November 1899 of heart failure and pleurisy. He is buried in the Catholic section of Gore Hill Cemetery. He did not live long enough to see the final finishing touches to St Patrick's Cathedral, and St Mary's Cathedral was far from finished. His legacy to Australia has been to give that country two cathedrals which rank among the finest modern examples of gothic architecture. St Patrick's Cathedral is considered one of the few Australian buildings to be of world significance. However, Wardell's work was more than the design of two cathedrals, his work was versatile and skilful in both the Gothic and classical styles and has given both Sydney and Melbourne some of their most distinguished 19th-century buildings. The Victorian division of the Australian Institute of Architects honours Wardell by presenting an eponymous annual prize for public architecture. Gallery References Bibliography De Jong, Ursula M., William Wilkinson Wardell, Monash University Press, Melbourne, 1984. Evans, A. G., William Wardell: Building with Conviction, Connor Court, Ballan Vic, 2010. External links Pictures of St Birinus Church, Henley on Thames Picture of Our Lady Star of the Sea, Greenwich 1823 births 1899 deaths Converts to Roman Catholicism from Anglicanism 19th-century English architects English engineers Australian ecclesiastical architects English ecclesiastical architects Australian engineers Gothic Revival architects Architects from Melbourne Architects of cathedrals 19th-century Australian architects English emigrants to colonial Australia Australian Roman Catholics Place of birth missing Burials at Gore Hill Cemetery 0