Cust in this way successfully opposed the appointment of Robert Smirke to be the architect. Peel was replaced by Lord Melbourne as Prime Minister in April 1835, and it was decided to proceed with the competition along Cust's lines, with the style limited to Elizabethan or Gothic, so rejecting the neo-classical.
Cust successfully blocked Robert Smirke from becoming the architect. As a result, Peel was replaced by Lord Melbourne as Prime Minister in April 1835, and it was decided to proceed with the competition based on Cust's ideas, limiting the style to Elizabethan or Gothic, which ruled out neo-classical.