Frederick Walters
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Frederick Arthur Walters (1849–1931) was a Scottish architect working in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, notable for his Roman Catholic churches.
Life [edit]
Walters was born on 5 February 1849 at 6 South Terrace, Brompton, London, the son of the architect Frederick Page Walters—with whom he served as an articled clerk for three years.[1]
After working in the office of George Goldie for nine years, he formed his own architectural practice in 1878, taking his son, John Edward Walters, into partnership in 1924.[1]
Walters was responsible for more than fifty Roman Catholic Churches, including Buckfast Abbey and Ealing Abbey.[2] He also designed the seminary building at St. John's Seminary (Wonersh), which is on the statutory list of buildings of architectural and historical importance.[1]
Walters died on 3 December 1931 at St Mildred's, Ewell.[1]
Works [edit]
| Work | Date | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Church Wimbledon[3] | 1884–1887 | Style decorated Gothic |
| Douai School - main entrance and tower[4] | 1888 | Style Tudor Gothic |
| Our Lady of Ransom Church, Eastbourne[5] | 1890–1903 | Style Decorated Gothic; Grade II-listed |
| St. John's Seminary (Wonersh)[6] | 1891 | Style Dutch Jacobean |
| The Holy Ghost, Franciscan Friary Chilworth[7] | 1892 | Grade 2 listed; style Late Gothic |
| The Precious Blood, O'Meara Street Borough[8] | 1892–1893 | Style: Romanesque revival |
| The Sacred Heart, Trott Street Battersea[9] | 1892–1893 | Style: Romanesque revival |
| The Holy Name and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Bow Common[10] | 1893–1894 | Consecrated by Cardinal Vaughan 30 June 1894 |
| Sacred Heart Church Petworth[11] | 1894–1896 | Windows by Lavers, Barraud and Westlake |
| Clergy House, Church of English Martyrs Walworth[12] | 1893–1894 | |
| St Joseph's Church, Dorking[13] | 1895 | |
| St John the Evangelist Parish Church, Heron's Ghyll[14] | 1895–1897 | Consecrated by Bishop Peter Amigo 7 September 1904 |
| St Thomas's Church, Sevenoaks[15] | 1896 | |
| St Mary of the Angels, Worthing[16] | 1897–1907 | Originally built by Henry Clutton 1864 & 1873, extended by Walters |
| Ealing Abbey | 1897–1935 | Altered following bomb damage suffered in 1940 |
| St Mary and St Michael, Lukin Street, London E1[17] | 1898 | Originally built by William Wardell 1856; chancel altered by Walters 1898 |
| Our Lady and St Peter East Grinstead[18] | 1898 | |
| Church of St Anne, Kennington Lane Vauxhall[19] | 1900–1903 | Consecrated by Cardinal Bourne 26 October 1903; style: late Gothic |
| St Joseph's Church, Brighton - west front[20] | 1900–1901 | Grade 2* listed |
| Church of Guardian Angels Mile End Road, London[21] | 1901–1903 | Style: Perpendicular Gothic |
| St Elizabeth of Portugal Church, The Vineyard, Richmond, London[22] | 1903 | Rebuilding of the chancel, presbytery and tower, originally constructed in 1824 |
| St Augustine's College and Abbey School Westgate-on-Sea[23] | 1905–1915 | Grade 2 listed building |
| Buckfast Abbey | 1905–1937 | Consecrated 25 August 1932 |
| Our Lady of Pity and St Simon Stock, Putney[24] | 1906 | Commenced by J C Radford and completed by Walters |
| Church of St Mary Cardiff[25] | 1907 | Style: Romanesque revival; consecrated 30 October 1907 |
| Ss Ansem & Cecilia, Lincoln's Inn Fields[26] | 1908-09 | On site of former Sardinian Chapel; style: Continental renaissance |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Ashby-de-la-Zouch | 1910 | |
| Chapel at Wimbledon College[27] | 1910 | |
| St Wilfred, Kennington Park[28] | 1914-15 | Style: Perpendicular Gothic; damaged by bomb November 1940, restored 1948-49 |
| Church of St Peter, Jewry Street Winchester[29] | 1926 |
References [edit]
- Architectural & historic review of churches in the Roman Catholic diocese of Arundel & Brighton (Teresa Sladen & Nicholas Antram, 2005)
- ^ a b c d Scottish Architects website
- ^ The Return of the Benedictines to London, Ealing Abbey: 1896 to Independence by Rene Kollar, Burnes and Oates 1989, ISBN 0-86012-175-5, ps. 53 & 126
- ^ Sacred Heart Wimbledon Church History
- ^ Douai Abbey website
- ^ Details from listed building database (1385905). National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ St John's Seminary website
- ^ English heritage review of diocesan churches
- ^ Catholic Churches of London by Dennis Evinson, p.205
- ^ Catholic Churches of London by Dennis Evinson, p.244
- ^ Catholic Churches of London by Dennis Evinson, p.225
- ^ Parish of Sacred Heart Church Petworth and Ss Anthony and George, Duncton
- ^ Catholic Churches of London by Dennis Evinson, p.219
- ^ Dorking from British History Online retrieved 1 May 2013
- ^ Diocese of Arundel and Brighton website
- ^ Granville Road & Eardley Road Conservation Area Appraisal July 2000, p.13
- ^ English heritage review of diocesan churches (including picture)
- ^ Catholic Churches of London by Dennis Evinson, p.226
- ^ East Grinstead town website
- ^ Catholic Churches of London by Dennis Evinson, p.184
- ^ English heritage review of diocesan churches
- ^ Catholic Churches of London by Dennis Evinson, p.232
- ^ Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner (1983). The Buildings of England - London 2: South. London: Penguin Books. p. 519. ISBN 0 14 0710 47 7.
- ^ Westgate-on-Sea Conservation Area Appraisal 2006, p.27
- ^ Catholic Churches of London by Dennis Evinson, p.249
- ^ Parish of St Mary website (with pictures)
- ^ Catholic Churches of London by Dennis Evinson, ps.85-87
- ^ Merton conservation areas, p. 212 (with picture)
- ^ Catholic Churches of London by Dennis Evinson, p.212
- ^ Hampshire Treasures, Vol 4 p. 48
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