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John Prichard (6 May 1817 – 13 October 1886) was a Welsh architect in the neo-Gothic style.^[1] As diocesan architect of Llandaff, he was involved in the building or restoration of many churches in south Wales.

Biography

John Prichard was born in Llangan, Glamorgan, on 6 May 1817, the twelfth son of the rector Richard Prichard, who served as vicar-choral of Llandaff for 35 years.^[2] He was descended from the Prichard family of Collenna.^[3] John Prichard trained as an architect under Thomas Larkins Walker, and as a result was deeply influenced by the ideas of Augustus Pugin; much of his work was in a neo-Gothic style.^[4]

He established a practice in Llandaff, Cardiff, becoming the official diocesan architect in 1847.^[5]^[6] Between 1852 and 1863 he was in partnership with John Pollard Seddon. Many of his major commissions were restoration works, most famously for Llandaff Cathedral (1843–69); Prichard and Seddon worked on the cathedral from the 1840s until 1869, when the south-western tower was completed (to Prichard's own design).^[7] Much of their work was destroyed by enemy bombing during the Second World War.^[8]

Prichard died, unmarried and childless, at the age of 69, and is buried on the south side of the cathedral.^[9] On Prichard's death, Seddon succeeded him as diocesan architect.^[10]

The Prichard Bridge, named after the architect, was built in about 1880 to allow carriages to cross the feeder channel between the River Taff and the Llandaff corn mill.^[11] It is a Grade II listed building. The mill was demolished in about 1932 and the stream no longer exists; the lower part of the bridge is buried and no longer visible.^[12]

One of the few secular buildings on which Prichard & Seddon worked was Ettington Park, where Prichard's brother Richard was vicar.^[13] Prichard also designed Nazareth House, a Catholic almshouse built on land donated by John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute. The chapel of the latter was not Prichard's work; it was added later.^[14]

Buildings

Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff (1843–1869) restoration.^[9]
Prichard Bridge, Llandaff (c.1880)^[15]
Nazareth House, Cardiff (1875)
St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn (1877) restoration.^[16]
Church of St Swithin, Ganarew (1850)^[17]
Church of the Holy Cross, Cowbridge (1850–1852) restoration.^[18]
St Michael's Church, Cwmafan (1851).^[19]
The Church of St Julius and Aaron, Llanharan (1856–1859) restoration.^[20]^[21]
Ettington Park, near Stratford upon Avon (1858–1862) restoration.^[13]
Church of St John, Llandenny (1860-5) with John Pollard Seddon
St Margaret's Church, Roath (1870) commissioned by the Marquess of Bute^[22]
St Crallo, Coychurch (1871) restoration^[23]
Church of SS. Illtyd, Gwynno & Tyfodwg, Llantrisant (1874) restoration^[24]
St Catharine's Church, Baglan (1875–1882) restoration^[25]
Church of St Thomas a Becket, Monmouth (1876)^[26]
St Mary's Nolton, Bridgend (completed 1877) build^[27]
St Mary's on Chapel Hill, Tintern, Monmouthshire (1863–1868) restoration^[28]

References

^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) p.710. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6
^ Ellis, Megan. "John Prichard". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
^ "Prichard family of Collenna, Llantrisant,papers". Glamorgan Archives. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
^ "John Prichard (1818-1886)". Stained Glass in Wales. University of Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^ John B. Hilling (1976). The historic architecture of Wales: an introduction. University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-0626-0.
^ John Newman (2000). The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire. Yale University Press. p. 56. ISBN 9780300096309. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ The Architect and Building News. 1873. pp. 118–.
^ John Newman, Stephen R. Hughes, Anthony Ward (1995). The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan). Yale University Press. p. 92. ISBN 9780140710564. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b "History". Llandaff Cathedral. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
^ The Red Dragon: The National Magazine of Wales. Daniel Owen, Howell and Company. 1886.
^ "Prichard Bridge". People's Collection Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
^ "Bridge to north extension of Graveyard of Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul, Llandaff". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b Geoffrey Tyack (1 January 1994). Warwickshire Country Houses. Phillimore. ISBN 978-0-85033-868-3.
^ John Newman; Stephen R. Hughes; Anthony Ward (1995). Glamorgan: (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan). Penguin Books; University of Wales Press. pp. 285–. ISBN 978-0-14-071056-4.
^ Cadw List Description
^ Meryl Gover (28 April 2015). Cadfan's Church: A History with Digressions. Troubador Publishing Ltd. pp. 147–. ISBN 978-1-78462-290-9.
^ Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England); Crawford, David Lindsay (1934). An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire. H. M. Stationery off., printed by William Clowes & sons, ltd. p. 96. Retrieved 25 March 2012. Parish Church of St. Swithin, was entirely rebuilt in 1850...
^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales p.174
^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales p.181
^ "Church of SS Julius and Aaron, Llanharan". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales p.500
^ Childs, Jeff (2012). Roath, Splott and Adamsdown: One Thousand Years of History. History Press. ISBN 9780752482576. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ Newman (1995) p.334
^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales p.507
^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales p.46
^ "Church of St Thomas, Monmouth, Monmouthshire". Stained Glass in Wales. llgc.org.uk.
^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales p.83
^ "Former Church of St Mary, Tintern". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

Bibliography

Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
Newman, John (1995). Glamorgan. London: Penguin Group. ISBN 0140710566.

[1] The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) p.710. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6

[WBO-2] Ellis, Megan. "John Prichard". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

[3] "Prichard family of Collenna, Llantrisant,papers". Glamorgan Archives. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

[4] "John Prichard (1818-1886)". Stained Glass in Wales. University of Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

[5] John B. Hilling (1976). The historic architecture of Wales: an introduction. University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-0626-0.

[Gwent-6] John Newman (2000). The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire. Yale University Press. p. 56. ISBN 9780300096309. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[7] The Architect and Building News. 1873. pp. 118–.

[Glam-8] John Newman, Stephen R. Hughes, Anthony Ward (1995). The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan). Yale University Press. p. 92. ISBN 9780140710564. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Llandaff-9] "History". Llandaff Cathedral. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

[10] The Red Dragon: The National Magazine of Wales. Daniel Owen, Howell and Company. 1886.

[11] "Prichard Bridge". People's Collection Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

[12] "Bridge to north extension of Graveyard of Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul, Llandaff". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

[Tyack1994-13] Geoffrey Tyack (1 January 1994). Warwickshire Country Houses. Phillimore. ISBN 978-0-85033-868-3.

[NewmanHughes1995-14] John Newman; Stephen R. Hughes; Anthony Ward (1995). Glamorgan: (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan). Penguin Books; University of Wales Press. pp. 285–. ISBN 978-0-14-071056-4.

[15] Cadw List Description

[Gover2015-16] Meryl Gover (28 April 2015). Cadfan's Church: A History with Digressions. Troubador Publishing Ltd. pp. 147–. ISBN 978-1-78462-290-9.

[Crawford1934-17] Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England); Crawford, David Lindsay (1934). An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire. H. M. Stationery off., printed by William Clowes & sons, ltd. p. 96. Retrieved 25 March 2012. Parish Church of St. Swithin, was entirely rebuilt in 1850...

[18] The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales p.174

[19] The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales p.181

[20] "Church of SS Julius and Aaron, Llanharan". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

[21] The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales p.500

[22] Childs, Jeff (2012). Roath, Splott and Adamsdown: One Thousand Years of History. History Press. ISBN 9780752482576. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[23] Newman (1995) p.334

[24] The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales p.507

[25] The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales p.46

[glass-26] "Church of St Thomas, Monmouth, Monmouthshire". Stained Glass in Wales. llgc.org.uk.

[27] The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales p.83

[28] "Former Church of St Mary, Tintern". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

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-'''John Prichard''' (6 May 1817 – 13 October 1886) was a [[Wales|Welsh]] [[architect]] of the [[neo-Gothic]] style.<ref>''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales''. [[John Davies (historian)|John Davies]], [[Nigel Jenkins]], Menna Baines and [[Peredur Lynch]] (2008) p.710. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6</ref>
+'''John Prichard''' (6 May 1817 – 13 October 1886) was a [[Wales|Welsh]] [[architect]] in the [[neo-Gothic]] style.<ref>''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales''. [[John Davies (historian)|John Davies]], [[Nigel Jenkins]], Menna Baines and [[Peredur Lynch]] (2008) p.710. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6</ref>  As [[diocese|diocesan]] architect of [[Diocese of Llandaff|Llandaff]], he was involved in the building or restoration of many churches in south Wales.
 ==Biography==
+John Prichard was born in [[Llangan]], [[Glamorgan]], on 6 May 1817, the twelfth son of the [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] Richard Prichard, who served as vicar-choral of Llandaff for 35 years.<ref name="WBO">{{cite web|url=http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-PRIC-JOH-1817.html|last=Ellis|first=Megan|title=John Prichard|website=Welsh Biography Online|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref> He was descended from the Prichard family of Collenna.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=33&coll_id=1148|title=Prichard family of Collenna, Llantrisant,papers|website=Glamorgan Archives|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref> John Prichard trained as an architect under [[Thomas Larkins Walker]], and as a result was deeply influenced by the ideas of [[Augustus Pugin]]; much of his work was in a neo-Gothic style.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stainedglass.llgc.org.uk/person/6|title=John Prichard (1818-1886)|website=Stained Glass in Wales|publisher=University of Wales|access-date=21 April 2016}}</ref>
-John Prichard was born in [[Llangan]], [[Glamorgan]], on 6 May 1817, the son of the [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] Richard Prichard.<ref>[http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-PRIC-JOH-1817.html Welsh Biography Online]</ref>
-He established a practice in [[Llandaff]], [[Cardiff]], where he became the diocesan architect. Between 1852 and 1863 he set up a partnership with [[John Pollard Seddon]]. Many of his major commissions were restoration works, most famously for [[Llandaff Cathedral]] (1843–69); and after his  death on 13 October 1886 Prichard was buried on the south side of that cathedral.
+He established a practice in [[Llandaff]], [[Cardiff]], becoming the official diocesan architect in 1847.<ref>{{cite book|author=John B. Hilling|title=The historic architecture of Wales: an introduction|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JhJNAAAAYAAJ|year=1976|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=978-0-7083-0626-0}}</ref><ref name="Gwent">{{cite book|author= John Newman|title=The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire|date=2000|publisher=Yale University Press|page=56|ISBN=9780300096309|access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref> Between 1852 and 1863 he was in partnership with [[John Pollard Seddon]].  Many of his major commissions were restoration works, most famously for [[Llandaff Cathedral]] (1843–69); Prichard and Seddon worked on the cathedral from the 1840s until 1869, when the south-western tower was completed (to Prichard's own design).<ref>{{cite book|title=The Architect and Building News|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=l1g_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA118|year=1873|pages=118–}}</ref> Much of their work was destroyed by enemy bombing during the [[Second World War]].<ref name="Glam">{{cite book|author= John Newman, Stephen R. Hughes, Anthony Ward|title=The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan)|date=1995|publisher=Yale University Press|page=92|ISBN=9780140710564|access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref>
+Prichard died, unmarried and childless, at the age of 69, and is buried on the south side of the cathedral.<ref name="Llandaff">{{cite web|url=http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/history/|title=History|website=Llandaff Cathedral|access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref>  On Prichard's death, Seddon succeeded him as diocesan architect.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Red Dragon: The National Magazine of Wales|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rhYJAQAAIAAJ|year=1886|publisher=Daniel Owen, Howell and Company}}</ref>
-==Buildings==
+The Prichard Bridge, named after the architect, was built in about 1880 to allow carriages to cross the feeder channel between the [[River Taff]] and the Llandaff [[corn mill]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/18652|title=Prichard Bridge|website=People's Collection Wales|access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref> It is a [[Grade II listed building]]. The mill was demolished in about 1932 and the stream no longer exists; the lower part of the bridge is buried and no longer visible.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-81257-bridge-to-north-extension-of-graveyard-of|title=Bridge to north extension of Graveyard of Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul, Llandaff|website=British Listed Buildings|access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref>
-*[[Llandaff Cathedral]], [[Llandaff]] (1843–1869) restoration.<ref>[http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/history.htm Llandaff Cathedral website]</ref>
+One of the few secular buildings on which Prichard & Seddon worked was Ettington Park, where Prichard's brother Richard was vicar.<ref name="Tyack1994"/> Prichard also designed Nazareth House, a Catholic almshouse built on land donated by [[John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute]].  The chapel of the latter was not Prichard's work; it was added later.<ref name="NewmanHughes1995">{{cite book|author1=John Newman|author2=Stephen R. Hughes|author3=Anthony Ward|title=Glamorgan: (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan)|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=DpUMspCtpNIC&pg=PA285|year=1995|publisher=Penguin Books; University of Wales Press|isbn=978-0-14-071056-4|pages=285–}}</ref>
+==Buildings==
+*[[Llandaff Cathedral]], [[Llandaff]] (1843–1869) restoration.<ref name="Llandaff"/>
 *[[Prichard Bridge]], [[Llandaff]] (c.1880)<ref>[http://jura.rcahms.gov.uk/cadw/cadw_eng.php?id=81257 Cadw List Description]</ref>
+*Nazareth House, [[Cardiff]] (1875)
-*Nazareth House, [[Cardiff]] (1851) commissioned by the [[John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute|Marquess of Bute]]<ref>[http://www.glamro.gov.uk/check/Building%20of%20a%20Capital%202/A_Who.html Design plans]</ref>
+*[[St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn]] (1877) restoration.<ref name="Gover2015">{{cite book|author=Meryl Gover|title=Cadfan's Church: A History with Digressions|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=dSZtCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA147|date=28 April 2015|publisher=Troubador Publishing Ltd|isbn=978-1-78462-290-9|pages=147–}}</ref>
-*[[Church of St Swithin, Ganarew]] (1850)
+*[[Church of St Swithin, Ganarew]] (1850)<ref name="Crawford1934">{{cite book|author1=Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England)|last2=Crawford |first2=David Lindsay|title=An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=xgZNAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=25 March 2012|year=1934|publisher=H. M. Stationery off., printed by William Clowes & sons, ltd.|page=96|quote=''Parish Church of St. Swithin, was entirely rebuilt in 1850...''}}</ref>
 *[[Church of the Holy Cross, Cowbridge]] (1850–1852) restoration.<ref>''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales'' p.174</ref>
 *St Michael's Church, [[Cwmafan]] (1851).<ref>''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales'' p.181</ref>
-*The Church of St Julius and Aaron, [[Llanharan]] (1856–1859) restoration.<ref>[http://www.churchplansonline.org/show_full_image.asp?resource_id=05066.tif Church Plans Online website]</ref><ref>''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales'' p.500</ref>
+*The Church of St Julius and Aaron, [[Llanharan]] (1856–1859) restoration.<ref>{{cite web|title=Church of SS Julius and Aaron, Llanharan|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-24368-church-of-ss-julius-and-aaron-llanharan |website=British Listed Buildings|access-date=21 April 2016}}</ref><ref>''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales'' p.500</ref>
-*[[Ettington Park Hotel|Ettington Park]], near [[Stratford upon Avon]] (1858–1862) restoration.<ref>[http://www.handpicked.co.uk/opencms/sites/default/HPH/hotels/ettington_park/about/history.html Ettington Park Hotel website]</ref>
+*[[Ettington Park Hotel|Ettington Park]], near [[Stratford upon Avon]] (1858–1862) restoration.<ref name="Tyack1994">{{cite book|author=Geoffrey Tyack|title=Warwickshire Country Houses|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GWEtAQAAIAAJ|date=1 January 1994|publisher=Phillimore|isbn=978-0-85033-868-3}}</ref>
 *[[Church of St John, Llandenny]] (1860-5) with [[John Pollard Seddon]]
-*[[St Margaret's Church, Roath|St Margaret's Parish Church]], [[Roath]] (1870) commissioned by the [[John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute|Marquess of Bute]]<ref>[http://www.welshicons.org.uk/html/roath__cardiff.php Welsh Icons - Roath]</ref>
+*[[St Margaret's Church, Roath]] (1870) commissioned by the [[John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute|Marquess of Bute]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Childs|first=Jeff|title=Roath, Splott and Adamsdown: One Thousand Years of History|date=2012|publisher=History Press|ISBN=9780752482576|access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref>
 *St Crallo, [[Coychurch]] (1871) restoration<ref>Newman (1995) p.334</ref>
 *Church of SS. Illtyd, Gwynno & Tyfodwg, [[Llantrisant]] (1874) restoration<ref>''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales'' p.507</ref>
-*St Catherine's Church, [[Baglan, Neath Port Talbot|Baglan]] (1875–1882) restoration<ref>''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales'' p.46</ref>
+*[[St Catharine's Church, Baglan]] (1875–1882) restoration<ref>''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales'' p.46</ref>
-*[[Church of St Thomas a Becket, Monmouth|St Thomas a Becket's]], [[Monmouth]] (1876)<ref name=glass>{{cite web|title=Church of St Thomas, Monmouth, Monmouthshire|url=http://stainedglass.llgc.org.uk/site/417|work=Stained Glass in Wales|publisher=llgc.org.uk}}</ref>
+*[[Church of St Thomas a Becket, Monmouth]] (1876)<ref name=glass>{{cite web|title=Church of St Thomas, Monmouth, Monmouthshire|url=http://stainedglass.llgc.org.uk/site/417|work=Stained Glass in Wales|publisher=llgc.org.uk}}</ref>
 *St Mary's Nolton, [[Bridgend]] (completed 1877) build<ref>''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales'' p.83</ref>
-*St Mary's on Chapel Hill, [[Tintern]], Monmouthshire (1863–1868) restoration<ref>{{cite web|title=CHAPEL HILL, St. Mary (1863-1868)   Monmouthshire|url=http://www.churchplansonline.org/retrieve_results.asp?search_args=x%3DTINTERN+PARVA{{!}}l%3DCHAPEL+HILL%7cc%3DMonmouthshire|work=ICBS Archive of Church Plans|publisher=The Incorporated Church Building Society|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>
+*St Mary's on Chapel Hill, [[Tintern]], Monmouthshire (1863–1868) restoration<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Church of St Mary, Tintern|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-2054-former-church-of-st-mary-tintern|website=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=20 April 2016}}</ref>
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