Henry Woodyer
Henry Woodyer | |
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| Born | 1816 Guildford, Surrey, England |
| Died | 1896 |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Holy Jesus' Church, Lydbrook; St Martin's Church, Dorking |
| Projects | Cranleigh School |
Henry Woodyer (1816–1896) was an English architect, a pupil of William Butterfield and a disciple of A. W. N. Pugin and the Ecclesiologists.[1]
Life
Woodyer was born in Guildford, Surrey, England, in 1816, the son of a successful, highly respected surgeon, who owned Allen House in the Upper High Street. His mother came from the wealthy Halsey family who owned Henley Park, just outside Guildford.
Woodyer was educated first at Eton College, then at Merton College, Oxford. As a result, he could claim to be one of the best educated architects since Sir Christopher Wren. Whilst at Oxford, he became involved in the Anglican high church movement and throughout his career he saw his work as an architect as a means of serving the church.
Works
Churches (new)
- Holy Innocents' Church, Highnam, Gloucestershire (including sexton's cottage), 1847
- St Michael's Church, Camberley, Surrey, 1849-51[2]
- St Paul's Church, Sketty, Swansea, Glamorgan, 1849–50, for John Henry Vivian
- Holy Jesus' Church, Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, 1850–51
- Christ Church, Christchurch Road, Reading, Berkshire, 1861-2[3]
- St Peter's Church, Hascombe 1862, described by Betjeman as "a Tractarian work of art"[4]
- St Augustine's Church, Haggerston, 1866-7, Woodyer's only London church, closed in 1983[5] and converted to arts centre in 1997[6]
- St Martin's Church, Dorking, 1868–77, described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as Woodyer's most important[citation needed]
- All Saints Church, Portfield, Chichester (1869–71)[7]
- St Andrew's Church, Grafham, Surrey
- St James Church, Farnham, Surrey (1876)
- St John the Baptist Church, Odo Street, Hafod, Swansea, 1878–80, for Henry Hussey Vivian
- St John the Evangelist Church, Woodley, Berkshire, 1873,[8] for Robert Palmer
- Holy Trinity Church, Millbrook, Southampton (1873–1880)[9]
- Church of St Peter and Holy Cross, Wherwell, Hampshire
- Chapel at Convent of St John the Baptist, Clewer, Berkshire (1881)[10]
Churches (restoration or rebuilding)
- St Blaise Church, Milton, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), 1849–51[11]
- St Nicolas' Church, Newbury, Berkshire, 1858[12]
- St Mary's Church, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, 1859
- St Andrew's parish church, Clewer, Berkshire: north arcade, 1858[13]
- St John the Baptist parish church, Berwick St John, Wiltshire, 1861[14]
- St Bartholomew's parish church, Wanborough, Surrey, 1861
- St George's parish church, Evenley, Northamptonshire 1864-5
- St Lawrence parish church, Toot Baldon, Oxfordshire, 1865[15]
- St Swithin's parish church, Compton Bassett, Wiltshire: chancel, chancel chapels and north porch (1866)[16]
- St Laurence parish church, Caversfield, Oxfordshire, 1874[17]
- All Saints parish church, Wokingham, Berkshire.
- St John the Divine parish church, Patching, West Sussex, 1888–89[18]
Other institutional buildings
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- School (now the Stewart Hall), Sketty, Swansea, 1853, for John Henry Vivian
- St Edmund's Church School, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 1860[19]
- Fisherton Anger Church School, Fisherton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 1867[20]
- House of Mercy, Clewer, Berkshire, 1853–73[21]
- Cranleigh School, Surrey 1863-65 and the Chapel 1869
- New Schools, Eton College, 1861–63[22]
- The "Burning Bush", Eton (1864)
- St Michael's College, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire
- The Chapel at St Thomas's Home for the Friendless and Fallen, Darlington Road, Basingstoke dedicated on 21 July 1885, the eve of St Mary Magdalen's feast day
- All Saints Hospital and Chapel, Eastbourne (1867–74)[23]
Domestic buildings
- Woodyer House, Bramley, Surrey
- Alterations to Parc Wern (now Parc Beck), Sketty, Glamorgan, 1851–3 for H.H. Vivian
- Church Cottage, Tutshill, Gloucestershire, c. 1852.[24]
- Brynmill Lodge (gate-lodge) and (attributed) Verandah (a small Gothic house, 1853) at Singleton Abbey, Swansea) for J.H. Vivian
- Alterations to Hall Place, Buckinghamshire, 1868[25]
- Alterations to Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset for Matilda Blanche Gibbs, circa 1880
- Twyford Moors House Twyford Hants 1861
- Creeting House, Suffolk 1863
- St. Paul’s Mews, Reading - Built as a site office for the construction of Christ Church and gifted to the local parish on completion. Was subsequently used as a church hall for St. Paul’s church, Whitley Wood, a school and the headquarters for Thames Valley Police motorway division before being converted in to six residential dwellings in the early eighties.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Newman, Hughes & Ward, 2004
- ^ Nairn, Ian and Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Surrey, 1970, page 128
- ^ Tyack, Bradley and Pevsner, 2010, page 445
- ^ Mural Painting in Britain 1840-1940: Image and Meaning, Clare A. P. Willsdon, p232 (2001)
- ^ "Inside the Grade II-listed Gothic Hackney vicarage conversion for sale". Homes and Property. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ London 4 : North. Cherry, Bridget., Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983. New Haven: Yale University Press. 2002. p. 513. ISBN 0-300-09653-4. OCLC 719418475.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Elleray 2004, p. 15.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St John the Evangelist (Grade II*) (1136276)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ "Holy Trinity Church, Millbrook". Photograph from 1930. Port Cities: Southampton. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ Historic England. "1881 Chapel at Convent of St John the Baptist (Grade II*) (1380282)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ Pevsner, 1966, page 178
- ^ Pevsner, 1966, page 180
- ^ Pevsner, 1966, page 300
- ^ Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 108
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 819
- ^ Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 188
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 523
- ^ Hudson, T. P. (ed) (1980). "A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 1 – Bramber Rape (Southern Part). Patching". Victoria County History of Sussex. British History Online. pp. 185–192. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 444
- ^ Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 459
- ^ Pevsner, 1966, page 305
- ^ Pevsner, 1960, page 129
- ^ Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 488.
- ^ Steven Morris: "The ultimate Harry Potter memorabilia: JK Rowling's childhood home is for sale", guardian.co.uk, 13 July 2011.
- ^ "Hall Place Parterre". Archived from the original on 27 January 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2007.
Sources
- Elleray, D. Robert (2004). Sussex Places of Worship. Worthing: Optimus Books. ISBN 0-9533132-7-1.
- Elliott, John; John Prichard (2002). Henry Woodyer: Gentleman Architect. University of Reading.
- Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1965). The Buildings of England: Sussex. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071028-0.
- Newman, John; Stephen Hughes; Anthony Ward (2004). Glamorgan. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09629-1.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). The Buildings of England: Berkshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1960). The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975) [1963]. The Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0140710264.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
- Tyack, Bradley and Pevsner, Geoffrey, Simon and Nikolaus (2010). The Buildings of England: Berkshire. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12662-4.
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