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]

Henry Woodyer
Born1816
Guildford, Surrey, England
Died1896
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsHoly Jesus' Church, Lydbrook; St Martin's Church, Dorking
ProjectsCranleigh School
Holy Innocents, Highnam, Gloucestershire

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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

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Holy Trinity Church, Millbrook, Southampton

Churches (new)

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St Martin's Church, Dorking

Churches (restoration or rebuilding)

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Other institutional buildings

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"Burning Bush", Eton College

Domestic buildings

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Park gate and Brynmill Lodge
  • Woodyer House, Bramley, Surrey
  • Muntham Court in Findon, West Sussex rebuilt in Jacobean style between 1877 and 1887[32]
  • Alterations to Parc Wern (now Parc Beck), Sketty, Glamorgan, 1851–3 for H.H. Vivian
  • Church Cottage, Tutshill, Gloucestershire, c. 1852.[33]
  • 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[34]
  • Alterations to Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset for Matilda Blanche Gibbs, 1885-89[35]
  • Twyford Moors House Twyford, Hants 1861[36]
  • The Old Rectory, Creeting St Mary, Suffolk 1863
  • St Paul's Church Hall, Reading - Built 1859 as a school, but for the first two years was used for religious services before the completion of Christ Church. Later the building was used as a church hall for the adjacent St Paul's Church, Whitley Wood. It was sold by the church in 1983 and was converted to private housing.[37][38]

References

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  1. ^ Newman, Hughes & Ward, 2004
  2. ^ Nairn, Ian and Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Surrey, 1970, page 128
  3. ^ Tyack, Bradley and Pevsner, 2010, page 445
  4. ^ Mural Painting in Britain 1840-1940: Image and Meaning, Clare A. P. Willsdon, p232 (2001)
  5. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Paul (Grade II*) (1100890)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Inside the Grade II-listed Gothic Hackney vicarage conversion for sale". Homes and Property. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  7. ^ Nairn, Iain (2002). London 4 : North. Cherry, Bridget., Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 513. ISBN 0-300-09653-4. OCLC 719418475.
  8. ^ Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1962). The Buildings of England: Surrey (1st ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 168.
  9. ^ Quiney, Anthony (1995). "'Altogether a Capital Fellow and a Serious Fellow Too': A Brief Account of the Life and Work of Henry Woodyer, 1816-1896". Architectural History. 38: 192–219. doi:10.2307/1568628. JSTOR 1568628. S2CID 195026384.
  10. ^ Elleray 2004, p. 15.
  11. ^ Historic England. "Church of St John the Evangelist (Grade II*) (1136276)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  12. ^ "Holy Trinity Church, Millbrook". Photograph from 1930. Port Cities: Southampton. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ^ Historic England. "1881 Church of St Luke, Burpham Lane (Grade II) (1029301)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  14. ^ Historic England. "1881 Chapel at Convent of St John the Baptist (Grade II*) (1380282)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  15. ^ Pevsner, 1966, page 178
  16. ^ Pevsner, 1966, page 180
  17. ^ Pevsner, 1966, page 300
  18. ^ Bettley, James (2007). Essex. Nikolaus Pevsner. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. p. 794. ISBN 978-0-300-11614-4. OCLC 78988869.
  19. ^ Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 108
  20. ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 819
  21. ^ Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 188
  22. ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 523
  23. ^ 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.
  24. ^ Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 444
  25. ^ Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 459
  26. ^ Pevsner, 1966, page 305
  27. ^ Historic England. "Cranleigh School, Woodyer Buildings (Grade II) (1044323)". National Heritage List for England.
  28. ^ Pevsner, 1960, page 129
  29. ^ Historic England. "Burning Bush (Grade II) (1031549)". National Heritage List for England.
  30. ^ Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 488.
  31. ^ Historic England. "Former House of Mercy, now known as St Michael's House (Grade II) (1479597)". National Heritage List for England.
  32. ^ Stanley, Donald (1992). "A Short History of Muntham". Muntham Court Estate and Worthing Crematorium. D. Stanley. p. 6. ISBN 0952030101.
  33. ^ Steven Morris: "The ultimate Harry Potter memorabilia: JK Rowling's childhood home is for sale", guardian.co.uk, 13 July 2011.
  34. ^ "Hall Place Parterre". Archived from the original on 27 January 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2007.
  35. ^ Historic England. "Tyntesfield House, servants' wing and chapel (Grade I) (1129053)". National Heritage List for England.
  36. ^ Historic England. "Twyford Moors (Grade II*) (1095770)". National Heritage List for England.
  37. ^ Historic England. "St Paul's Church Hall (Grade II) (1321985)". National Heritage List for England.
  38. ^ Elliott, John; Pritchard, John, eds. (2002). Henry Woodyer : Gentleman architect. Reading: University of Reading. pp. 133–134. ISBN 978-0-7049-1331-8.

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