W. E. Ellery Anderson and St Stephen’s Church, Cheltenham
William Elbert Ellery Anderson and the changes made to the Sanctuary of the Church of St Stephen, Tivoli, on the Eve of the Second World War On 8th October 1939 … Continue reading
Thomas Meyrick and his Fonts
Thomas Meyrick M.A. With thanks to Julian Orbach for kindly supplying the photographs In 1860, William Henry Lowder was appointed as curate of Bisley. He had previously worked as an … Continue reading
Gilbert Blount: A Victorian Architect through his diaries
BY PHILIPPA HUNTER An overshadowed architect, seen through the pages of his diaries … For permission to use these family photographs and other images please contact btsarnia@gmail.com HIS FAMILY BACKGROUND … Continue reading
William Drinkwater Gough
WILLIAM DRINKWATER GOUGH By Michael Dummer (2008) The Search for St Alphege’s Sculptor – The Carvings at St Alphege’s Church, Oldfield Park, Bath At long last light has been thrown … Continue reading
Pugin and Bucknall at Fairford?
I. ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY, HORCOTT – A PUGIN CHURCH? II. HORCOTT PRESBYTERY – BUCKNALL’S FORGOTTEN HOUSE by Richard Barton (2004) I. ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY, HORCOTT – A … Continue reading
Brown Family – Carvers of the Caryatides
Please click on the following link to read a fascinating piece of detective work about the Caryatides of Cheltenham (Adobe Reader required)… Carvers of the Caryatides
Philip Lindsey Clark
The following notes are the result of joint research by Brian Torode and Richard Barton… Jesu Salvator Mundi Bas Relief of the head of Christ in black slate with … Continue reading
James Ovens
The following notes are the result of joint research by Brian Torode and Richard Barton… C.M. 27.11.1886: Local sculptor Mr Ovens (a pupil of Mr Boulton of this town) has … Continue reading
Alfred Bernard Wall (1849c – 1923) and W H Best
The following notes are the result of joint research by Brian Torode and Richard Barton… (In the 1851 census for Jacques Court, St Aldates, Gloucester, we find James Wall aged … Continue reading
R L Boulton & Sons
The following notes are the result of joint research by Brian Torode and Richard Barton… Believed to be founded in 1839 because Patrick Conoley recalls date of the Centenary Dinner … Continue reading
