Family Portraits of the Blount Family of Mapledurham
Michael Blount I was born on 26th March 1693 at Mapledurham and married Mary Agnes Tichborne (1695-1777). He died on 2nd November 1739 at Winchester and was buried at Tichborne … 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 trained with Salvin NOT Smirke
The architect, Gilbert Blount, actually trained with Salvin rather than Smirke … Many biographical dictionaries, including Wikipedia, state that Gilbert Blount trained in the office of Sidney Smirke. In fact, Blount … Continue reading
Gilbert Blount: An architect through his diaries
GILBERT BLOUNT: AN ARCHITECT THROUGH HIS DIARIES BY PHILIPPA HUNTER To be continued and the footnotes added An overshadowed architect, seen through the eyes of his diaries and correspondence. Gilbert … 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
Gilbert Blount – A Miscellany
Gilbert Robert Blount (1819-1876), Architect See also the more recent blogs: Gilbert Blount: An architect through his diaries In “Architects and Sculptors”: https://wp.me/p4BX9P-2f8 Gilbert Blount trained with Salvin NOT Smirke: https://wp.me/p4BX9P-2J8 … 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
