William White
Illustration — White, in about 1900 William White, FSA (15 May 1825 – 1900) was an English architect, noted for his part in 19th-century Gothic Revival architecture and church restorations. William White was born in Blakesley, Northamptonshire, England, on 15 May 1825. He was the son of a clergyman, and great nephew of the writer and naturalist Gilbert White of Selborne.
William White
unknown 19th.c. photographer · Framed photo displayed in Peters Marland Church, Devon. Original source unknown · Public domain
- Born
- 1825
- Died
- 1900
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- architect · art historian
- Known for
- All Saints Notting Hill
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — White, in about 1900 William White, FSA (15 May 1825 – 1900) was an English architect, noted for his part in 19th-century Gothic Revival architecture and church restorations. William White was born in Blakesley, Northamptonshire, England, on 15 May 1825. He was the son of a clergyman, and great nephew of the writer and naturalist Gilbert White of Selborne.
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William White (1825–1900) was a British architect and art historian.
Works include All Saints Notting Hill. Languages used include English. Works by the architect are held at Art Institute of Chicago.
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Cornwall
Cornwall
After a five-year apprenticeship in Leamington Spa he moved to London as an improver in George Gilbert Scott's practice, where he remained for two years before setting up his own practice in Truro, Cornwall in 1847. In 1851 he returned to London and worked out of Wimpole Street. His style was close to that of William Butterfield and he built many churches.
• Illustration — St Michael's parish church, Baldhu • St Michael's parish church, Baldhu (new build), 1848 • Maryfield House, Antony, near Torpoint (school, house and vicarage), 1848 • Bank and Solicitors Offices, Truro (new commercial premises for the Cornish Bank and solicitors offices), 1849. Now Charlotte's Tea House and Pizza Express. • St Gerrent, Gerrans (rebuild apart from tower and spire), 1850 • St Felicitas and St Piala's Church, Phillack, 1856–1857 • St Philip and St James parish church, Antony, near Torpoint • House at Lower Town, Colan, Mountjoy, circa 1875 • St Peter's parish church, Mithian, near St Agnes, 1861 • Bank House, at St Columb Major, circa 1857 • House at Denzell, near St Columb Major • The Old Rectory, St Columb Major • Penmellyn House, St Columb Major • Rosemellyn House, St Columb Major, 1871 • St Hilary's parish church, rebuilt on the old foundations in 1855 • Rectory for Canon Reginald Hobhouse at St Ive, 1852–54 • St Moren parish church, Lamorran, 1845, restoration • St Petroc's parish church, Little Petherick, 1858 • St Peter's parish church, Mithian, 1861 • Trewan Hall, alterations and additions, 1870
Devon
Devon
• Illustration — Holy Trinity parish church, Barnstaple • Bishop's Court, Sowton. This former bishop's palace was remodelled in the 1860s and is considered by English Heritage to be one of White's most important domestic buildings; he carefully designed the fittings and much of the furniture, with exceptional attention to detail, specifically for the house. • St Michael's parish church, Clyst Honiton • St Nicholas & St Giles parish church, Sidmouth • Holy Trinity parish church, Barnstaple, 1867 • St Mary's parish church, Upton Pyne, alterations 1874–75 • St Michael and All Angels parish church, Cadbury, Devon, restoration in 1857 • St John the Baptist parish church, Instow, restored 1872–73 • St Peter's parish church, Shirwell, heavily restored 1880s • Holy Trinity parish church, West Down, restored 1874 • Dartington Hall, South Hams, remodelled and extended again in about 1860 • Winscott House, Peters Marland, 1865, for John Curzon Moore-Stevens, Esq. • St Peter's parish church, Peters Marland, 1865, financed by John Curzon Moore-Stevens, Esq., of Winscott House. Rebuilding of nave and chancel, ancient tower unaltered.
Essex
Essex
• St Giles parish church, Great Maplestead • St Laurence and All Saints Church, Eastwood, restoration, 1873–75
Hampshire
Hampshire
• Christ Church, Freemantle, Southampton, consecrated 1865 • Christ Church, Hatherden, 1857 • St Mark's parish church, Woolston, consecrated 17 November 1863 • St Mary's parish church, Selborne, restoration, 1856 • St Michael and All Angels church, Lyndhurst, between 1890 and 1892
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
• Illustration — Heydour Old Vicarage • Heydour. The Old Vicarage, 1857. Nikolaus Pevsner: "Picturesque and asymmetrical, varied roof lines, tile hung gables and pointed arches picked out in red brick". The vicarage is a precursor to the Queen Anne style of architecture.
London
London
• Illustration — St Mark's, Battersea Rise • St Mark's parish church, Battersea Rise, 1872–74 • St Saviour's parish church, Aberdeen Park, Islington, 1865–66 • All Saints parish church, Kensington • Forest School Chapel, College Place, Waltham Forest, built 1857 and enlarged 1875 • St Michael's parish church, Wandsworth Common, 1881 • St Dionis Vicarage, 18 Parsons Green, Fulham, 1898–99
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
• All Saints parish church, Mollington, restoration, 1856 • St James parish church, Claydon, restoration, 1860 • St Lawrence's parsonage, Milcombe, 1861–62 • All Saints parish church, Great Bourton, almost completely rebuilt, 1863 • Holy Trinity Vicarage, Finstock, 1864 • St Giles parish church, Wigginton, restoration of chancel and south aisle, 1870 • Belfried gate tower for All Saints parish church, Great Bourton, 1882
Surrey
Surrey
• St John the Divine parish church, Felbridge, 1865 • St John's Vicarage, Felbridge
Sussex
Sussex
• St Mary the Virgin parish church, Littlehampton, West Sussex, new chancel and restoration, 1899 • St Peter and St Paul parish church, West Wittering, West Sussex
Wiltshire
Wiltshire
• St Michael's church, Axford, 1856 • School and master's house, Chute, 1857–8 (now village hall) • St Michael the Archangel, Brixton Deverill, refenestrated and chancel extended, 1862 • Church of the Holy Saviour, Westbury Leigh: nave and chancel 1876–7; south aisle, 1888–9; tower, 1899
Other counties of England
Other counties of England
• Holy Innocents parish church, Adisham, Kent, restoration, 1869 • Quy Hall, Stow-cum-Quy, Cambridgeshire, rebuilding, 1869–71 • St. James and St. John parish church, Derwent, Derbyshire • Holy Trinity parish church, Elvington, York, East Riding of Yorkshire, 1876–77 • Holy Cross & St. Mary's parish church, Quainton, Buckinghamshire, 1877 • St Leonard's parish church, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, comprehensive restoration, 1886–87 • Stained glass in Holy Trinity, Touchen End, Berkshire • The Old Vicarage, Irton, Holmrook, Cumbria, 1864
Ireland
Ireland
• Humewood Castle, Wicklow Mountains, Ireland
South Africa
South Africa
• St, Batholomew's Church, Grahamstown • Armstrong House and Espin House, St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown
Madagascar
Madagascar
• St. Lawrence Anglican Cathedral Ambohimanoro, Antananarivo
White's contemporaries in the Gothic Revival
White's contemporaries in the Gothic Revival
• James Brooks • Richard Cromwell Carpenter • John Loughborough Pearson • Benjamin Mountfort • James Piers St Aubyn • George Edmund Street • Henry Woodyer
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- 1.White, William 1825 - 1900 | AHRnet.
- 2.1159513. Maryfield House.
- 3.1144073. Bank House. yes.
- 4.1144096. St Columb Major Rectory. yes.
- 5.1144095. Rosemellyn House. yes.
- 6.1137118. St Ive Rectory. yes.
- 7.1212675. Little Petherick Church. yes.
- 8.1097577. Bishop's Court.
- 9.Angelfire.com. Bishops Court - About the House.
- 10.1334009. Church of St Mary. yes.
- 11.1261589. Church of St Michael and All Angels. yes.
- 12.1107600. Church of St John the Baptist, Rectory Lane. yes.
- 13.1107134. Church of St Peter. yes.
- 14.1366233. Church of Holy Trinity, Churchpool. yes.
- 15.1219732. Old Postern, Dartington, South Hams, Devon. yes.
- 16.Church Buildings Council of the Church of England. The impact of the proposed expansion of Southend Airport on nearby parish churches. The impact of airport expansion proposals on parish churches. 53–59. July 2009.
- 17.Hampshire County Council. Christ Church, Freemantle, Southampton.
- 18.CHRISTCHURCH. historicengland.org.uk.
- 19.Astoft. Selborne, Hampshire - St Mary's Church. The Astoft Collection of Buildings of England. 2001.
- 20.Southernlife.org.uk. lyndchur.
- 21.Pevsner N and Harvey J , 2nd Ed. revised Antram N (1989) Buildings of England:Lincolnshire Yale pg 381.
- 22.1065551. Church of St Mark, Battersea Rise, SW11. yes.
- 23.1195443. Church of St Saviour, Aberdeen Park. yes.
- 24.1080701. All Saints Church, Clydesdale Road W11. yes.
- 25.1183811. Church of St Michael, Cobham Close SW11. yes.
- 26.1412867. St Dionis Vicarage. yes.
- 27.1052175. Church of Saint Giles, Main Street. yes.
- 28.1354665. The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul. yes.
- 29.sussexparishchurches.org. Littlehampton - St Mary. April 2013.
- 30.Wiltshire Council. Church of St. Michael, Axford, Ramsbury. Wiltshire Community History.
- 31.1067556. Village School and Master's House. yes.
- 32.Orbach, Julian. Wiltshire. Yale University Press. 183–184. 2021. 978-0-300-25120-3.
- 33.1036321. Church of the Holy Saviour. yes.
- 34.Nutton, V. St Leonard's Church Sandridge, A Tour of the Building and its History page needed. June 2013.
- 35.Madagascar Destination - Cathedrale Saint Laurent Ambohimanoro. madagascar-destination.mg.
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