Charles Edgar Buckeridge

Born in Headington, Oxford in 1864, the son of Annie and Charles Buckeridge, a Gothic Revival architect,[1] he trained with Burlison & Grylls, ecclesiastical decorators. He exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1882 with a painting of Hampton Court[2] and became known for his religious works, described as a "highly esteemed painter in this field".

He was employed by C. Hodgson Fowler, Arthur Blomfield, John Oldrid Scott, John Loughborough Pearson and Edmund Harold Sedding. His most important patron was George Frederick Bodley for whom he completed the decoration at St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough, that had been started by Edward Burne-Jones and Morris & Co. in the 1860s.[3]

He worked in partnership with Charles Stephen Floyce (c1857-1895), a French artist,[4] until the end of 1890.[5] They advertised as 'panel and mural painters' and 'artists in stained glass'.[6] Floyce later (1892) worked with Blomfield on the Royal Memorial Church of St George, Cannes.[7]

Other projects included paintings (1894) for Pearson's chapel at St Antony's College, Oxford; the original architect of the nunnery had been his father.[8]

A painting of the Annunciation originally in St Margaret's Church, Burton upon Trent, is now in St Mary's Church, Claxby by Normanby. Other paintings from St Margaret's are a Crucifixion in St Paul's, Burton upon Trent, and the Agony in the Garden in St Andrew's, Stainton le Vale.[9]

The reredos formerly in St Mark's Church, Horsham, is now in St Mary's Church. It cost about £200. "The upper part of the reredos is in the form of a triptych. The framework is of oak, and the panels, gilt and coloured, are painted in oils, the work being of the Flemish school. The centre panel represents the adoration of the infant Jesus by the Virgin and St Joseph. The side panels bear figures of the four Evangelists. Sir Arthur Blomfield was the architect, and Messrs. Floyce and Buckeridge, of London, were the artists."[10]

At St Mary Magdalene, Enfield, he painted the East Wall and the angels on the ceiling in the chancel (1897/8).[11][12]

"The altar and reredos of the church of St. Nicholas, Rodmersham, Kent, have been exquisitely painted by Messrs. Buckeridge and Floyce". "It represents the best order of ecclesiastical art, viz., the 15th Century German, whilst the character of the ornament is founded on the old Norfolk work".[13]

His masterpiece is probably the triptych (1892-3) for the architect Norman Shaw's All Saints' Church, Richard's Castle, Shropshire.[14]

Charles married Ellen Dunkley in Marylebone in 1888[15] and had one son, Albert (b 1881). In 1882 his address was given as 4, Duke Street, Portland Place and in 1891 Wilmot Place, St Pancras. He later lived at Mortimer Street, Marylebone. He died at 64 Agamemnon Road, West Hampstead in 1898.[16]

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  Reredos, Richard's Castle
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  St Pancras (Old Church) Reredos
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  St Mary Magdalene, Enfield. The Angel Gabriel
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  St Mary Magdalene, Enfield. The Magi
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  St Mary Magdalene, Enfield. The ceiling
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  Triptych, St Katharine, Ickleford
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  St Mary's Church, Nottingham
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  Triptych, Headley
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  Holy Trinity Church, Guildford
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  Annunciation, Leatherhead
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  Triptych, Salisbury Cathedral
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  St Matthew's Church, Northampton. Triptych in the Lady Chapel
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  St Mary's Church, Portsea Reredos by Buckeridge & Floyce
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  The Wolferton Triptych, Lynn
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  St Martin, Scarborough. Reredos & rood-screen (1889)

Incomplete. (After Andrew Saint[3] with additions)

Image	Type	Location	County	Architect	Note
	Triptych	St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bromfield	Shropshire	Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A.	"Painted in Netherlandish style" (c 1890)[17]
	Pulpit	St Mary's Church, Honley	West Yorkshire	Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A.	[18]
	Reredos	St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle	Durham	Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A.
	Reredos	St Mary's, Goldsborough	North Yorkshire	Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A.
	Reredos	St Mary's Church, Nottingham	Nottinghamshire	G. F. Bodley, A.R.A.	1885
	Painting in memory of Lord Burton's father	St Margaret, Burton upon Trent	Staffordshire	G. F. Bodley, A.R.A.	[19] Demolished 1968.[9] See above for location of work
	Reredos	St Martin's, Scarborough	North Yorkshire	G. F. Bodley, A.R.A.
	Three paintings in crypt	Church of St Barnabas, Pimlico	London	G. F. Bodley, A.R.A.
	Doors in screen	Bovey Tracey	Devon	J. D. Sedding	1887[20]
	Work	Milstead, near Sittingbourne	Kent	J. D. Sedding
	Work	Netley, near Southampton	Hampshire	J. D. Sedding
	Lenten altar cloth (partial)	Holy Trinity, Chelsea	London	J. D. Sedding
	Large painting (altar)	St John's, Clerkenwell	London	J. O. Scott, F.S.A.	Destroyed 1941
	Reredos in side chapel	Halifax Parish Church	West Yorkshire	Burlison and Grylls	1886[21] Formerly in the Holdsworth Chapel. Disposed of, current location not known.[22]
	Work, including stencilling and roof colour	Croydon Parish Church	London	Burlison and Grylls
	Reredos	St Mary's Church, Portsea	Hampshire	Sir Arthur Blomfield	Buckeridge and Floyce[23][24]
	Triptych	North Mundham near Chichester	West Sussex	Sir Arthur Blomfield	1883. St Stephen’s Church, North Mundham
	Triptych	Old St Pancras Church	London	Sir Arthur Blomfield	1888 Buckeridge and Floyce[25]
	Apse, altar and small table	Holy Trinity, Guildford	Surrey	Sir Arthur Blomfield
	Frame only	Plaistow (St Mary)	London	Sir Arthur Blomfield
	Altar panels for Clayton and Bell	Truro Cathedral	Cornwall	J. L. Pearson	1887[26]
	Reredos (carved)	Durham Castle	Durham	Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A.
	Work on altar	St Nicholas' church, Rodmersham, near Sittingbourne	Kent	Rev W Mellor	Buckeridge and Floyce[27][13]
	Triptych	Kennington convent, Wyndham Road	London	For sister Jane (Gibson)	Sisters Of Charity, 126, Wyndham Road, Lambeth. Demolished
	Altar front, Three panel paintings round apse of chapel	The Convent al St Giles Oxford (Holy Trinity Convent)	Oxford	For the Rev Mother	[8] "This entry probably refers to the altar front, painted originally for the temporary chapel. Later, Buckeridge added three of the panel paintings round the apse of the chapel". Now the college library, see above.
	The Wolferton Triptych	Wolferton	Norfolk	Sir Arthur Blomfield
	Two-light memorial window	Grahamstown Cathedral	South Africa		West End of North Aisle[28]
	Lancet memorial window	Alice Church, Cape Colony	South Africa
	Decoration	Garrison Church of St Peter and St Paul, Shoeburyness	Essex	For Revd. Malin, Chaplain	See postcard.[29] Closed 1987 and sold in 2018[30]
	Large mural painting	St Thomas's Convent Chapel (Osney House), Oxford	Oxfordshire		destroyed?
	Reredos	Woburn Sands Church	Bedfordshire		[31]
	Reredos	St Giles Cripplegate	London		destroyed
	Decorative work to roof	St Mary Magdalene, Enfield	London		[11][32] see above
	Reredos	All Saints' Church, Richard's Castle	Shropshire	Norman Shaw	Also "decorations of east wall"[14]
	Reredos in Lady Chapel	Salisbury Cathedral	Wiltshire	Sir Arthur Blomfield	[33] 1896. In North Transept Bay.
	Triptych in Lady Chapel	St Matthew's Church, Northampton	Northamptonshire		[34]
	Triptych	St Mary the Virgin, Headley	Surrey		1895[35]
	Reredos	St Mark’s, Horsham	West Sussex	Sir Arthur Blomfield	[10] Now in St Mary's Church, Horsham[36]
	Two frescoes either side of the chancel arch	Church of St Mary & St Nicholas, Leatherhead	Surrey	Sir Arthur Blomfield	1894. Messrs Buckeridge and Floyce of Mortimer Street.[37]
	Triptych	Church of St Katharine, Ickleford	Hertfordshire
	Window in memory of Isabella Caroline Francis	St Edmund's Church, Northampton	Northamptonshire		1892.[38] Demolished c1980 and windows disposed of.[39]