William White (architect)

William White, FSA (1825–1900) was an English architect, noted for his part in 19th century Gothic Revival architecture and church restorations. He was the son of a clergyman and great nephew of the writer and naturalist, Gilbert White of Selborne.

White, in about 1900

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 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.

Works

Cornwall

St Michael's parish church, Baldhu

Devon

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[8] 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.[9]
  • 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[10]
  • St Michael and All Angels parish church, Cadbury, Devon, restoration in 1857[11]
  • St John the Baptist parish church, Instow, restored 1872–73[12]
  • St Peter's parish church, Shirwell, heavily restored 1880s[13]
  • Holy Trinity parish church, West Down, restored 1874[14]
  • Dartington Hall, South Hams, remodelled and extended again in about 1860[15]
  • Winscott House, Peters Marland, 1865 for John Curzon Moore-Stevens, Esq.[16]
  • 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.[16]

Essex

Hampshire

London

St Marks, Battersea Rise

Oxfordshire

Surrey

  • St John the Divine parish church, Felbridge, 1865[33]
  • St John's Vicarage, Felbridge

Sussex

Wiltshire

  • St Michael's church, Axford, 1856[37]
  • School and master's house, Chute, 1857–8 (now village hall)[38]
  • Church of the Holy Saviour, Westbury Leigh: nave and chancel 1876–7; south aisle, 1888–9; tower 1899[39]

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[40]
  • Holy Cross & St. Mary's parish church, Quainton, Buckinghamshire, 1877
  • St Leonard's parish church, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, comprehensive restoration, 1886–87[41]
  • Stained glass in Holy Trinity, Touchen End, Berkshire

Ireland

South Africa

Madagascar

White's contemporaries in the Gothic Revival

Notes and references

  1. Professor Mark Girouard acknowledges Humewood as "the finest and most important 19th century castellated mansion in Ireland"
  1. Hunter 2010.
  2. Historic England. "Maryfield House (1159513)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 November 2005.
  3. Historic England. "Bank House (1144073)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 November 2005.
  4. Historic England. "St Columb Major Rectory (1144096)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 November 2005.
  5. Historic England. "Rosemellyn House (1144095)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 November 2005.
  6. Historic England. "St Ive Rectory (1137118)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 November 2005.
  7. Historic England. "Little Petherick Church (1212675)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 November 2005.
  8. Historic England. "Bishop's Court (1097577)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  9. "Bishops Court - About the House". Angelfire.com. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  10. Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1334009)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  11. Historic England. "Church of St Michael and All Angels (1261589)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  12. Historic England. "Church of St John the Baptist, Rectory Lane (1107600)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  13. Historic England. "Church of St Peter (1107134)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  14. Historic England. "Church of Holy Trinity, Churchpool (1366233)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  15. Historic England. "Old Postern, Dartington, South Hams, Devon (1219732)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  16. Lauder 2005, pp. 54–55.
  17. "The impact of the proposed expansion of Southend Airport on nearby parish churches". The impact of airport expansion proposals on parish churches. Church Buildings Council of the Church of England. July 2009. pp. 53–59. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  18. "Christ Church, Freemantle, Southampton". Hampshire County Council. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  19. "Selborne, Hampshire - St Mary's Church". The Astoft Collection of Buildings of England. Astoft. 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  20. "lyndchur". Southernlife.org.uk. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  21. Historic England. "Church of St Mark, Battersea Rise, SW11 (1065551)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  22. Historic England. "Church of St Saviour, Aberdeen Park (1195443)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  23. Historic England. "All Saints Church, Clydesdale Road W11 (1080701)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  24. Historic England. "Church of St Michael, Cobham Close SW11 (1183811)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  25. Historic England. "St Dionis Vicarage (1412867)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  26. Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 711.
  27. Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 548.
  28. Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 705.
  29. Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 617.
  30. Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 605.
  31. Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 842.
  32. Historic England. "Church of Saint Giles, Main Street (1052175)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  33. Nairn, Pevsner & Cherry 1971, p. 244.
  34. Elleray 2004, p. 39.
  35. Historic England. "The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul  (Grade I) (1354665)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  36. "Littlehampton - St Mary". sussexparishchurches.org. April 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  37. "Church of St. Michael, Axford, Ramsbury". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  38. Historic England. "Village School and Master's House (1067556)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  39. Historic England. "Church of the Holy Saviour (1036321)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  40. Baggs, Kent & Purdy 1976, pp. 12–17.
  41. Nutton, V (2009). St Leonard's Church Sandridge, A Tour of the Building and its History.
  42. Demissie 2012, p. 257.
  43. Poland 2018, p. 20.
  44. "Madagascar Destination - Cathedrale Saint Laurent Ambohimanoro". madagascar-destination.mg. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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