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The dilettante architect: Appraising the ecclesiastical buildings of Harry Goodhart-Rendel
March 28, 2024
Harry Goodhart-Rendel was born in Cambridge in 1887, the son of Harry Chester Goodhart, who had married the Hon Rose Ellen Rendel, a daughter of the wealthy Welsh Liberal politician the 1st Lord Rendel. Harry Chester Goodhart himself was born in Wimbledon, and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He enjoyed a surprisingly
Pugin’s legacy assaulted and recovered: the story of St Barnabas Cathedral, Nottingham
February 20, 2024
Augustus Welby Northbourne Pugin (1812-52) was received into the Church in Salisbury in 1835. The next year he published his Contrasts, in which he argued for the revival of Gothic architecture and also “a return to the faith and social structure of the Middle Ages”. John Talbot, the 16th Earl of Shrewsbury, was born in
The Catholic churches of Hertfordshire
January 27, 2024
A county of new towns and London sprawl still has some interesting Catholic heritage. I had forgotten Hertfordshire, The large unwelcome fields of roots… And now I see these fields once more Clothed, thank the Lord, in summer green Pale corn waves rippling to a shore The shadowy cliffs of elm between, Colour-washed cottages reed-thatched,
The Catholic architectural dynasty of the Bonomis and the Goldies in England
December 23, 2023
Surveying the ecclesiastical work of the Bonomis and the Goldies carried out between the 18th and 20th centuries. Giuseppe (Joseph) Bonomi the Elder (1739-1808) was born in Rome. He was educated at the Collegio Romano and then studied architecture with Girolamo Teodoli. In 1768, he moved to London at the suggestion of Robert and James
The Medieval Catholic churches of England
November 21, 2023
A look at some of the few English medieval buildings currently used for worship by the Catholic Church. On the Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist in 1559, celebration of the Mass was banned throughout England by Elizabeth I and her Protestant government. The medieval parish churches of England perforce became Anglican. It
How a 19th century dancer became an architectural patroness extraordinaire and giant in English Catholic history
October 10, 2023
From good time girl to benefactress. Yolande Lyne Stephens was born in Paris in 1812, the daughter of Jean-Louis Duvernay, a teacher of dance. She joined the Paris Opera and became one of its major dancers. In 1833 she danced at the Theatre Royal in London for a season. The 13-year-old future Queen Victoria wrote
The Jesuit churches of Lancashire
September 02, 2023
Three churches in the county still remain under Jesuit control, but many more have been passed on to diocesan or other authorities. Lancashire was the most Catholic county in England in the 17th and 18th centuries. The reason for this was the solid phalanx of Catholic landowners in the county, particularly, but not exclusively, in
En Vacances en Normandie
August 02, 2023
The region has a wealth of former monastic buildings, some in ruins but some whose churches still survive. The history of the Duchy of Norm-andy is ineluctably entwined with England’s. The Viking Rollo became Duke of Normandy in 911 by force of arms under the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte. His descendant William became King of England
Despite traditional difficulty, Catholic churches are finding success in receiving conservation funding this year
July 12, 2023
On April 19 a reception was held in the Houses of Parliament hosted by Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans MP to celebrate the remarkable achievement of the Patrimony Committee of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales in obtaining no less than £6.6 million from the Government’s Cultural Recovery Fund for the repair of outstanding
Buildings Modern and Ancient
July 10, 2023
About Architecture:  An Essential Guide in 55 Buildings Hugh Pearman  Yale University Press, £30, 256 pages Hugh Pearman is an architectural writer, and has written a number of books on modern architecture. He was architect and design critic of the Sunday Times from 1986 to 2016, and edited the journal of the Royal Institute of
All Saints, Wardour: The tale of a Wiltshire parish
June 02, 2023
Thomas Arundell, the younger son of Sir John Arundell of Lanherne, in 1541 acquired the (previously monastic) manors of Tisbury and Donhead. Ten years later he was executed as a supporter of the Protector Duke of Somerset, and his lands were forfeited. Wardour Castle was reacquired by the Arundells in 1571. The family seems to
The architectural legacy of the 15th Duke of Norfolk and the Fitzalan-Howards
May 10, 2023
After the death of the apostate 11th Duke of Norfolk in 1815, the dukedom was inherited by his distant cousin, Henry Howard of Glossop. The 12th Duke (1815-42) was a cisalpine Catholic and a Whig; there are frequent descriptions by the politician and diarist Thomas Creevey of him (variously referred to as “Barney”, “Twitch” and
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