Frederick Preedy (2 June 1820 – 28 March 1898) was an architect and glass painter in

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Life

Preedy was born in Offenham near Evesham in Worcestershire and died at his son's home in Croydon. During his early life his family moved from Offenham to nearby Fladbury. Following his death a memorial was erected to him in the church of St John the Baptist,

Fladbury Fladbury is a traditional English village located in rural Worcestershire, England. The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book, almost 1,000 years ago. It is sited on the banks of the River Avon, with many interesting and original buildin ...

, Worcestershire. This also remembers his wife Mary (1831 - 1889), and daughter Alice Mary (1860 - 1899). He was buried at Foxham in Wiltshire.

Career

He trained as an architect in Worcester with Harvey Eginton. Following the early death of Eginton in 1849 he set up his own architectural practice in Worcester. In 1860 he moved his business to London. For his early churches he commissioned stained glass windows from George Rogers in Worcester, but after around 1853 began to make his own glass. He is thought to be the only architect of his time who also both designed and made his stained glass windows. His legacy includes windows in

Worcester Cathedral Worcester Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Worcester, in Worcestershire, England, situated on a bank overlooking the River Severn. It is the seat of the Bishop of Worcester. Its official name is the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Bles ...

, Gloucester Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral and Ely Cathedral, and numerous parish churches, particularly in Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Norfolk.

New buildings

* Church of St. Paul, Gorefield,

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(1869-71) * Village School and Teacher's House, Weston-sub-Edge,

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(1852) * Village School, Ashperton,

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(1856) * Church of St. David, Little Dewchurch, Herefordshire (1869-70) * Church of St. John the Evangelist and New Vicarage, Storridge, Herefordshire (1855-56) * St. Mary's Church,

Burnham Deepdale Burnham Deepdale is a village on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. Burnham Deepdale is in the civil parish of Brancaster, along with Brancaster Staithe. The three villages form a more or less continuous settlement along the A1 ...

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

(1870) * Church of St. Edmund, King and Martyr, Hunstanton, Norfolk (1865) * Rectory and Village School, Arrow, Warwickshire,

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(1865) * Church of St. Peter, Binton, Warwickshire (1876) *

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Kings Heath Kings Heath (historically, and still occasionally King's Heath) is a suburb of south Birmingham, England, four miles south of the city centre. Historically in Worcestershire, it is the next suburb south from Moseley on the A435, Alcester road. ...

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, Warwickshire (1860 (with Edward Holmes)) * St. Anne's Church,

Moseley Moseley is a suburb of south Birmingham, England, south of the city centre. The area is a popular cosmopolitan residential location and leisure destination, with a number of bars and restaurants. The area also has a number of boutiques and ot ...

, Birmingham, Warwickshire (1873-4) * Church of St. Andrew,

Temple Grafton Temple Grafton is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England, situated about east of Alcester and west of the county town of Warwick. The place name is misleading, the Knights Templar never having any associ ...

, Warwickshire (1875) * Church of St. James, Bishampton,

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(1869-70) * Village School,

Callow End Callow End is a constituent village of the civil parish of Powick in the Malvern Hills District of Worcestershire, England. It is located on the B4424 road about to the south of its junction with the main A449 Malvern to Worcester road. The Riv ...

, Worcestershire * Church of St. Paul, Cookhill, Worcestershire (1875) * Church of St. John the Baptist, Crowle, Worcestershire (1881-2) * Workhouse Chapel, Evesham, Worcestershire (1879-80) * Village School,

, Worcestershire (1865) * Church of All Saints, Hollybush, Worcestershire (1869) * Church of St. Thomas, Lower Moor, Worcestershire (1868-69) * Church of St. Mary and Village School,

Madresfield Madresfield is a village and civil parish in the administrative district of Malvern Hills in the county of Worcestershire, England. It is located about two miles east of Malvern town centre at the foot of the Malvern Hills and is less than two ...

, Worcestershire (1866-67) * Church of St. Mary and St. Milburgh, Offenham, Worcestershire (1861) * Church of St. Peter, Pedmore, Worcestershire (1869-71) * Village School,

Powick Powick is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District, Malvern Hills district of Worcestershire, England, located two miles south of the city of Worcester, England, Worcester and four miles north of Great Malvern. The parish include ...

, Worcestershire (1871) * St. Luke's Church, Church of St. George the Martyr and Church of St. Philip,

Redditch Redditch is a town, and local government district, in north-east Worcestershire, England, approximately south of Birmingham. The district has a population of 85,000 as of 2019. In the 19th century, it became the international centre for the ...

, Worcestershire (1867/1876) * Church of St. Mary Magdelene,

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(1876-77) * Church of St. Stephen, Worcester, Worcestershire (1861-62) * Church of St. Mary the Virgin,

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, Worcestershire (1862)

Restoration work

* St. Mary's Church, Ditchingham,

(chancel arch and nave roof, 1870s) * St. Nicholas' Church,

Feltwell Feltwell is a village which holds an RAF base 10 miles (16 km) west of Thetford, Norfolk, England, and is in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. Landmarks and facilities Feltwell has the largest area of any parish in Norfolk. It is ...

, Norfolk (1860s) * St. Mary's Church, Feltwell, Norfolk (1890s) * Hunstanton Hall, Hunstanton, Norfolk (1870s) * Church of St. John the Baptist, Lea Marston,

(new tower, 1876) * All Saints' Church, Church Lench,

(chancel restoration, 1854)

Stained glass

* St. Clement's Church,

Leigh-on-Sea Leigh-on-Sea (), commonly referred to simply as Leigh, is a town and civil parish in the City of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. In 2011, it had a population of 22,509. Geography Leigh-on-Sea is on the northern ...

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(1872)Historic England listing, "Grade II* listed buildings, St Clement Church, Leigh-on-Sea
Retrieved 1 June 2020. * St. Barnabus' Church,

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, Oxfordshire (1867) *

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* St. Edith's Church,

Eaton-under-Heywood Eaton-under-Heywood is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 171. It is named after the small village of Eaton, which lies under Wenlock Edge and the woods along it. The village is also ...

, Shropshire (1869) * St. Peter's Church,

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References

5. Frederick Preedy. Gordon Barnes, Vale of Evesham Historical Society, 1984 {{DEFAULTSORT:Preedy, Frederick 19th-century English architects British stained glass artists and manufacturers 1820 births 1898 deaths Architects from Worcestershire