George Frederick Bodley (14 March 182721 October 1907) was an English

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. He was a pupil of

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and worked with C. E. Kempe. He was in partnership with

Thomas Garner Thomas Garner (1839 – 30 April 1906) was one of the leading English Gothic Revival architects of the Victorian era. He is known for his almost 30-year partnership with the architect George Frederick Bodley. Early life Born at Wasperton H ...

for much of his career and was one of the founders of Watts & Co.

Personal life

Bodley was the youngest son of William Hulme Bodley, of Edinburgh, physician at Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, who in 1838 retired to his wife's home town,

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. George's eldest brother, the Rev. W. H. Bodley, became a well-known

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preacher and a professor at St Mary's College, New Oscott, Birmingham. He married Minna F. H. Reavely, daughter of Thomas George Wood Reavely, at Kinnersley Castle in 1872. They had a son, George H. Bodley, born in 1874.

Career

Bodley was articled to the architect Sir

George Gilbert Scott Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), largely known as Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic Revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he ...

, a relative by marriage, under whose influence he became imbued with the spirit of the

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, and he became known as the chief exponent of 14th-century English Gothic, and the leading ecclesiastical architect in England. He is regarded as the leader of the resurgence of interest in English and

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an late-medieval design. Noted for his pioneering design work in the Queen Anne revival. Bodley became acquainted with

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in the late 1850s, and in the 1860s his commissions for stained glass and ecclesiastical decoration helped ensure the success of Morris's firm, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., founded in 1861. Bodley is said to have designed two of Morris's early wallpapers. By the late 1860s Bodley had become disenchanted with Morris, and for stained glass turned to the firm of Burlison and Grylls, founded in 1868, for the glass in his later churches, notably St Augustine's Church,

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, near

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(designed 1870) and the Church of the Holy Angels, Hoar Cross in

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(designed 1871–72). Bodley worked with his lifelong friend, the stained glass designer

Charles Eamer Kempe Charles Eamer Kempe (29 June 1837 – 29 April 1907) was a British Victorian era designer and manufacturer of stained glass. His studios produced over 4,000 windows and also designs for altars and altar frontals, furniture and furnishings, lychg ...

. They collaborated on projects including: St John the Baptist, Tuebrook in Liverpool; Queens' College Chapel, Cambridge; All Saints, Danehill, East Sussex and the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Clumber Park in

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. His alterations to St Stephen's Church, Gloucester Road, London, the architect and president of

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, Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel said tamed the work of its founding 'rogue' Victorian architect, Joseph Peacock.

Partnership with Thomas Garner

From 1869 he worked in a twenty-eight-year partnership with

, designing collegiate buildings in

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and

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, country houses and churches throughout the

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. One cathedral was completed to his design:

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(first design, 1865; revised 1891; building completed 1936). In 1906 Bodley designed with his pupil

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the

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He also designed Grace Cathedral, San Francisco in 1862, and again for its post-1906 earthquake replacement but it was adapted by his partner after his death. As well as Vaughan, Bodley and Garner's pupils included the garden designer Inigo Thomas who specialised in formal gardens with geometrical plans in 17th- and 18th-century styles, which suited the houses that Bodley and Garner renovated for wealthy clients. In 1874 Bodley founded Watts & Co. with Garner and George Gilbert Scott Jr. Bodley, Garner, and Scott all lived on Church Row in Hampstead in the 1860s and 70s. His secular work included the London School Board offices, and in collaboration with Garner, the new buildings at

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, and Hewell Grange, Worcestershire (for Lord Windsor).

Liverpool Cathedral competition

In 1902 Bodley was an assessor for the competition to design

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which selected a design by the young

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. When construction of the cathedral began in 1904, Bodley was appointed to oversee Gilbert Scott's work, but had no direct part in its design.

Late works

One of Bodley's final architectural works was the chapel at

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, the foundation stone of which was laid on 18 May 1907 by Lord St John of Bletso. Building took a year, the chapel was consecrated in July 1908, but by which time Bodley had died. The other was the St Chad's parish church,

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. Work started in 1905 and the church was consecrated in 1910. After Bodley's death his partner Cecil Greenwood Hare took over the project; his contribution was the design of an octagonal choir vestry.

Royal Academy

Bodley exhibited at the

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from 1854. He was elected an associate of the academy in 1881 and a full academician in 1902.

Other activities

As well as being an architect, he was a draughtsman, a connoisseur of art, published a volume of poems in 1899, inspired art works by painters such as John Melhuish Strudwick and designed

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and

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es for Watts & Co. He served as prime warden of the Fishmongers' Company in 1901–02. In early life he had been in close alliance with the

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s, and he did a great deal to improve public taste in domestic decoration and furniture.

Death

Bodley died on 21 October 1907 at

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and is buried in the churchyard of the Church of St James, Kinnersley, Herefordshire.

Gallery

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interior of All Saints', Cambridge. Image:All Saints' Church, Cambridge.jpg, Alternative exterior view of All Saints', Cambridge Image:StJohnTheBaptist.jpg, St John the Baptist Church, Tue Brook Image:Church of St Augustine, Pendlebury.jpg, St Augustine's Church,

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, Cardiff (1884) Image:Long Melford - geograph.org.uk - 4048.jpg,

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. Image:St-john-divine-nave-roof.jpg, Interior of St John the Divine, Kennington File:StMatthewChapelAll.jpg, St Matthew's Church, Chapel Allerton, Leeds File:St.Peter's in Eastgate - geograph.org.uk - 122764.jpg, St Peter in Eastgate, Lincoln, is the combined work of three eminent architects - nave and chancel by Sir

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(1870), south aisle by

Temple Moore Temple Lushington Moore (7 June 1856 – 30 June 1920) was an English architect who practised in London but whose work can be seen across England, particularly in the North. He is famous for a series of fine Gothic Revival churches built betwe ...

(1914) and the chancel decoration by Bodley (1884). File:Bedfordschoolchapel.JPG,

Chapel, 1908 - his last work

Works

New churches

Church repairs, alterations and furnishings

* 1859–63 St James' Church, Bicknor,

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: new vestry, porch and roof, reseating and repairs to walls * 1863–65 All Saints' Church, Coddington, Nottinghamshire: rebuild * 1864–65 St James' Church,

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: repairs *1864–67 Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge: repairs * 1866–69 St Michael & All Angels Church, Kingsland, Herefordshire: repairs * 1868–70 St Mary's Church, Almeley,

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, with

: repairs * 1868–70 St Nicholas's Church, South Kilworth,

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: repairs * 1870–71 St Mary the Virgin,

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, Yorkshire: repairs * 1870–73 St Michael's Church, Lyonshall,

: repairs * 1871–72 St Mark's Church, Bilton, Warwickshire, with Thomas Garner: new north aisle, transept and organ chamber, with reseating, reflooring and general repairs to roofs and walls * 1871–72 Church of St Mary Magdalene, Keyworth,

: repairs * 1871–72 St Laurence's Church, Rowington,

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, with Thomas Garner: repairs * 1873 St Swithun's Church, East Retford

: Chantry chapel rebuilt * 1873–75 Church of St Mary the Virgin, Plumtree,

, with Thomas Garner: decoration and new organ case * 1873–79 St Michael's Church,

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, Berkshire, with Thomas Garner, new south aisle: reseating and general restoration * 1874 St Helen's Church, Brant Broughton,

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: new chancel and repairs * 1874–78 St Peter & St Paul's Church, Langham, Rutland, with Thomas Garner: repairs to roof, walls, tower and belfry * 1876–79 St Laurence's Church, Oxhill, Warwickshire, with Thomas Garner: repairs * 1876–88 St Wilfrid's Church, Hickleton, Yorkshire * 1880 St Swithun's Church,

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* 1880–83 St Laurence's Church, Frodsham, with Thomas Garner: restoration * 1881–84 All Saints' Church, Nettleham,

, with Thomas Garner: new vestry and organ chamber, rebuilding and enlargement of chancel, rebuilding of porch and general repairs * 1882–90 All Saints' Church,

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, with Thomas Garner: rebuild * 1884 St Mary's Church, Clifton,

* 1885 St Michael's Church, Kirk Langley,

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, with Thomas Garner: restoration * 1886–88 St Manakneu's Church, Lanreath,

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, with Thomas Garner: repairs * 1887 Church of St Giles,

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, remodelling in the Gothic style * 1889–91 St Giles' Church, Mountnessing,

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, with Thomas Garner: new vestry/organ chamber, four new nave windows, reseating and general repairs to roof and walls * 1889–92 St John the Baptist Church, Epping,

, with Thomas Garner: rebuild * 1890 St John the Divine, Kennington, London (interior) * 1890

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(chapter house) * 1890 St Saviour's Church, Ellerby Road,

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: addition of Pusey chapel. * 1890–99 St Andrew's Church, Chelmondiston,

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, with Thomas Garner: enlargement * 1891–1905 All Saints' Church, St Paul's Walden, Hertfordshire, with Thomas Garner: new vestry, new west window in south aisle, reseating and general repairs to roof and walls * 1892 Holy Trinity Church,

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, Kent: new chancel * 1892 St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge: new chancel, rood screen and reredos * 1895 St Martin's Church, Womersley,

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: rood screen and loft, nave and chancel roof decoration * 1897 St George in the Meadows, Nottingham: added chancel * 1898

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: clerestory added to chancel * 1898–1903

: refurbishment of main tower * 1898–1905 St Bartholomew's Church,

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: new chancel, north chapel, vestry and chapel at east end of south aisle * 1898–1905 St Paul's Church, Bedford: reorder chancel, restore choir stalls and new rood screen * 1899–1901 All Saints' Church, East Horndon,

: repairs * 1899–1904 St Carantoc's Church, Crantock,

, with Edmund Harold Sedding: repairs * 1900–01 St Nicholas' Church, Little Bowden,

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: repairs * 1901 St Peter's Church, Hartshorne, Derbyshire: enlargement * 1901 St Mary's Church, Whitkirk,

: rebuilt * 1902–05 St Mary the Virgin, Barton Mills,

: repairs * 1903 St Stephen's, Gloucester Road, London, with

Walter Tapper Sir Walter John Tapper (21 April 1861 – 21 September 1935) was an English architect known for his work in the Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival style and a number of church buildings. He worked with some leading ecclesiastical archit ...

: new reredos and other alterations * 1903–04 Christ Church, Mold Green, Kirkheaton, Yorkshire: new chancel, vestry & organ chamber * 1904 St Bartholomew's Church, Elvaston repairs and rebuilding of the chancel * 1905–07 St Nicholas' Church,

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: new vestries, organ chamber and porches, several new windows, rebuilding of chancel, reseating and general repairs * 1906 Church of the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Souldern: dismantled and rebuilt bell tower and tower arch * 1906 Holy Angels Church, Lilliput Road,

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: rood screen, choir stalls and organ case * 1906 St Barnabas Church, Pimlico, London: reredos, rood screen and (with Hill and Son) organ case * 1907 St Barnabas Church, Hove: reredos * 1907–09 All Saints' Church, Kedleston: north aisle * St Paul's, Burton upon Trent: alterations

Secular buildings

* 1856 National School, Haywards Heath, Sussex * 1870 Queens' College Old Hall,

, decoration * 1872–76 Offices of the London School Board (with

), (demolished 1929) * The Wodehouse near Wombourne, for the Shaw-Hellier family * Hewell Grange * 1905: Second Boer War Memorial, York

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