John Hayward (1807–1891) was a Gothic Revival architect based in

Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal c ...

, Devon, who gained the reputation as "the senior architect in the west of England".

Biography

John Hayward was born in London on 26 September 1807, the son of a 'house and ornament painter', John Pearson Hayward and Frances Barry and related to Sir Charles Barry, the designer of the

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, with whom he served as pupil. He was an accomplished painter and draughtsman; by 1826, he was exhibiting at the

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and, by 1834, he had left Barry and set up practice in Cathedral Yard, Exeter, Devon. Hayward was official architect of The Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society, which meant that all new designs for the churches in the Exeter Diocese passed through him for approval, and a member of

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, later The Ecclesiological Society. So popular was his work on local churches that St Andrew's,

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was described by The Ecclesiologist in July 1842, as the "best specimen of modern church we have yet seen." This accolade soon led to further work; in

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, Lady Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot, the Marchioness of Lothian, commissioned Hayward to design

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in 1844, and in Oxfordshire he designed St. James' Church in

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, to which he added the west tower in 1861. But probably his most famous design was for The

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, Exeter. which opened in 1868 as a practical memorial to Prince Albert, and is the largest museum in the city. Whilst many of his designs were for religious use, he also designed schools and worked on other buildings, including The Hall,

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, (1844) which

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described as "the most ambitious of all halls except Wolsey's" at Christ Church College, and Exeter Prison on New North Road, Exeter, which was based upon the plans of the new model prison at

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. Hayward died on 7 May 1891. His son, Pearson Barry Hayward, worked under him, but died before his father in 1888; their practice was known as Messrs Hayward & Son.

Work

Work, including restoration, undertaken by John Hayward and his practice includes:

In Cornwall

*All Saints,

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* All Saints, Tuckingmill, Camborne *Holy Trinity,

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*St Cleder, St Clether

In Devon

*St Andrew,

*St Mary, Bickleigh *St Mary, Bicton *St Michael, Sowton *St Mark,

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*St David,

*St Mary Arches, Exeter *St Andrew, Halberton *St Gregory, Harpford *St John the Baptist,

Holcombe Burnell Holcombe Burnell is a civil parish in Devon, England, the church of which is about 4 miles west of Exeter City centre. There is no village clustered around the church, rather the nearest village within the parish is Longdown. Only the manor h ...

*St Thomas of Canterbury,

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*St Mary Magdalene,

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*St Michael, Mumsbury *St Michael,

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*St Mary, Appledore, Northam *St Mary, Rockbeare *St Mary, Whimple *St Mary the Virgin, Woolfardisworthy, Mid Devon *St Swithun, Sandford *St Peter, Uplowman *St Thomas the Apostle,

*St John The Evangelist, Tipton St John *

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*St Philip and St James,

*Paschoe House,

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*All Saints,

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* St Bridget, Bridestowe *Holy Trinity,

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*Holy Trinity, Burrington * St Eustachius' Church, Tavistock *St Peter, Twitchen *

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Uffculme Uffculme (, ) is a village and civil parish located in the Mid Devon district, of Devon, England. Situated in the Blackdown Hills on the B3440, close to the M5 motorway and the Bristol–Exeter railway line, near Cullompton, Uffculme is on th ...

* Crediton Parish Church *St Michael and All Angels, Alphington * St Luke's College, Exeter University *The Exeter Diocesan Training School, now part of St. Luke's Campus *All Hallows on the Wall, Exeter (since demolished) * Queen Elizabeth School,

* Hele's School, Exeter *The New Buildings,

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, Tiverton *Blundell's School chapel, Tiverton *The High School for Girls, Exeter. Renamed in 1912 as The Maynard School. *All Saints chapel, Bradfield, Uffculme *The Board School, Dawlish * Holcombe Court, Holcombe Rogus *The Halford Wing, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Southernhay, Exeter, Devon *Ashbury House, Ashbury, Devon (since demolished).

In Jersey

*St Mark,

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*St Luke, Saint Saviour *St George, Saint Ouen *St Ouen, St Ouen * Victoria College, St Helier *Natwest Bank, Library Place, St Helier

Elsewhere

St Michael Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...

, Milverton, Somersethttp://www.churchplansonline.org/retrieve_results.asp?search_args=x%3DMILVERTON%7Cl%3DMILVERTON%7Cc%3DSomerset *St Peter, Walgrave, Northamptonshire *St James,

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, Oxfordshire *St. John,

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, Scottish Borders *The Hall,

*The New Buildings of 1846 (since renamed the Robert Stevens building), Pembroke College, Oxford

Gallery

File:Victoria College Jersey.jpg, Victoria College at St Helier, Jersey File:Gothic revival bank Jersey architecture.jpg, Bank building in Library Place,

, Jersey – built in 1873 by John Hayward for Jersey Banking Company File:Blundells.jpg,

new buildings completed in 1882 File:Pembroke Chapel Quad.JPG, The Hall, Chapel Quad,

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, Cornwall File:Kingswear church.jpg, St. St Thomas of Canterbury, Kingswear, Devon File:Exeter University - St Luke's Campus.jpg, North Cloisters, St Luke's Campus File:BradfieldHouseDevonSouthFront.jpg,

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, the South front and service wing, added by Hayward in the 1860s File:HolcombeCourtHolcombeRogusDevon.jpg, Holcombe Court, the North and West fronts were added by Hayward in 1863. File:BictonChurchDevon.JPG, St Mary,

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. Built for the

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family in 1850. File:Little Milton - church 05.jpg, St James' Little Milton, Oxfordshire. File:St Thomas' church, Exeter - geograph.org.uk - 251326.jpg, St Thomas the Apostle, St Thomas, Exeter