Charles Edgar Buckeridge

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Charles Edgar Buckeridge (1864–11 May 1898) was an English church decorative artist and the son of Charles Buckeridge, a Gothic Revival architect.

Life and career[]

Born in Headington, Oxford in 1864, the son of Annie and Charles Buckeridge, a Gothic Revival architect,[1] he trained with Burlison & Grylls, ecclesiastical decorators. He exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1882 with a painting of Hampton Court[2] and became known for his religious works, described as a "highly esteemed painter in this field".

He was employed by C. Hodgson Fowler, Arthur Blomfield, John Oldrid Scott, John Loughborough Pearson and Edmund Harold Sedding. His most important patron was George Frederick Bodley for whom he completed the decoration at St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough, that had been started by Edward Burne-Jones and Morris & Co. in the 1860s.[3]

He worked in partnership with Charles Stephen Floyce (c1857-1895), a French artist,[4] until the end of 1890.[5] They advertised as 'panel and mural painters' and 'artists in stained glass'.[6] Floyce later (1892) worked with Blomfield on the Royal Memorial Church of St George, Cannes.[7]

Other projects included paintings (1894) for Pearson's chapel at St Antony's College, Oxford; the original architect of the nunnery had been his father.[8]

A painting of the Annunciation originally in St Margaret's Church, Burton upon Trent, is now in St Mary's Church, Claxby by Normanby. Other paintings from St Margaret's are a Crucifixion in St Paul's, Burton upon Trent, and the Agony in the Garden in St Andrew's, Stainton le Vale.[9]

The reredos formerly in St Mark's Church, Horsham, is now in St Mary's Church. It cost about £200. "The upper part of the reredos is in the form of a triptych. The framework is of oak, and the panels, gilt and coloured, are painted in oils, the work being of the Flemish school. The centre panel represents the adoration of the infant Jesus by the Virgin and St Joseph. The side panels bear figures of the four Evangelists. Sir Arthur Blomfield was the architect, and Messrs. Floyce and Buckeridge, of London, were the artists."[10]

At St Mary Magdalene, Enfield, he painted the East Wall and the angels on the ceiling in the chancel (1897/8).[11][12]

"The altar and reredos of the church of St. Nicholas, Rodmersham, Kent, have been exquisitely painted by Messrs. Buckeridge and Floyce". "It represents the best order of ecclesiastical art, viz., the 15th Century German, whilst the character of the ornament is founded on the old Norfolk work".[13]

His masterpiece is probably the triptych (1892-3) for the architect Norman Shaw's All Saints' Church, Richard's Castle, Shropshire.[14]

Personal life[]

Charles married Ellen Dunkley in Marylebone in 1888[15] and had one son, Albert (b 1881). In 1882 his address was given as 4, Duke Street, Portland Place and in 1891 Wilmot Place, St Pancras. He later lived at Mortimer Street, Marylebone. He died at 64 Agamemnon Road, West Hampstead in 1898,[16] and is buried in Camden.

Gallery[]

  • Reredos, Richard's Castle

  • St Pancras (Old Church) Reredos

  • St Mary Magdalene, Enfield. The Angel Gabriel

  • St Mary Magdalene, Enfield. The Magi

  • St Mary Magdalene, Enfield. The ceiling

  • Triptych, St Katharine, Ickleford

  • St Mary's Church, Nottingham

  • Triptych, Headley

  • Holy Trinity Church, Guildford

  • Annunciation, Leatherhead

  • Triptych, Salisbury Cathedral

  • St Matthew's Church, Northampton. Triptych in the Lady Chapel

  • St Mary's Church, Portsea Reredos by Buckeridge & Floyce

  • The Wolferton Triptych, Lynn

  • St Martin, Scarborough. Reredos & rood-screen (1889)

Works[]

Incomplete. (After Andrew Saint[3] with additions)

Image Type Location County Architect Note
Panels above the altar at St Mary, Bromfield - geograph.org.uk - 1443146.jpg Triptych St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bromfield Shropshire Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A. "Painted in Netherlandish style" (c 1890)[17]
Pulpit St Mary's Church, Honley West Yorkshire Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A. [18][19]
Reredos St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle Durham Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A.
Reredos St Mary's, Goldsborough North Yorkshire Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A.
St Mary's Church, Nottingham - Reredos.JPG Reredos St Mary's Church, Nottingham Nottinghamshire G. F. Bodley, A.R.A. 1885
CPS97247.jpg Painting in memory of Lord Burton's father St Margaret, Burton upon Trent Staffordshire G. F. Bodley, A.R.A. [20] Demolished 1968.[9] See above for location of work
YCPS02400.jpg Reredos St Martin's, Scarborough North Yorkshire G. F. Bodley, A.R.A.
Pimlico, St Barnabas Church, Crypt altar.jpg Three paintings in crypt Church of St Barnabas, Pimlico London G. F. Bodley, A.R.A.
St Peter, St Paul and St Thomas of Canterbury, Bovey Tracey, Devon - Screen - geograph.org.uk - 1730471.jpg Doors in screen Bovey Tracey Devon J. D. Sedding 1887[21]
Work Milstead, near Sittingbourne Kent J. D. Sedding
Work Netley, near Southampton Hampshire J. D. Sedding
Lenten altar cloth (partial) Holy Trinity, Chelsea London J. D. Sedding
Large painting (altar) St John's, Clerkenwell London J. O. Scott, F.S.A. Destroyed 1941
Reredos in side chapel Halifax Parish Church West Yorkshire Burlison and Grylls 1886[22] Formerly in the Holdsworth Chapel. Disposed of, current location not known.[23]
Croydon Minster, apse ceiling.jpg Work, including stencilling and roof colour Croydon Parish Church London Burlison and Grylls
Charles Edgar Buckeridge.jpg Reredos St Mary's Church, Portsea Hampshire Sir Arthur Blomfield Buckeridge and Floyce[24][25]
Triptych North Mundham near Chichester West Sussex Sir Arthur Blomfield 1883. St Stephen’s Church, North Mundham
St Pancras Old Church, Reredos.jpg Triptych Old St Pancras Church London Sir Arthur Blomfield 1888 Buckeridge and Floyce[26]
Guildford, Holy Trinity Church, apse detail.jpg Apse, altar and small table Holy Trinity, Guildford Surrey Sir Arthur Blomfield
Frame only Plaistow (St Mary) London Sir Arthur Blomfield
300713-007 CPS (11695118934).jpg Altar panels for Clayton and Bell Truro Cathedral Cornwall J. L. Pearson 1887[27]
Reredos (carved) Durham Castle Durham Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A.
Work on altar St Nicholas' church, Rodmersham, near Sittingbourne Kent Rev W Mellor Buckeridge and Floyce[28][13]
Triptych Kennington convent, Wyndham Road London For sister Jane (Gibson) Sisters Of Charity, 126, Wyndham Road, Lambeth. Demolished
St Antony's College Library.JPG Altar front, Three panel paintings round apse of chapel The Convent al St Giles Oxford (Holy Trinity Convent) Oxford For the Rev Mother [8] "This entry probably refers to the altar front, painted originally for the temporary chapel. Later, Buckeridge added three of the panel paintings round the apse of the chapel". Now the college library, see above.
ZCPS01889.jpg The Wolferton Triptych Wolferton Norfolk Sir Arthur Blomfield
Two-light memorial window Grahamstown Cathedral South Africa West End of North Aisle[29]
Lancet memorial window Alice Church, Cape Colony South Africa
Decoration Garrison Church of St Peter and St Paul, Shoeburyness Essex For Revd. Malin, Chaplain See postcard.[30] Closed 1987 and sold in 2018[31]
Large mural painting St Thomas's Convent Chapel (Osney House), Oxford Oxfordshire destroyed?
Reredos Woburn Sands Church Bedfordshire [32]
Reredos St Giles Cripplegate London destroyed
Enfield, St Mary Magdalene, ceiling 1.jpg Enfield, St Mary Magdalene, East wall top northern section.jpg Decorative work to roof St Mary Magdalene, Enfield London [11][33] see above
High altar of All Saints' Church, Richard's Castle (geograph 4813534).jpg Reredos All Saints' Church, Richard's Castle Shropshire Norman Shaw Also "decorations of east wall"[14]
C E Buckeridge altar at Salisbury Cathedral.jpg Reredos in Lady Chapel Salisbury Cathedral Wiltshire Sir Arthur Blomfield [34] 1896. In North Transept Bay.
Northampton St Matthew HDR I.jpg Triptych in Lady Chapel St Matthew's Church, Northampton Northamptonshire [35]
Headley, St Mary the Virgin, altar.jpg Triptych St Mary the Virgin, Headley Surrey 1895[36]
Buckeridge Horsham retable ensemble.jpg Reredos St Mark’s, Horsham West Sussex Sir Arthur Blomfield [10] Now in St Mary's Church, Horsham[37]
Leatherhead, St Mary & St Nicholas, Annunciation (R).jpg Two frescoes either side of the chancel arch Church of St Mary & St Nicholas, Leatherhead Surrey Sir Arthur Blomfield 1894. Messrs Buckeridge and Floyce of Mortimer Street.[38]
Buckeridge Triptych Ickleford.jpg Triptych Church of St Katharine, Ickleford Hertfordshire
Window in memory of Isabella Caroline Francis St Edmund's Church, Northampton Northamptonshire 1892.[39] Demolished c1980 and windows disposed of.[40]

References[]

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