St Andrew's Church, Ham

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St Andrew's Church, Ham
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51°25′58.3″N 0°18′11.7″W / 51.432861°N 0.303250°W / 51.432861; -0.303250Coordinates: 51°25′58.3″N 0°18′11.7″W / 51.432861°N 0.303250°W / 51.432861; -0.303250
LocationChurch Road, Ham Common, Richmond TW10 5HG
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
Websitewww.standrewsham.church
Architecture
Architect(s)Edward Lapidge[2]
Years built1830–31[2]
Specifications
MaterialsBath stone dressings and London stock brickwork[1]
Administration
ParishHam, St Andrew[1]
DeaneryKingston
ArchdeaconryWandsworth
Episcopal areaKingston
DioceseSouthwark
ProvinceCanterbury
Clergy
ArchbishopJustin Welby
Bishop(s)Rt Revd Christopher Chessun
Vicar(s)Rev Alice Pettit
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated10 January 1950
Reference no.1080847

St Andrew's Church, Ham, is a Grade II listed[3] Church of England church on Church Road, Ham Common in Ham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

Architecture[]

The church was built in grey brick in 1830–31; the architect was Edward Lapidge. A south aisle with a rose window, designed by Raphael Brandon, was added in 1860, and a chancel in red brick, by Bodley & Garner, in 1900–01.[2]

The church has 32 windows; eleven with stained glass installed between 1901 and 1948, four of which are by Shrigley & Hunt. The three-light window at the west end by Hugh Ray Easton, installed in 1932, shows Saint Andrew in the centre, flanked by scenes of baptism and confirmation.[4] Surrounding the high altar are eight large paintings of prophets and evangelists.[5]

There is a memorial stained glass window to Sir George Dance (1857–1932), a dramatist and theatrical manager, and his son Erik who died in a prison camp in World War II.

There are also funerary hatchments at the back of the church dedicated to Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart and his wife Countess Grace.

Notable interments[]

  • Violet Hyachinth Bowes-Lyon (1882–1893), who died of diphtheria at Forbes House on Ham Common. Her father was Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and she was the elder sister of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, The Queen Mother.[6]
  • General William Eden (1768–1851), army officer who was awarded a gold medal at the capture of Java from the Dutch in 1811; he lived on Ham Common.[7]
  • Joshua Field JP (1829–1904), Deputy Lieutenant for Surrey, who lived at Latchmere House, son of Joshua Field FRS.[8]
  • Wilfred Hudleston Hudleston (1828–1909), English geologist whose epitaph records "An eminent scientist whose work and research did much towards the advancement of geology".
  • Sir Coutts Lindsay, 2nd Baronet (1824–1913), artist and watercolourist.
  • Captain Lauchlan Bellingham Mackinnon (1815–1877), captain in the Royal Navy who wrote three books about his experiences.
  • John Minter Morgan (1782–1854), author and philanthropist who founded the National Orphan Home on Ham Common in 1849.
  • Sir Richard Owen (1804–1892), biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist.
  • Charles Gottlieb Pfander (1803–1865) of the Church Missionary Society. His epitaph reads that he was "a leading champion in the great controversy between Christianity and Mahommedanism."
  • Admiral Sir Peter Richards KCB (1787–1869), Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Sea Lord.
  • (1887–1936), twice Mayor of the City of Westminster 1933–1935. There is bust of him in the Richmond Reference Library.[9]
  • Hugh Colin Smith (1836–1910), Governor of the Bank of England from 1897 to 1899.
  • Sarah Smith (1832–1911), writer of children's books under the pen name Hesba Stretton.[10]

The cemetery also contains the graves of three war dead: Irene Daisy Collett of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (d 1943), Ronald Oswald Dibben of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (d 1942) and William Samuel Hudson Palmer of the Royal Flying Corps (d 1917).[11][12][13][14] Also the grave of Dr. Frederick Carson who was a captain in the R.A.M.C. in WW1 and was awarded the Military Cross in 1918.[15]

Activities[]

The church has a service on Sunday mornings, a Sunday School for children between the ages of 3 to 11 years and a youth group for older children.

On the initiative of a German-speaking congregation established in 1979 by parents of pupils attending the German School nearby in Petersham, Lutheran services in the German language have been held at St Andrew's since 1980. The services are held twice a month on Sunday afternoons, with a concurrent Sunday school. There are also regularly scheduled ecumenical services shared by the Anglican St Andrew's congregation and the German-speaking Catholic congregation[16] (which holds services at St Thomas Aquinas, Ham).

Gallery[]

Church interior[]

  • The altar

  • Chancel at Harvest Flower Festival

  • East window

  • Sir George Dance window

Church exterior[]

  • View from the cemetery

Churchyard tombs[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Kingston Deanery: Ham, St Andrew". Where We Are. Anglican Diocese of Southwark. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner (1983). The Buildings of England – London 2: South. London: Penguin Books. p. 472. ISBN 0-14-0710-47-7.
  3. ^ Historic England (10 January 1050). "Church of St Andrew (1080847)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  4. ^ Robert Eberhard (January 2015). "Stained Glass Windows at St. Andrew". Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  5. ^ Kip Waddell. Reading Saint Andrew's Church through its Art and Architecture. St Andrew's Church, Ham.
  6. ^ Hugo Vickers (2006). Elizabeth: The Queen Mother. Arrow Books/Random House. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-09-947662-7.
  7. ^ "Death of Gen Eden". Lloyd's Illustrated Newspaper. 1 June 1851 – via British Library Newspapers.
  8. ^ "Joshua Field". Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 157: 374. January 1904. doi:10.1680/imotp.1904.16538 – via ICE Virtual Library.
  9. ^ "Mr. F. G. Rudler". The Times. 23 May 1936. p. 16 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  10. ^ "Deaths: Miss Hesba Stretton". The Times. 12 October 1911. p. 11. Retrieved 15 May 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  11. ^ "William Samuel Hudson Palmer (1896–1917)". Ham Remembers. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Graveyard". St Andrew's Church, Ham Common.
  13. ^ "Cemetery or Memorial: Ham (St Andrew) Churchyard". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Ham (St. Andrew) Churchyard". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Dr F Carson". The News Letter. Belfast. 18 November 1938. p. 6.
  16. ^ "German Lutheran church "hidden in Ham"" (PDF). Ham and Petersham Magazine: 23. Autumn 2010.

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