St Catherine's Church, Hoarwithy

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St Catherine's Church, Hoarwithy
Church of St Catherine, Hoarwithy
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Church of St Catherine, Hoarwithy
St Catherine's Church, Hoarwithy is located in Herefordshire
St Catherine's Church, Hoarwithy
St Catherine's Church, Hoarwithy
Location in Herefordshire
Coordinates: 51°57′41″N 2°39′45″W / 51.9613°N 2.6625°W / 51.9613; -2.6625
LocationHoarwithy, Herefordshire
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
Websitewww.stw.org.uk
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade I
Designated26 March 1987
Architect(s)John Pollard Seddon
Architectural typeChurch
Groundbreakingc.1870
Completed1901
Administration
ParishHentland
DioceseDiocese of Hereford
Clergy
Vicar(s)Revd Elizabeth Davies
Assistant priest(s)Revd Frances Phillips

The Church of St Catherine is a Church of England parish church at Hoarwithy in the English county of Herefordshire. Brooks and Pevsner describe it as "the most impressive Victorian church in the county.[1] Designed in an Italian Romanesque[1] style by the architect John Pollard Seddon[1] for the Revd William Poole, vicar of Hentland with Hoarwithy,[1] it is a Grade I listed building.[2]

History[]

The original chapel on the site was a "brick building"[1] of the 1840s which Poole considered; "An ugly brick building with no pretensions to any style of architecture."[3] Coming into his inheritance in 1870, Poole commissioned Seddon to undertake a total rebuilding.[3] The building history is "unclear";[1] designs were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1874, and the main building period appears to have been 1878–79,[1] although English Heritage records much work as post-dating 1885.[4] Brooks and Pevsner consider that this may relate "largely to the internal decoration."[1] Work has continued into the 21st century with the addition of the "Dubricius" polyptych[5] by the artist Edward Kelly,[6] and the restoration of the organ.[7]

Description[]

The church has an "imposing campanile,"[1] of four storeys, with an open arcaded ground floor.[1] The church is of sandstone, which encases the brick structure of 1840. A North porch is linked to the arcades of the campanile by a loggia.[8] Historic England describes the design of the church as "eclectic Rundbogenstil"[8] with "Byzantine, French, Venetian, Lombardic, Tuscan and Sicilian Romanesque influences."[9] Simon Jenkins considers the church; "a complete work of revivalist art, rare for its date, an astonishing creation."[10]

The churchyard contains five war graves, three British Army soldiers and a Royal Navy seaman of World War I and a Royal Naval Reserve officer of World War II. [11]

Gallery[]

  • Loggia or cloister

  • Floor mosaic detail

  • East end of the church

  • Stained glass

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Brooks & Pevsner 2012, p. 363.
  2. ^ "CHURCH OF ST CATHERINE - 1214570". Historic England. 26 March 1987. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b "The Parish Churches of Hentland and Hoarwithy". Hentlandandhoarwithy.co.uk. 23 February 1904. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  4. ^ "CHURCH OF ST CATHERINE - 1214570". Historic England. 26 March 1987. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Paintings". Edward Kelly. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  6. ^ Brooks & Pevsner 2012, p. 364.
  7. ^ "St Weonards group website - News". Stw.org.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  8. ^ a b "CHURCH OF ST CATHERINE - 1214570". Historic England. 26 March 1987. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  9. ^ Good Stuff (26 March 1987). "Church of St Catherine - Hentland - Herefordshire - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  10. ^ Jenkins 1999, pp. 269–70.
  11. ^ "Hoarwithy Churchyard". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

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