Benjamin Ferrey FSA

FRIBA The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...

(1 April 1810–22 August 1880) was an English architect who worked mostly in the

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

Family

Benjamin Ferrey was the youngest son of Benjamin Ferrey Snr (1779–1847), a

draper Draper was originally a term for a retailer or wholesaler of cloth that was mainly for clothing. A draper may additionally operate as a cloth merchant or a haberdasher. History Drapers were an important trade guild during the medieval period ...

who became Mayor of

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, and his wife Ann Pillgrem (1773–1824).Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 169 He was educated at Wimborne Grammar School. Ferrey married twice. On 26 April 1836 at

Islington Islington () is a district in the north of Greater London, England, and part of the London Borough of Islington. It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the ar ...

, he married Ann Mary (Annie) Lucas (1812–1871). They had five children: Alicia (1838–1924), Ellen (1840–41), Eleanor Mary (1842–45), Benjamin Edmund (1845–1900) and Annie (1847–1926). Benjamin Edmund or Edmund Benjamin also became an architect, studying under his father and then assisting in his work. After the death of his first wife in 1871, he married a second time, in 1872 at

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to Emily Hopkinson (1829–1922). Ferrey died on 22 August 1880 at his London home.

Ancestors

Career

After grammar school, Ferrey went to London to study under

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and alongside Pugin's son

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin ( ; 1 March 181214 September 1852) was an English architect, designer, artist and critic with French and, ultimately, Swiss origins. He is principally remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival st ...

. In his early twenties Ferrey toured continental Europe, then studied further in the office of William Wilkins. He started his own architectural practice in 1834, in Great Russell Street,

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, London. Some of the earliest work of his practice was in the design of the new seaside resort of

Bournemouth Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the Southern ...

, particularly his work on

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with

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. The business grew rapidly and was very successful, with Ferrey designing and restoring or rebuilding many

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es. Ferrey also designed private houses and public buildings, including a number of

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ones in the earlier part of his career.

Charles Eastlake Charles Locke Eastlake (11 March 1836 – 20 November 1906) was a British architect and furniture designer. His uncle, Sir Charles Lock Eastlake PRA (born in 1793), was a Keeper of the National Gallery, from 1843 to 1847, and from 1855 its fi ...

in his ''History of the Gothic Revival'' described Ferrey as "one of the earliest, ablest, and most zealous pioneers of the modern Gothic school" and said his work "possessed the rare charm of simplicity, without lacking interest". Ferrey was twice Vice-President of the

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and in 1870 was awarded a

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. He was Diocesan Architect to the

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from 1841 until his death, carrying out much of the restoration work on

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and the Bishop's Palace. He was also appointed Honorary Secretary to the Architects' Committee for the

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Work

Buildings

Tarrant Hinton Tarrant Hinton is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Tarrant Valley, approximately northeast of Blandford Forum. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 160. The villa ...

, Dorset: Old Rectory, 1836 *

Westover, Hampshire Westover, Hampshire, is the ancient manor, now in Dorset, over which much of modern Bournemouth has developed. This area of land marked a historic boundary between Celtic and Saxon civilisations, which found expression as the county boundary bet ...

: estate of villas, 1836 (demolished 1906–29) *

Royal Bath Hotel The Royal Bath Hotel is a building in Bournemouth, Dorset. It is regarded to be the towns most famous hotel. Since 1974, the hotel has been a Grade II listed building. History George Tapps-Gervis built the hotel in 1838. The hotel opened o ...

, Hampshire (now

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), 1837–38 *St Thomas of Canterbury parish church,

Compton Valence Compton Valence is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies approximately west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited at the head of a narrow valley, formed by a small tributary of the River Fro ...

, Dorset: rebuilding of church (except tower), 1839–40 *

Dorset County Hospital Dorset County Hospital is a district general hospital in the town of Dorchester, Dorset, England. The hospital is managed by Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. History Plans were developed in the early 1980s for a modern facility ...

, Dorchester, Dorset, 1839 onwards *Clyffe House,

Tincleton Tincleton is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated near the River Frome, approximately east of the county town Dorchester. The name of the village comes from the Old English "Tin la Ton", or "f ...

, Dorset, 1842Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 423 * Parish church of St James, Hambridge, Somerset, 1842 St Nicholas Church, Corfe (geograph 3584998)

*Parish church of St Nicholas, Corfe, Somerset, 1842 *All Saints' parish church,

Dogmersfield Dogmersfield is a small village lying between the towns of Fleet and Hartley Wintney in Hampshire, England. The M3 motorway and railway stations at Fleet and Winchfield provide routes to London. Places of interest include the village church, whic ...

, Hampshire, 1843 * All Saints' parish church, High East Street, Dorchester, Dorset, (with ADH Acland) 1843–45 *St James' parish church,

Morpeth, Northumberland Morpeth is a historic market town in Northumberland, North East England, lying on the River Wansbeck. Nearby towns include Ashington, Northumberland, Ashington and Bedlington, Northumberland, Bedlington. In the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 ...

, 1843–46 *St John the Evangelist Church,

Hale, Surrey Hale is a village in Surrey, England or part of Farnham, towards Aldershot excluding the area between the two to the east which is Badshot Lea, and without formal definition in part overlaps Weybourne and Heath End, Surrey. The history of Far ...

, 1844, rare example of Romanesque rather than Gothic work Churchyard7

*St Nicholas' parish church,

Grafton, Wiltshire Grafton is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, in the Vale of Pewsey about southeast of Marlborough. Its main settlement is the village of East Grafton, on the A338 Burbage - Hungerford road; the parish includes the village of Wilton (not t ...

, 1844 *St Mary's parish church, Winterborne Whitchurch, Dorset: rebuilt nave, added south aisle and south transept, 1844 *St Thomas' parish church,

Keresley Keresley is a suburban village and civil parish in the City of Coventry, West Midlands, England, about north of Coventry city centre and southwest of Bedworth. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 791 falling to 713 a ...

Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its ...

, 1844–45 *St Mary's parish church,

Chilton Foliat Chilton Foliat is a village and civil parish on the River Kennet in Wiltshire, England. The parish is in the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is on the county boundary with West Berkshire and is about northwest of the ...

, Wiltshire: restoration, 1845 *Holy Trinity parish church,

Nuffield, Oxfordshire Nuffield is a village and civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in South Oxfordshire, England, just over east of Wallingford. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 939. Early history The ancient Ridgeway path runs through the vil ...

: restored chancel, 1845 *St Stephen's parish church,

Baughurst Baughurst is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It is located west of the town of Tadley, north of Basingstoke. In the 2001 census it had a population of 2,473. The village is known for its feud with Tadley in the manufacture ...

, Hampshire, 1845 *

Christ Church parish church The current Christ Church Parish Church located in Church Hill, Barbados, Church Hill, Christ Church, Barbados, Christ Church, Barbados was built in 1935 and is the fifth Church of England parish church, parish church on the site. At various times ...

, Melplash, Dorset, 1845–46 *St Swithin's parish church, Wickham, Berkshire, 1845–49: nave, chancel and upper part of bell-tower *Holy Trinity parish church, Yeovil, Somerset, 1843–46 *St Osmund's parish church,

Osmington Osmington is a village and civil parish within Dorset, England, situated on the Jurassic Coast north-east of Weymouth. In the 2011 census the parish—which includes the small settlements of Upton, Ringstead and Osmington Mills—had a popul ...

, Dorset: reconstruction, 1846 * St Barnabas' parish church, Swanmore, Hampshire, 1846 *St Edmund's parish church,

Vobster Mells is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, near the town of Frome. Vobster The parish includes the village of Vobster, which had a coal mine of the same name on the Somerset coalfield and a quarry, both of which are now disused. ...

, Somerset, 1846 *St Mary's parish church,

Twyford, Berkshire Twyford is a large village and civil parish in the English royal county of Berkshire, with a population of 6,618 people. It is in the Thames Valley at on the A4 between Reading and Maidenhead, close to Henley-on-Thames and Wokingham. History ...

, 1846 * St Peter's parish church, West Lydford, Somerset, 1846 *Saints Peter and Paul chapel, Bishop's Palace,

Cuddesdon Cuddesdon is a mainly rural village in South Oxfordshire centred ESE of Oxford. It has the largest Church of England clergy training centre, Ripon College Cuddesdon. Residents number approximately 430 in Cuddesdon's nucleated village centre a ...

, Oxfordshire, 1846 Glastonbury Market Cross - geograph

Market cross A market cross, or in Scots, a mercat cross, is a structure used to mark a market square in market towns, where historically the right to hold a regular market or fair was granted by the monarch, a bishop or a baron. History Market crosse ...

Glastonbury Glastonbury (, ) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. The town, which is in the Mendip district, had a population of 8,932 in the 2011 census. Glastonbury ...

, Somerset, 1846 *Christ Church, Henton, Somerset, 1847 * Municipal Buildings, Dorchester, Dorset, 1847–48 *St Boniface' parish church,

Bonchurch Bonchurch is a small village to the east of Ventnor, now largely connected to the latter by suburban development, on the southern part of the Isle of Wight, England. One of the oldest settlements on the Isle of Wight, it is situated on The Unde ...

, Isle of Wight, 1847–48 *

St Peter's College, Saltley St Peter's College, Saltley was a school and teacher training establishment located in Saltley, Birmingham, England. Today the former college building has now been refurbished and sub-divided into a multi-use facility, combining homes, offices an ...

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

, 1847–52 *St Barnabas' parish church,

Linslade Linslade is a town in the Central Bedfordshire unitary authority area of Bedfordshire, England. It borders the town of Leighton Buzzard, with which it forms the civil parish of Leighton-Linslade (where the 2011 Census population was included). ...

, Bedfordshire, 1848 *St John the Baptist parish church, Plush, Dorset, 1848 *Holy Trinity parish church,

Henley-on-Thames Henley-on-Thames ( ) is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England, northeast of Reading, west of Maidenhead, southeast of Oxford and west of London (by road), near the tripoint of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buc ...

, Oxfordshire, 1848 *St Mary the Virgin parish church,

Stamfordham, Northumberland Stamfordham is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was 1,047, rising to 1,185 at the 2011 Census. The place-name ''Stamfordham'' is first attested in the Pipe Rolls for ...

: restoration, 1848 *

Christchurch Priory Christchurch Priory is an ecclesiastical parish and former priory church in Christchurch in the English county of Dorset (formerly in Hampshire). It is one of the longest parish churches in the country and is as large as many of the Church of E ...

, Hampshire: pulpitum, 1848 *Stafford House,

West Stafford West Stafford is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, situated in the Frome valley east of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 291. The village contains the public house A pub (short f ...

, Dorset: west front, 1848–50 *St Margaret's parish church, Harpsden, Oxfordshire: extended nave, added aisle and bell tower, 1848–54 *Holy Trinity parish church,

Penn Street Penn is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of Beaconsfield and east of High Wycombe. The parish's cover Penn village and the hamlets of Penn Street, Knotty Green, Forty Green and Winchmore Hill. The p ...

, Buckinghamshire, 1849 * St John the Evangelist parish church, Tincleton, Dorset, 1849 * The (Old) School House, Tincleton, Dorset, circa 1849. *Holy Trinity parish church, Wood Green,

Witney Witney is a market town on the River Windrush in West Oxfordshire in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is west of Oxford. The place-name "Witney" is derived from the Old English for "Witta's island". The earliest known record of it is as ...

, Oxfordshire, 1849 *St Peter's parish church,

Cranbourne, Berkshire Cranbourne is a village in Berkshire, England, within the civil parish of Winkfield in the borough of Bracknell Forest. The settlement lies near to Windsor Great Park and Legoland Windsor, and is approximately south-west of Windsor. Neither Cran ...

, 1849 *All Saints' parish church,

Bisham Bisham is a village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. The village is on the River Thames, around south of Marlow in the neighbouring county of Buckinghamshire, and around northwest of Maide ...

, Berkshire: restoration, 1849 * All Saints' parish church,

, Oxfordshire: restoration, 1849 *St Thomas' parish church,

Colnbrook Colnbrook is a village in the Slough district in Berkshire, England. It lies within the historic boundaries of Buckinghamshire, and straddles two distributaries of the Colne, the Colne Brook and Wraysbury River. These two streams have their co ...

, Buckinghamshire, 1849–52 *Holy Trinity parish church,

Grazeley Grazeley is an area covering the small villages of Grazeley in the civil parish of Shinfield and Grazeley Green in the civil parish of Wokefield, south of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. To the east is the village of Spencers Wood, ...

, Berkshire, 1850 * St Michael and All Angels Church,

Littlebredy Littlebredy (also written Little Bredy, pronounced ) is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated approximately west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited at the head of the valley of the small River B ...

, Dorset: rebuilding of church and addition of spire, 1850 *St Botolph's parish church,

Swyncombe Swyncombe is a Hamlet (place), hamlet and large Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the high Chiltern Hills, Chilterns, within the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty about east of Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England. Swyncombe hamlet cons ...

, Oxfordshire: restoration, 1850 *St Teilo's Church,

Merthyr Mawr Merthyr Mawr is a village and community in Bridgend, Wales. The village is about 2½ miles from the centre of Bridgend town. The population of the community at the 2011 census was 267. The community occupies the area west of the Ewenny River, be ...

, (formerly Glamorgan), 1851 * St Laurence's parish church,

Upton, Slough Upton is a suburb of Slough, in the Slough district, in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. Until the local government reforms of 1974 it was in Buckinghamshire. It was one of the villages that developed into the town. History The Dom ...

, Buckinghamshire: south aisle, 1852 *St Mark's parish church,

Hedgerley Hedgerley is a village and civil parish in South Bucks district in Buckinghamshire, England. The parish is centred south-east of Beaconsfield and south-west of Gerrards Cross. The parish has incorporated the formerly separate parish of Hedg ...

, Buckinghamshire, 1852 *St Mary's parish church,

Kirtlington Kirtlington is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire about west of Bicester. The parish includes the hamlet of Northbrook. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 988. The parish measures nearly north–south and about east� ...

, Oxfordshire: rebuilt tower, 1853 *Holy Trinity parish church,

Deanshanger Deanshanger () is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, west-northwest of Milton Keynes. In 2007 it was joined with the civil parish of Wicken to form Deanshanger ward, returning two councillors. The population of the civil pari ...

, Northamptonshire, 1853 *St Paul's parish church,

Neithrop Neithrop is an inner housing estate and part of the greater 'Neithrop ward' of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. It is one of the oldest areas in Banbury, having first been first recorded as a hamlet in the 13th century. Neithrop, Woodgreen and Br ...

, Banbury, Oxfordshire, 1853 *Parish church of St Mary, Buckland St Mary, Somerset, 1853–63 *Battleford Hall, Fleet, Lincolnshire. Old Rectory, 1854 *St Mark's parish church, Fairfield, Worcestershire, 1854 * All Saints parish church,

Huntsham Huntsham is a small village and civil parish, formerly a manor and ecclesiastical parish, in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England. The nearest town is Tiverton, about south-west of the village. The parish is surrounded clockwise from the ...

, Devon, 1854–56Pevsner & Cherry, 1989, page 497 *Parish church of All Saints, Castle Cary, Somerset: rebuilding, 1855 *

Christ Church, Bala Christ Church, Bala, is in Bala, Gwynedd, Wales (). It is an active Anglican church in the deanery of Penllyn & Edeyrnion, the archdeaconry of Wrexham, and the diocese of St Asaph. The church was designated a Grade II listed buil ...

, Gwynedd (formerly Merionethshire), 1855. *St Giles' parish church, Barlestone, Leicestershire, 1855 *St Paul's parish church,

Scropton Foston and Scropton is a civil parish in the Dove valley in South Derbyshire. It includes the village of Scropton and hamlet of Foston. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was 728 increasing to 854 at the 2011 Census. The Dome ...

, Derbyshire, 1855–56 * All Saints' parish church,

Curland Curland is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The village has a population of 225. The parish includes the hamlet of Abbey Hill. Curland is home of a thriving e ...

, Somerset, 1856 *Chapels at Ocklynge cemetery,

Eastbourne Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the la ...

, East Sussex, 1857 All Saints church, Blackheath - geograph

All Saints' Blackheath All Saints' Blackheath is an Anglican parish church in Blackheath, London. Today a Grade II listed building, it was opened in November 1858 by the Bishop of London and was designed by Benjamin Ferrey. History Until the early 19th century, the ...

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, 1857–67 *Christ Church,

, East Sussex, 1859 *Grammar School, Morpeth, Northumberland, 1859 * Chase Cliffe house,

Crich Crich is a village in the English county of Derbyshire. The population at the 2001 Census was 2,821, increasing to 2,898 at the 2011 Census (including Fritchley and Whatstandwell). It has the National Tramway Museum inside the Crich Tramway Vil ...

, Derbyshire, 1859–61 *St Andrew's parish church,

West Hatch West Hatch is a hamlet and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south east of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. It has a population of 306. History The name of the hamlet indicates it lies to the west of Hatch Beauchamp ...

, Somerset, 1861 *Parish

church of All Saints, Merriott The Anglican Church of All Saints in Merriott, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. History The church was built in the 13th century. It was modified in the late 15th or early 16th century and the ...

, Somerset: chancel, chapels, east end of nave, 1862 *

Bulstrode Park Bulstrode is an English country house and its large park, located to the southwest of Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. The estate spreads across Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross and Fulmer, and predates the Norman conquest. Its name may ori ...

, Buckinghamshire: house, 1862 *

, Dorset (formerly Hampshire): restoration including porch vaulting, 1862 St Mary Magdalene Taunton

*Parish church of

St Mary Magdalene, Taunton Taunton Minster (St Mary Magdalene church) is a Church of England parish minster church in Taunton, Somerset, England, dedicated to Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene. It was completed in 1508 and is in the Early Tudor Perpendicular Gothic style. I ...

, Somerset: rebuilding, with

George Gilbert Scott Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), 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 started ...

, 1862 *Parish

church of St Mary the Virgin, East Stoke The Church of St Mary the Virgin at East Stoke in Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England dates from the 12th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. It was previously dedicated to Saint Denis. Much of the church, including th ...

, Somerset: restoration, 1862 *St Mary's parish church, Eling, Hampshire: restoration, 1863–65 *SS Mary and Peter's parish church,

Pett Pett is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. The village is located north-east of Hastings on the edge of Pett Level, the one-time marshes stretching along the coast of Rye Bay. The road through the villa ...

, East Sussex, 1864 *St Mary's parish church,

Warmington, Northamptonshire Warmington is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England with a population of 874 (as of the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 census), increasing to 939 at the 2011 Census. The village's name means ' ...

: restored chancel, 1865 *St Michael and All Angels' church,

Chetwynd, Shropshire Chetwynd is a rural civil parish just to the north of Newport, Shropshire in England. Although the parish contains no substantial nucleated settlements it includes the Chetwynd Park estate, in addition to Sambrook, Howle, Pickstock and a num ...

, 1865–67 *All Hallows' parish church,

Whitchurch, Hampshire Whitchurch is a town in the borough of Basingstoke and Deane in Hampshire, England. It is on the River Test, south of Newbury, Berkshire, north of Winchester, east of Andover and west of Basingstoke. Much of the town is a Conservation Area. ...

: restoration, 1866 * St Mary's parish church, East Lydford, Somerset, 1866 *Parish church of SS Peter and Paul, Lufton, Somerset, 1866 *

St Giles' Church, Wrexham St Giles' Parish Church ( cy, Eglwys San Silyn) is the parish church of Wrexham, Wales. The church is recognised as one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical architecture in Wales and is a Grade I listed building, described by Sir Simon Jenkin ...

(formerly Denbighshire): restoration, 1867 *

Huntsham Court Huntsham Court is a Grade II* listed country house in Huntsham, Devon, England. Built in 1868–70, it was designed in the Tudor Gothic style by Benjamin Ferrey for Charles Troyte. It was then the home of his son and local MP, Sir Gilbert Acl ...

, Huntsham, Devon, 1868–70 *Parish

church of All Saints, Chipstable The Church of All Saints is an Anglican church in Chipstable, Somerset, England which probably dates from the early 13th century. It is located in the deanery of Tone, within the diocese of Bath and Wells. It is a Grade II* listed building. Us ...

, Somerset, 1869 *St Michael's parish church,

Otterton Otterton is a village and civil parish in East Devon, England. The parish lies on the English Channel and is surrounded clockwise from the south by the parishes of East Budleigh, Bicton, Devon, Bicton, Colaton Raleigh, Newton Poppleford and Harpf ...

, Devon: rebuilt 1869–71 *Christ Church parish church and vicarage,

Colbury Colbury is a small village in the New Forest National Park, in Hampshire, England. The village lies along Deerleap Lane, near the modern village of Ashurst. History The name Colbury is derived from Middle English for "Cola's manor", and near Co ...

, Hampshire, 1870 *St James' parish church,

Birlingham Birlingham is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire. The village is south of Pershore, located in a bend of the River Avon. Toponymy The name Birlingham is derived from the Old English ''Byrla–inga–hamm'', mea ...

, Worcestershire: rebuilt 1871–72 *St John the Evangelist,

Holdenhurst Holdenhurst is a small isolated village situated in the green belt land of the north-east suburbs of Bournemouth, England. The village comprises fewer than 30 dwellings, two farms and the parish church. There are no shops and few local facilitie ...

, Hampshire (now Dorset): chancel, 1873 *St Mary's parish church,

Bransgore Bransgore is a village and civil parish within the New Forest District, Hampshire, England. The village developed in the 19th century when a church and a school were built. It is technically classified as an urban area, although in some respects ...

, Hampshire: chancel, 1873 *

Church of St Michael, Enmore The Anglican Church of St Michael in Enmore within the English county of Somerset dates mainly from the 15th century, however some of the fabric of the building from the 12th century, including an arched doorway, survives. It is a Grade II* lis ...

, Somerset: restoration, new north aisle, 1873 * Church of St Mary Magdalene, Wookey Hole, Somerset, 1873–74 *St Mary's parish church, Tarrant Hinton, Dorset: chancel, 1874 *

St Mary's Church, Wingham St Mary's Church, Wingham, is an Anglican parish church in Wingham, Kent. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. History and architecture The church dates from the early 13th centu ...

1874–75 * Parish Church of St Luke, Burton, Christchurch, Dorset (1874–75) * Holy Trinity parish church, High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset, 1875–76 *Parish church of the Holy Cross, Babcary, Somerset: north aisle, 1876 *

, Hampshire: nave gallery *Jumpers' Cemetery, Christchurch, Hampshire (now Dorset): arched gateway and two chapels

Buildings by Edmund Benjamin Ferrey (the son)

*Church of St Deiniol,

Llanuwchllyn Llanuwchllyn () is a village and community in Gwynedd, Wales, near the southern end of Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid). It is one of the most sparsely populated communities in Wales. The electoral ward includes the small settlement of Llangywer. The ...

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, East Sussex (1892) (Tower rebuilt)

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Benjamin Ferrey - A Biographical Note
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrey, Benjamin 1810 births 1880 deaths 19th-century English architects Gothic Revival architects English ecclesiastical architects People from Christchurch, Dorset Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects Recipients of the Royal Gold Medal Architects of cathedrals People educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Wimborne Minster Architects from Hampshire