Edward Goldie (1856–1921) was an English ecclesiastical architect who was notable for building

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churches, mainly in the form of

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. He was the son of

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'', retrieved 6 February 2015

Life

He was born in

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in 1856. His father was the ecclesiastical architect

. Edward was the great-grandson of architect Joseph Bonomi, through his paternal grandmother, Mary Anne Bonomi Goldie. He went to school at

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, as his father had previously done. In 1875, he was

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to ''Goldie & Child''.Gray, A. S. "Goldie, Edward", in
A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
' (Oxford University Press, 2006) p. 322. It was an architectural firm which his father ran with Charles Edwin Child. After his apprenticeship ended in 1880, he remained at the firm as a partner, so it became ''Goldie, Child & Goldie''. From 1893, Edward ran the firm on his own. In 1913, he was joined by his son, Joseph Goldie, and the firm became Edward Goldie & Son until 1953. Former Priory of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Haywards Heath

Former Priory of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Haywards Heath

Edward is perhaps best-known for designing

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, whose original chapel had been designed by his great-grandfather, Joseph Bonomi."Storrington – Our Lady of England Priory", Taking Stock
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for a community of nuns from Bruges. The priory housed the first Roman Catholic church in the town. The nuns moved to Sayers Common in 1978 and the building was sold and converted into a restaurant, offices and conference facilities.

Joseph Goldie

Edward Goldie's son, Joseph Goldie (1882–1953), followed in the steps of his father and grandfather and became an ecclesiastical architect designing churches for the

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. Joseph Goldie, with his father, were the architects for St John the Evangelist Church in Horsham.
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, retrieved 29 April 2013 After his father's death, he designed Church of Our Lady and St Peter in

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in 1923,

St Thomas More Catholic Church St Thomas More Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church in Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, London. It was designed by Joseph Goldie in 1929 and restored in 1953 after war damage. A lady chapel was built in 1970. The stained glass is by Patrick Pye ...

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in 1928, St Patrick's Church in Cardiff in 1929, Church of the Assumption of Our Lady in

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in 1930 and St Dunstan's Church in

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, which was demolished in 2008.

Works

His works include: * Priory of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Haywards Heath (1887) -adaptive reuse. *

, London, completed in 1890. * St Alban's Church, Larkhill, Lancashire, built from 1900 to 1901. *

St Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde St Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde is an abbey of Benedictine nuns in the Isle of Wight, England. Monastic life Founded in 1882 and dedicated to the Peace of the Heart of Jesus, St Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde, Isle of Wight, belongs to the Benedictine Order, ...

, Isle of Wight, completed in 1907. * St George's Retreat,

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, built from 1905 to 1906. * The Lees, 1 Manor Road, Brighton, built in 1906 for St George's Retreat's Reverent Superioress. * St John the Evangelist Church, Horsham, West Sussex, built from 1919 until 1923. * St Paul the Apostle, Wood Green, London; 1904, replaced 1971.A P, Diane K Bolton, Eileen P Scarff, and G C Tyack. "Tottenham: Roman catholicism". ''A History of the County of Middlesex'' Volume 5, Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham. Eds. T F T Baker, and R B Pugh. London: Victoria County History, 1976. 355-356. British History Online. Web. 11 December 2022
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St Peter and St Paul Church, Wolverhampton St Peter and St Paul Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It was built from 1826 to 1828, with extensions being built in 1901 and 1928. It was designed by Joseph Ireland and the architect for the exte ...

, extension built in 1901. *

St Thomas a Becket, Wandsworth St Thomas a Becket is a Grade II listed Roman Catholic church at West Hill, Wandsworth, London SW18. It was built in 1895 in a Perpendicular style, and the architect was Edward Goldie Edward Goldie (1856–1921) was an English ecclesiastical a ...

, London, completed in 1895. *

Ashorne Hill House Ashorne Hill House, Ashorne, Warwickshire, England is a late Victorian country house built for Arthur and Ethel Tree by the architect Edward Goldie between 1895 and 1897. Arthur Tree, son of the American lawyer and diplomat, Lambert Tree, an ...

, Newbold Pacey, Warwickshire, built from 1895 to 1897. *

Hawkesyard Priory Hawkesyard Priory was a Dominican priory off Armitage Lane Brereton, Rugeley, Staffordshire, England, built between 1896 and 1914 which included the Roman Catholic Priory Church of St Thomas. History Spode House Originally named "Hawksyard", in ...

, Staffordshire, built from 1896 to 1914. * Our Lady of England Priory, Storrington, West Sussex, built from 1904 to 1905. * Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea, London, built from 1894 to 1895.

Gallery

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldie, Edward English ecclesiastical architects 1856 births 1921 deaths Alumni of Ushaw College English Roman Catholics Gothic Revival architects People from Sheffield

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