Frederick Webster Ordish FRIBA (1821 – 22 September 1885) was an English architect based in

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

Life

He was a pupil of

Henry Isaac Stevens Henry Isaac Stevens FRIBA was an architect based in Derby. He was born in London, in 1806, and died in 1873. In the late 1850s he changed his name to Isaac Henry Stevens. Family His parents were Isaac Stevens and Elizabeth Young. He married Ann ...

. Initially based in London, he returned in Leicestershire in 1850 and worked in partnership with John Johnson and then from 1870

John Charles Traylen John Charles Traylen ARIBA (27 February 1845 - 11 June 1907) was an English architect. Life He was born at Sibson in Huntingdonshire, and educated at Oundle School and Northampton Grammar School. He was admitted a student of the Royal Academy o ...

. He married Isabella Kilby, daughter of John Kilby of Queniborough on 20 December 1854 in Queniborough. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects on 18 December 1865. He died on 22 September 1885 at

Syston railway station Syston railway station ( ) is a railway station serving the town of Syston in Leicestershire, England. The station is on the Midland Main Line from Leicester to Loughborough, down the line from London St Pancras. Early history The station ...

when alighting from a train before it had stopped. He fell between the carriages and was decapitated.

Works

St Paul's Church, Camden Square St Paul's Church is a church dedicated to Paul the Apostle on Camden Square in Camden, north London. It is called St Paul's because the estate was owned originally by the canons of St Paul's Cathedral. It was built in 1849 to designs by Fred ...

, London ''(demolished)''. With John Johnson, 1847-9. * City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, Bethnal Green, 1849–55. *St Luke's Church, Cheltenham, 1853–54. *Corn Exchange, Leicester. Upper floor and external staircase, 1855, which he later disowned. *St Mary Magdalen Church, Shearsby. Restoration 1856. *St Michael's Church, Rearsby. Restoration 1857–58. *Warehouse and factory of Evans & Stafford, Campbell Street, Leicester ''(demolished)'' 1858. *Humberstone Road Methodist Church, Leicester 1863 *

St Paul's Church, Leicester St Paul's Church, Leicester is a Grade II listed former parish church in the Church of England in Kirby Road, Leicester, Leicestershire. History The foundation stone was laid on 18 May 1870. The church was built to the designs of Frederick Webs ...

. Ordish & Traylen 1870–71. *

St Peter & St Paul's Church, Syston St Peter and St Paul's Church, Syston is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Syston, Leicestershire. History The earliest parts of the church date from the 13th century. The nave and tower were restored by Frederick W ...

restorations 1871 and 1881. *Design for extension of Leicester Museum and School of Art ''(not built), 1874.'' * St Nicholas’ Church, Leicester. North aisle by Ordish & Traylen 1875–76. *St Leonard's Church, Woodgate, Leicester ''(demolished)''. Ordish & Traylen 1876–77.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ordish, Frederick Webster 1821 births 1885 deaths Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects Railway accident deaths in England Railway accidents in 1885 19th-century English architects Architects from Leicestershire