Henry Kennedy (bapt. 6 February 1814 – 1896) was a British architect. He was born the son of John and Anne Kennedy in

Hammersmith Hammersmith is a district of West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. ...

, London. In the early 1840s, after training as an architect, he moved to live in Bangor, North Wales. About 1858 he entered into partnership with a Bristol-born architect, John Mechelen Rogers (c.1831–1889), who afterwards moved to London. The partnership ended about 1866 and Kennedy then entered into a new one with Gustavus O’Donoghue of Glasgow, also of London, which ended in 1871. After that Kennedy worked alone until shortly before his death. Most of his work was for the

Diocese of Bangor The Diocese of Bangor is a diocese of the Church in Wales in North West Wales. The diocese covers the counties of Anglesey, most of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire and the western part of Montgomeryshire. History The diocese in the Welsh kingd ...

, where he dominated church architecture for over fifty years, leaving his mark on most of the churches in the area. During his career he had been involved in some 80 applications to the Incorporated Church Building Society for grants to carry out work in the Bangor diocese. His two partners played little part in his Welsh projects. Henry Kennedy died in 1896.''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915'' He had married Emily Du Pre, the third daughter of Rev Thomas Du Pre, Rector of

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. They had two children, Emily and Henry Du Pre Kennedy.

Selected works

*Llan Ffestiniog church (1843) *

Gwrych Castle Gwrych Castle ( cy, Castell Gwrych meaning "hedged castle") (Originally spelt as 'Gwrŷch') is a Grade I listed 19th-century country house near Abergele in Conwy County Borough, Wales. The castle and 236 acre estate are owned by a charity, an ...

extension (~1840s) *

St Mary's Church, Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf St Mary's Church, Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf is a small medieval church in Anglesey, north Wales. The earliest parts of the building, including the nave and the north doorway, date from the 14th century. Other parts, including the chancel and the ...

(1847) *

St Peris's Church, Nant Peris Saint Peris's Church is a parish church of the Church in Wales in Nant Peris, Gwynedd, Wales. History The church of St Peris is in the village Nant Peris. Originally the village was known as Llanberis, but in the 19th century the new development ...

(1848) *

St Cristiolus's Church, Llangristiolus St Cristiolus's Church, Llangristiolus is a medieval church near the village of Llangristiolus, in Anglesey, north Wales. The village, about from the building, takes its name from the church. Reputedly founded by St Cristiolus in 610, the presen ...

(1852) *

St Edwen's Church, Llanedwen St Edwen's Church, Llanedwen, is a 19th-century parish church near the Menai Strait, in Anglesey, north Wales. The first church was founded here by St. Edwen (daughter of Edwin of Northumbria, king and saint) in 640, but the present structure da ...

(1856) *

St Gwenllwyfo's Church, Llanwenllwyfo St Gwenllwyfo's Church is a 19th-century parish church near the village of Dulas, in Anglesey, Wales. It was built between 1854 and 1856 to replace an earlier church in the parish, also dedicated to St Gwenllwyfo, which needed repair and had ...

(1856) *

St Mary's Church, Llanfair-yn-Neubwll St Mary's Church was a Church in Wales parish church in Llanfair-yn-Neubwll, Anglesey, Wales. The current building was constructed in the 14th century, possibly on the site of a 12th-century church. It was restored in 1857. The church was deco ...

(1857) *

St Ceinwen's Church, Cerrigceinwen St Ceinwen's Church, Cerrigceinwen, is a former parish church in the countryside of central Anglesey, north Wales. The present building dates from 1860, although the site has been used for worship since at least the 7th century. The doorway reus ...

(1860) *

St Mihangel's Church, Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn St Mihangel's Church in the village of Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn is a former parish church now used as the chapel for RAF Valley in Anglesey, north Wales. The date of the first church on the site is uncertain, but in 1862 the then-existing church was ...

(1862) * St Enghenedl's Church, Llanynghenedl (1862) *

St Cynfarwy's Church, Llechgynfarwy St Cynfarwy's Church is a medieval parish church in Llechgynfarwy, Anglesey, north Wales. The first church in the vicinity was established by St Cynfarwy (a 7th-century saint about whom little is known) in about 630, but no structure from that ...

(1867) *

St Mary's Church, Bodewryd St Mary's Church, Bodewryd (; ) is a small medieval church in the hamlet of Bodewryd, in Anglesey, north Wales. The date of construction is unknown, but there was a church on this site in 1254 and the earliest feature to which a date can be gi ...

(1867) *

St Beuno's Church, Aberffraw St Beuno's Church, Aberffraw is a 12th-century parish church in Anglesey, north Wales. A church was established in Aberffraw in the 7th century by St Beuno, who became the abbot of Clynnog Fawr, Gwynedd. St Beuno's may have been used as a royal c ...

(1868) *St Catherine's Parish Church, Criccieth (1869) *

St Edern's Church, Bodedern St Edern's Church, Bodedern (sometimes referred to as St Edeyrn's Church) is a medieval parish church in the village of Bodedern, in Anglesey, north Wales. Although St Edern established a church in the area in the 6th century, the oldest parts of ...

(1871) *

St Deiniol's Church, Llanddaniel Fab St Deiniol's Church, Llanddaniel Fab, is a small 19th-century parish church in the centre of Llanddaniel Fab, a village in Anglesey, north Wales. The first church in this location is said to have been established by St Deiniol Fab (to whom the ch ...

(1873) *

St Mary's Church, Pentraeth St Mary's Church, Pentraeth is a small medieval parish church in the village of Pentraeth, in Anglesey, north Wales. The date of construction is unknown, but is probably from some time between the 12th to 14th centuries. A church dedicated to St ...

(1882) *

St Gallgo's Church, Llanallgo St Gallgo's Church, Llanallgo (; ) is a small church near the village of Llanallgo, on the east coast of Anglesey, north Wales. The chancel and transepts, which are the oldest features of the present building, date from the late 15th century, b ...

(1892)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kennedy, Henry 1896 deaths 1814 births People from Hammersmith 19th-century British architects Date of birth uncertain Architects from London