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John H. Buckeridge (1857–1934) was an English-born Australian architect, who built about sixty churches in

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and is also remembered for remodelling the interior of the Macquarie era church of St James', King Street, Sydney.

Life

John Hingeston Buckeridge was born 1857 in

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, England, the son of the architect,

Charles Buckeridge Charles Buckeridge (''circa'' 1832–73) was a British Gothic Revival architect who trained as a pupil of Sir George Gilbert Scott. He practised in Oxford 1856–68 and in London from 1869. He was made an Associate of the Royal Institute of ...

, and his wife, Anne. He attended at Magdalen College, Oxford, and studied architecture under

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.Organ Historical Trust of Australia
Bundaberg Anglican Church
(retrieved 27 September 2013) Buckeridge married Ada and had thirteen children, of whom his eldest son, Stanley, was killed at Lone Pine in World War I. Buckeridge himself served in the Artists' Rifles from 1874 to 1878. Buckeridge died on 25 June 1934 at his residence, 8 Garfield Street, Carlton, Sydney. He was privately cremated at

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crematorium on 26 June 1934.

Architectural career

Buckeridge migrated to Australia in 1886. In 1887 he went to Queensland by invitation of William Webber, third Bishop of Brisbane, was appointed the Diocesan Architect for the

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and held that position until 1902. During that period he designed about sixty wooden churches for parishes in southern Queensland.OHTA
St Augustine's, Hamilton
(retrieved 27 September 2013) Remaining examples include Christ Church, Milton, which was built as a temporary replacement for the earlier stone church, damaged in a storm of 1890. The small Arts and Crafts style building is still in use and has a heritage listing. Of Buckeridge's domestic architecture, at least two examples remain, the rectory of St Mary's Anglican Church, Kangaroo Point and the former Rectory of St Andrew's Church, South Brisbane, designed in 1887 and extended by Buckeridge in 1892.Queensland Homes
St Andrew's Rectory
, (retrieved 27 September 2013) Buckeridge's more substantial churches include the stone church of St Luke's Anglican Church, Toowoomba.St Luke's, Toowoomba
(retrieved 27 September 2013) Christ Church Anglican Church, Bundaberg, was designed in the 1890s but not constructed until 1926. It is of dark brick, in the English Gothic style and has a tower and spire. Buckeridge also built the Quetta Memorial Church, now All Souls and St Bartholomew's Memorial Cathedral, on

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, in memory of the lives lost in the wreck of the

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. In 1892 Buckeridge commenced work in Sydney, remodelling the interior of St James' Church, King Street, removing the galleries, creating an apse and a raised platform for the choir. At this time he was also employed on work at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. This building, one of the largest cathedrals in Australia, was designed by

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and commenced in 1883. In 1902 Buckeridge introduced a number of structural details to support the roof. In 1907 Buckeridge became an architect with the New South Wales Department of Public Works, remaining in that position until his retirement.

List of works

* 1887: former rectory of St Andrew's Anglican Church, South Brisbane, now relocated at 112 Airlie Road,

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* 1888–1889: St Agnes Anglican Church, Esk * 1889: Gresham Hotel, on the corner of

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and Creek Streets, Brisbane * 1889: Rectory at St Mary's Anglican Church, Kangaroo Point * 1889–1890: Lady Bowen Hospital, Spring Hill * 1890: Grandstands at the

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* 1891: Christ Church, Milton * 1891–1892:

Holy Trinity Parish Hall, Fortitude Valley Holy Trinity Parish Hall is a heritage-listed Anglican church hall at 141 Brookes Street, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Fortitude Valley, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by John Hingeston Buckeridge and built from 1891 ...

* 1892: St Luke's Anglican Church, Toowoomba * 1893-1893: All Souls and St Bartholomew's Cathedral Church, Thursday Island (known as the Quetta Memorial Church) * 1899:

Christ Church, Childers Christ Church is a heritage-listed church at 24 Macrossan Street (on the corner of McIlwraith Street), Childers, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by John Hingeston Buckeridge and built from 1900 to 1958. It is also kno ...

* 1901: renovations to

St James' Church, Sydney St James' Church, commonly known as St James', King Street, is an Australian heritage-listed Anglican parish church located at 173 King Street, in the Sydney central business district in New South Wales. Consecrated in February 1824 and named ...

* 1901: Memorial Church of St John the Evangelist, Mundoolun * 1901–1902: rectory at St Agnes Anglican Church, Esk File:StateLibQld 1 54472 Gresham Hotel during the 1893 flood.jpg, Gresham Hotel during the 1893 flood File:StateLibQld 1 158385 St. Lukes Church of England, Toowoomba, ca. 1902.jpg, St Lukes Anglican Church,

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(1902) File:Interior of Quetta Memorial Church, Thursday Island, 1895.jpg, Interior of Quetta Memorial Church, Thursday Island File:1 St James b.JPG, The interior of

File:St John's Mundoolun Church, 2013.jpg, St John's Mundoolun Church, 2013

Legacy

Drawings, plans, correspondence and photographs from Buckeridge are held in the Fryer Library, The

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