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Edward Goldie (1856–1921) was an English ecclesiastical architect who was notable for building
from ''
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.
Edward is perhaps best-known for designing St James's, Spanish Place, whose original chapel had been designed by his great-grandfather, Joseph Bonomi."Storrington – Our Lady of England Priory", Taking Stock
/ref> He also designed the Priory of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Haywards Heath 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.
English Heritage Review of Diocesan Churches 2005
' from Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, retrieved 29 April 2013 After his father's death, he designed Church of Our Lady and St Peter in
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
/ref> * St Peter and St Paul Church, Wolverhampton, extension built in 1901. *
File:Spanish Place Facade.jpg, St James' Church, Spanish Place
File:Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More Catholic Church - geograph.org.uk - 1569930.jpg, Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea
File:St Thomas a Becket, Wandsworth 03.JPG, St Thomas a Becket, Wandsworth
File:View towards the High Altar.JPG, Hawkesyard Priory interior
File:Parish of St Alban's and The Good Shepherd - geograph.org.uk - 441419.jpg, St Alban's Church, Larkhill, Blackburn
File:Our Lady of England, Storrington.jpg, Our Lady of England Priory, Storrington
File:StCecilia'sAbbey Ryde IsleOfWight.jpg, St Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde
File:1 Manor Road, Kemptown, Brighton (April 2013) (1).JPG, The Lees, Manor Road, Brighton
Roman Catholic
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churches, mainly in the form of Gothic Revival architecture
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th cent ...
. He was the son of George Goldie
Sir George Dashwood Taubman Goldie (20 May 1846 – 20 August 1925) was a Manx administrator who played a major role in the founding of Nigeria. In many ways, his role was similar to that of Cecil Rhodes elsewhere in Africa but he did ...
.Edward Goldiefrom ''
Dictionary of Scottish Architects
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'', retrieved 6 February 2015
Life
He was born inSheffield
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in 1856. His father was the ecclesiastical architect George Goldie
Sir George Dashwood Taubman Goldie (20 May 1846 – 20 August 1925) was a Manx administrator who played a major role in the founding of Nigeria. In many ways, his role was similar to that of Cecil Rhodes elsewhere in Africa but he did ...
. Edward was the great-grandson of architect Joseph Bonomi, through his paternal grandmother, Mary Anne Bonomi Goldie.
He went to school at Ushaw College
Ushaw College (formally St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw), is a former Catholic seminary near the village of Ushaw Moor, County Durham, England, which is now a heritage and cultural tourist attraction. The college is known for its Georgian and Vict ...
in County Durham, as his father had previously done. In 1875, he was articled 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.
Edward is perhaps best-known for designing St James's, Spanish Place, whose original chapel had been designed by his great-grandfather, Joseph Bonomi."Storrington – Our Lady of England Priory", Taking Stock/ref> He also designed the Priory of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Haywards Heath 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 theRoman Catholic church
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. Joseph Goldie, with his father, were the architects for St John the Evangelist Church in Horsham.English Heritage Review of Diocesan Churches 2005
' from Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, retrieved 29 April 2013 After his father's death, he designed Church of Our Lady and St Peter in
Leatherhead
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in 1923, St Thomas More Catholic Church in Dulwich
Dulwich (; ) is an area in south London, England. The settlement is mostly in the London Borough of Southwark, with parts in the London Borough of Lambeth, and consists of Dulwich Village, East Dulwich, West Dulwich, and the Southwark half ...
in 1928, St Patrick's Church in Cardiff in 1929, Church of the Assumption of Our Lady in Englefield Green
Englefield Green is a large village in the Borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England, approximately west of central London. It is home to Royal Holloway, University of London.
The village grew from a hamlet in the 19th century, when much of Egham ( ...
in 1930 and St Dunstan's Church in Woking, which was demolished in 2008.
Works
His works include: * Priory of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Haywards Heath (1887) -adaptive reuse. * St James's, Spanish Place, 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, Burgess Hill, 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./ref> * St Peter and St Paul Church, Wolverhampton, 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
See also
* Church of Our Lady and St Peter, LeatherheadReferences
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldie, Edward English ecclesiastical architects 1856 births 1921 deaths Alumni of Ushaw College English Roman Catholics Gothic Revival architects People from Sheffield