The Thames Ditton Foundry was a

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Thames Ditton Thames Ditton is a suburban village on the River Thames, in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England. Apart from a large inhabited island in the river, it lies on the southern bank, centred 12.2 miles (19.6 km) southwest of Charing Cross ...

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, which operated from 1874 to 1939 and which under various owners produced numerous major statues and monuments as one of the

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's leading firms of bronze founders.Thames Ditton Foundry – British bronze sculpture founders and plaster figure makers, 1800–1980
– National Portrait Gallery website

Owners

Located in Summer Road in

, just outside the

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area, the Thames Ditton Foundry is believed to have been built on the site of an historic "melting house" beside the River Thames. Its owners were: Cox & Sons (1874–80), Drew & Co. (1880–82), Moore & Co. (1882–97), Hollinshead & Burton (1897–1902) and A. B. Burton (1902–39).

Works by the foundry (1874–1903)

The foundry was established in Summer Road, Thames Ditton, in 1874 by Cox & Sons, a large firm of ecclesiastical furnishing suppliers, to cast ornaments and statues in bronze. A hand-operated gantry crane, which moved the entire foundry floor to facilitate all major lifting work, was an integral part of the building constructed for this work. When the factory was demolished in 1976 this crane was preserved by the

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. The foundry was a leader in its field and produced fine bronze statues which it exported worldwide, including

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(1874),

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(1903).

A. B. Burton

From 1902 to 1933 the Thames Ditton Foundry came under the sole ownership of Arthur Bryan Burton (1860 – 25 July 1933), the son of Eliza and Frederick Burton, a carpenter and joiner. Born in

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, Burton was

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d at the age of 16 to the bronze foundry of Cox & Sons in

. Burton later opened his own foundry in Southsea Road, Kingston, before buying into the Thames Ditton Foundry in 1897, becoming the co-owner with Arthur John Hollinshead. In 1887 he married Florence Louisa Moore (1859–1932), the daughter of the foundry’s then owner, James John Moore. Button's daughter, also named Florence, married Louis Richard Tricker (1884–1963) in 1913. A younger daughter, Dorothy "Dolly" Frances Victoria Burton (1893–1908) died aged 14. Following the death of his partner Arthur John Hollinshead in 1902, Burton became the sole owner of the Thames Ditton Foundry. He served as a councillor on Surbiton Council and was a deacon of Surbiton Park Congregational Church, a Sunday school teacher and a benefactor of the

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. He was a Special Constable during

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. On his death in 1933 Burton was buried with his daughter Dolly and his wife Florence in Bonner Hill Cemetery. Above their grave, atop a granite plinth, is a statue in bronze of a winged angel with arms outstretched reaching up. This had been cast in Burton's own foundry. After Burton's death the business was continued under his name by his son-in-law, Louis Tricker. In 1939 at the start of

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Tricker closed the foundry and sold the premises rather than see it used for manufacturing munitions. It was after used by London Metal Warehouses for making industrial castings and then by Metal Centres Ltd as a metal warehouse until 1971/2 when it was sold to the District Council. The foundry was demolished in 1976 and the crane removed for preservation by the

. Today Burton Court stands on the site.Arthur Brian Burton (1860–1933) – British bronze sculpture founders and plaster figure makers, 1800–1980
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Works cast by A. B. Burton

Works from this period include

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(1905),

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's ''

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(1907),

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's figures for the

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(1905), the figural group on the RAMC Memorial in

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(1905), the equestrian statue of

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in Liverpool (1916) and the statue of General F. S. Maude in front of the British Residency in

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(1922). For Adrian Jones Burton cast the equestrian statue of the Duke of Cambridge in

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(1909) and the forty-ton

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(1910–11), one of the largest bronzes ever cast in Britain. Bronzes cast for

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include statues in England and Australia such as the memorial statue of

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(1920), the equestrian memorial of Edward VII in

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(1920), the recumbent tomb effigy of the

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(1922), various figures for the Shakespeare Memorial in

(1924) and two figures representing the Australian Navy and Army on the

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(1928). For

Burton cast, among other works, two subsidiary groups for the

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facing

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(1916). For Cecil Brown he cast the

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(1920–21) in the

and for

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his statue of Lord Kitchener (1926) on

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. For Arthur George Walker and Peter Hills he cast the statue of Emmeline Pankhurst in the

Victoria Tower Gardens Victoria Tower Gardens is a public park along the north bank of the River Thames in London, adjacent to the Victoria Tower, at the south-western corner of the Palace of Westminster. The park, extends southwards from the Palace to Lambeth Brid ...

(1930), and for

Alfred Gilbert Sir Alfred Gilbert (12 August 18544 November 1934) was an English sculptor. He was born in London and studied sculpture under Joseph Boehm, Matthew Noble, Édouard Lantéri and Pierre-Jules Cavelier. His first work of importance was ''The Kis ...

the

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Marlborough House Marlborough House, a Grade I listed mansion in St James's, City of Westminster, London, is the headquarters of the Commonwealth of Nations and the seat of the Commonwealth Secretariat. It was built in 1711 for Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marl ...

(1930–1932).

Bronzes cast by Thames Ditton Foundry

File:Earl of Derby (16543860247).jpg,

, Statue of the Earl of Derby, London (1874) File:General Charles George Gordon statue, Embankment, London (2).JPG,

Hamo Thornycroft Sir William Hamo Thornycroft (9 March 185018 December 1925) was an English sculptor, responsible for some of London's best-known statues, including the statue of Oliver Cromwell outside the Palace of Westminster. He was a keen student of classi ...

, Statue of General Gordon, London (1891) File:RAMC Memorial Aldershot Group.jpg,

, Figural group on the RAMC Memorial,

(1905) File:Rolls Stat.JPG, Goscombe John, Statue of Charles Rolls, Monmouth (1911) File:Imperial Camel Corps Memorial, London.jpg, Cecil Brown,

, London (1921) File:Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener Statue, Horse Guards Road, London.jpg,

, Statue of Lord Kitchener, London (1926) The Horse Memorial to the horses who died in the Boer Wars, is placed at the corner of Rink Street and Cape Road in Port Elizabeth South Africa.

References

External links

Thames Ditton Foundry – Grace's Guide to British Industrial History
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thames Ditton Foundry Foundries in the United Kingdom Companies established in 1874 Buildings and structures demolished in 1976 Demolished buildings and structures in England