Charles Buckeridge (''circa'' 1832–73) was a British Gothic Revival architect who trained as a pupil of Sir

George Gilbert Scott Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), known as Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic Revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he started ...

. He practised in

Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

1856–68 and in

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from 1869. He was made an Associate of the

Royal Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...

in 1861.

Family

Charles was born in France, the son of Charles Elliott Buckeridge and his wife Eliza, the daughter of John Eyre of

Reading, Berkshire Reading ( ) is a town and borough in Berkshire, Southeast England, southeast England. Located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the rivers River Thames, Thames and River Kennet, Kennet, the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 mot ...

. He grew up in

Salisbury Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ...

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. He was married and raised three sons and three daughters in

, including

John Hingeston Buckeridge John H. Buckeridge (1857–1934) was an English-born Australian architect, who built about sixty churches in Queensland and is also remembered for remodelling the interior of the Macquarie era church of St James', King Street, Sydney. Life Jo ...

, who was a church architect, and

Charles Edgar Buckeridge Charles Edgar Buckeridge (1864 – 11 May 1898) was an English church decorative artist and the son of Charles Buckeridge, a Gothic Revival architect. Life and career Born in Headington, Oxford in 1864, the son of Annie and Charles Buckeridg ...

(1864 - 1898), who painted church interiors. Charles was brother-in-law of the botanist

Giles Munby Giles Munby (1813–1876) was an English botanist. His major work concerned plants in North Africa, where he lived for 15 years. Life Born at York, was the youngest son of Joseph Munby, a solicitor and under-sheriff of Yorkshire, but was orphaned ...

. He died of heart disease at the age of 40 on 1 September 1873 in Hampstead, and was buried at St John's Church there.

Work

Much of Buckeridge's work was for parish churches and other institutions of the

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. Dates that Sherwood and

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cite for work at

Charlbury Charlbury () is a town and civil parish in the Evenlode Evenlode is a village and civil parish ( ONS Code 23UC051) in the Cotswold District of eastern Gloucestershire in England. Evenlode is bordered by the Gloucestershire parishes of More ...

and

Emmington Emmington is a village in Chinnor civil parish about southeast of Thame in Oxfordshire. Manor The Domesday book of 1086 records Emmington: ''"William Peverel holds 10 hides in Emmington. Land for 5 ploughs. Now in demesne are 2 ploughs and si ...

suggest that these works, like that at

Bletchingdon Bletchingdon (also known as Bletchington) is a village and civil parish north of Kidlington and southwest of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. Bletchingdon parish includes the hamlet of Enslow just over west of the village. The 2011 Census r ...

, were completed posthumously. *St Cross School, Oxford, 1858 (for a time the premises of

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) *All Saints,

Mears Ashby Mears Ashby is a village in the county of Northamptonshire, England. It lies between the county town of Northampton and Wellingborough and was in the West ward of borough council of Wellingborough area which also included Sywell prior to loca ...

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, 1859; vicarage, 1860 *Ascot Priory,

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: buildings for the Society of the Holy Trinity, 1861 *St Mary the Virgin,

Cottisford Cottisford is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about south of Brackley in neighbouring Northamptonshire. The parish's northern and northwestern boundaries form part of the boundary between the two counties. The parish includes the ha ...

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: restoration, 1861 *St Peter,

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, Oxfordshire: rebuilt church, 1862 *St Helen,

Benson, Oxfordshire Benson is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census gave the parish population as 4,754. It lies about a mile and a half (2.4 km) north of Wallingford at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, where a chalk stream, Ewe ...

: new chancel, 1862 *St John the Evangelist,

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, Oxfordshire: teacher's house, school and almshouses, 1862 *10,

Parks Road Parks Road is a road in Oxford, England, with several Oxford University colleges along its route. It runs north–south from the Banbury Road and Norham Gardens at the northern end, where it continues into Bradmore Road, to the junction with Br ...

, Oxford: house, 1862 *9,

Norham Gardens __NOTOC__ Norham Gardens is a residential road in central North Oxford, England. It adjoins the north end of Parks Road near the junction with Banbury Road, directly opposite St Anne's College. From here it skirts the north side of the Oxford ...

, Oxford: house, 1862–63Pevsner & Sherwood, 1974, page 318 *St Peter,

Little Wittenham Little Wittenham is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish on the south bank of the River Thames, northeast of Didcot in South Oxfordshire. In Local Government Act 1972, 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire to the county of Oxfo ...

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(now Oxfordshire): rebuilt church, 1863 *All Saints,

Blackwater, Hampshire Blackwater is a town in the northeastern corner of Hampshire, England, lying in the county's Hart District. Considered to be part of the Farnborough/Aldershot Built-up Area and nearly contiguous to Camberley, Surrey, it is centred WSW from Londo ...

: extension, 1863 *Court House,

New Road, Oxford New Road is a street in west central Oxford, England. It links Park End Street and Worcester Street to the west with Queen Street and Castle Street to the east. To the south is Oxford Castle and the former Oxford Prison, now a Malmaison hote ...

, 1863 *Saint Swithun,

Merton, Oxfordshire Merton is a village and civil parish near the River Ray, about south of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 424. Archaeology In 1978 a Middle Bronze Age spearhead was found at West End Farm ...

: restoration, 1865 *St Mary,

Streatley, Berkshire Streatley is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in Berkshire, England. The village faces Goring-on-Thames. The two places share in their shops, services, leisure, sports and much of their transport. Across the river is railway stat ...

: rebuilt church, 1865 *3, Norham Gardens, Oxford: house, 1865–66 *St Peter,

Radway Radway is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England, about north-west of Banbury in neighbouring Oxfordshire. The population taken at the 2011 census had reduced to 238. The village is at the foot of Edge Hill and is notable for the ...

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, 1866 *Society of the Holy Trinity, Oxford: new convent, 1866–68 (now

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) *St Nicholas,

Britwell Salome Britwell Salome is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England centred northeast of Wallingford, Oxfordshire, Wallingford. The United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2 ...

, Oxfordshire: restoration, 1867Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 486 *St Mary,

Lower Heyford Lower Heyford is a village and civil parish beside the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, about west of Bicester. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 492. The parish measures about east–west and about north–south. It is bou ...

, Oxfordshire: remodelled Old Rectory, 1867 *St Mary, Lower Heyford, Oxfordshire: restored church, 1867–68 *All Saints,

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, Northamptonshire, 1867–68 *St Peter,

Cogenhoe Cogenhoe ( , ) is a village in West Northamptonshire, England. The civil parish of ''Cogenhoe and Whiston'' had a population at the 2011 census of 1,436. The village of Cogenhoe is some five miles (8 km) east of the county town, Northa ...

, Northamptonshire: restoration, 1868–69 *Holy Cross,

Shipton-on-Cherwell Shipton-on-Cherwell is a village on the River Cherwell about north of Kidlington in Oxfordshire, England. The village is part of the civil parish of Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp. Manor The earliest known record of Shipton-on-Cherwell is fr ...

, Oxfordshire: restoration, 1869 *St John the Evangelist, Little Tew, Oxfordshire: church tower, 1869 *St Andrew,

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: Vicarage, 1869 * SS James & John chapel, Brackley, Northamptonshire: restoration, 1869–70 *St Helen, Benson, Oxfordshire: Old Vicarage, 1869–70 *St Nicholas,

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, Oxfordshire: new chancel, 1870 *All Saints, Emscote,

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: font cover, 1871 *St Mary,

Little Houghton, Northamptonshire Little Houghton is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, located about east of Northampton. At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 census, the parish's population was 367 people, increasing to 412 at the 2011 ce ...

: rebuilding, 1873 *St Peter,

Steeple Aston Steeple Aston is a village and civil parish on the edge of the Cherwell Valley, in the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire, England, about north of Oxford, west of Bicester, and south of Banbury. The 2011 Census recorded the parish populatio ...

, Oxfordshire: restoration, 1873 *St John's Home, Leopold Street, Oxford (now part of All Saints' Convent), 1873 *St Michael and All Angels,

Clifton Hampden Clifton Hampden is a village and civil parish on the north bank of the River Thames, just over east of Abingdon in Oxfordshire. Since 1932 the civil parish has included the village of Burcot, east of Clifton Hampden. The 2011 Census record ...

, Oxfordshire:

reredos A reredos ( , , ) is a large altarpiece, a screen, or decoration placed behind the altar in a church. It often includes religious images. The term ''reredos'' may also be used for similar structures, if elaborate, in secular architecture, for ex ...

mosaic of the Last Supper, 1873 *St Mary the Virgin,

, Oxfordshire: new chancel, 1874 *St Nicholas,

, Oxfordshire: rebuilt chancel and nave, 1874 *St Giles,

, Oxfordshire: restoration planned 1869 and completed posthumously in 1878. *

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: reredos paintings in north transeptPevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 409

References

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