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George Frederick Bodley (14 March 182721 October 1907) was an English Gothic Revival
architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
. He was 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 ...
, and worked in partnership with
Thomas Garner Thomas Garner (1839–1906) was one of the leading English Gothic revival architects of the Victorian era. He is known for his almost 30-year partnership with architect George Frederick Bodley. Early life Born at Wasperton Hill Farm in Warw ...
for much of his career. He was one of the founders of Watts & Co.


Personal life

Bodley was the youngest son of William Hulme Bodley, M.D., of Edinburgh, physician at
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, Hull, who in 1838 retired to his wife's home town, Brighton, Sussex, England. George's eldest brother, the Rev. W.H. Bodley, became a well-known
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preacher and a professor at St Mary's College,
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, Birmingham. He married Minna F.H. Reavely, daughter of Thomas George Wood Reavely, at Kinnersley Castle in 1872. They had a son, George H. Bodley, born in 1874.


Career

Bodley was articled to the architect Sir George Gilbert Scott, a relative by marriage, under whose influence he became imbued with the spirit of the Gothic revival, and he became known as the chief exponent of 14th century English Gothic, and the leading ecclesiastical architect in England. He is regarded as the leader of the resurgence of interest in English and Northern European late-medieval design. Noted for his pioneering design work in the Queen Anne revival, Bodley became acquainted with
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in the late 1850s, and in the 1860s his commissions for stained glass and ecclesiastical decoration helped ensure the success of Morris's firm, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., founded in 1861. Bodley is said to have designed two of Morris's early wallpapers. By the late 1860s Bodley had become disenchanted with Morris, and for stained glass turned to the firm of
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, founded in 1868, for the glass in his later churches, notably St Augustine's Church, Pendlebury, near
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(designed 1870) and the Church of the Holy Angels, Hoar Cross in Staffordshire (designed 1871–72). Bodley worked with his lifelong friend, the stained glass designer
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. They collaborated on projects including: St John the Baptist, Tuebrook in Liverpool; Queens' College Chapel, Cambridge; All Saints,
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and
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in
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. His alterations to St Stephen's Church,
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, the architect and president of
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,
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said tamed the work of its founding 'rogue' Victorian architect, Joseph Peacock.


Partnership with Thomas Garner

From 1869 he worked in a twenty-eight-year partnership with
Thomas Garner Thomas Garner (1839–1906) was one of the leading English Gothic revival architects of the Victorian era. He is known for his almost 30-year partnership with architect George Frederick Bodley. Early life Born at Wasperton Hill Farm in Warw ...
, designing collegiate buildings in
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and
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, country houses and churches throughout the
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. One cathedral was completed to his design:
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in
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, Australia (first design, 1865; revised 1891; building completed 1936). In 1906 Bodley designed with his pupil
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the
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He also provided a design for
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, but it was not used. As well as Vaughan, Bodley and Garner's pupils included the garden designer Inigo Thomas who specialised in formal gardens with geometrical plans in 17th and 18th century styles, which suited the houses that Bodley and Garner renovated for wealthy clients. In 1874 Bodley founded Watts & Co. with Garner and George Gilbert Scott Jr. Bodley, Garner, and Scott all lived on Church Row in Hampstead in the 1860s and 70s. His secular work included the London School Board offices, and in collaboration with Garner, the new buildings at Magdalen College, Oxford, and
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, Worcestershire (for Lord Windsor).


Liverpool Cathedral competition

In 1902 Bodley was an assessor for the competition to design
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which selected a design by the young
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. When construction of the cathedral began in 1904, Bodley was appointed to oversee Gilbert Scott's work, but had no direct part in its design.


Late works

One of Bodley's final architectural works was the chapel at Bedford School, the foundation stone of which was laid on 18 May 1907 by Lord St John of Bletso. Building took a year, the chapel was consecrated in July 1908, but by which time Bodley had died. The other was the Saint Chad's parish church,
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. Work started in 1905 and the church was consecrated in 1910. After Bodley's death his partner Cecil Greenwood Hare took over the project; his contribution was the design of an octagonal choir vestry.


Royal Academy

Bodley exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1854. He was elected an associate of the academy in 1881 and a full academician in 1902.


Other activities

As well as being an architect, he was a draughtsman, a connoisseur of art, published a volume of poems in 1899, inspired art works by painters such as John Melhuish Strudwick and designed
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and
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es for Watts & Co. He served as prime warden of the
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in 1901–02. In early life he had been in close alliance with the
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s, and he did a great deal to improve public taste in domestic decoration and furniture.


Death

Bodley died on 21 October 1907 at
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and is buried in the churchyard of the Church of St James, Kinnersley, Herefordshire.


Gallery

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All Saints' Church, Cambridge All Saints' is a church on Jesus Lane in central Cambridge, England, which was built by the architect George Frederick Bodley. The church was constructed in stages between 1863 and 1870 and is a notable example of English Gothic Revival style. ...
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St German's Church St German's Church ( cy, Eglwys Sant Garmon) is a nineteenth-century Church in Wales parish church in Adamsdown, Cardiff, Wales dedicated to St Germanus of Auxerre, (the ''Garmon Sant'' of Welsh tradition). The building, located on the corner of ...
, Cardiff (1884) Image:Long Melford - geograph.org.uk - 4048.jpg,
Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford The Church of the Holy Trinity is a Grade I listed parish church of the Church of England in Long Melford, Suffolk, England. It is one of 310 medieval English churches dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The church was constructed between 1467 and 14 ...
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Holy Trinity Church, South Kensington Holy Trinity Church, South Kensington, is an Anglican church located on Prince Consort Road in the City of Westminster, London, England. The current building dates from 1901 and was built by George Frederick Bodley and Cecil Greenwood Hare. E ...
Image:Liverpool Anglican Cathedral - Lady Chapel.jpg, The Lady Chapel of
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. Image:St-john-divine-nave-roof.jpg, Interior of St John the Divine, Kennington File:StMatthewChapelAll.jpg, St Matthew's Church, Chapel Allerton, Leeds File:St.Peter's in Eastgate - geograph.org.uk - 122764.jpg, St Peter's in Eastgate, Lincoln, is the combined work of three eminent architects - nave and chancel by Sir Arthur Blomfield (1870), south aisle by
Temple Moore Temple Lushington Moore (7 June 1856 – 30 June 1920) was an English architect who practised in London. He is famed for a series of fine Gothic Revival churches built between about 1890 and 1917 and also restored many churches and designed ch ...
(1914) and the chancel decoration by Bodley (1884). File:Bedfordschoolchapel.JPG, Bedford School Chapel, 1908 - his last work


Works


New churches


Church repairs, alterations and furnishings

* 1859–63 St James' Church,
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: new vestry, porch and roof, reseating and repairs to walls * 1863–65 All Saints' Church,
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: rebuild * 1864–65 St James' Church,
Wigmore, Herefordshire Wigmore is a village and civil parish in the northwest part of the county of Herefordshire, England. It is located on the A4110 road, about west of the town of Ludlow, in the Welsh Marches. In earlier times, it was also an administrative dist ...
: repairs *1864–67 Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge: repairs * 1866–69 St Michael & All Angels Church, Kingsland, Herefordshire: repairs * 1868–70 St Mary's Church, Almeley,
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, with
Thomas Garner Thomas Garner (1839–1906) was one of the leading English Gothic revival architects of the Victorian era. He is known for his almost 30-year partnership with architect George Frederick Bodley. Early life Born at Wasperton Hill Farm in Warw ...
: repairs * 1868–70 St Nicholas's Church, South Kilworth, Leicestershire: repairs * 1870–71 St Mary the Virgin, Barnsley, Yorkshire: repairs * 1870–73 St Michael's Church, Lyonshall,
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: repairs * 1871–72 St Mark's Church, Bilton, Warwickshire, with Thomas Garner: new north aisle, transept and organ chamber, with reseating, reflooring and general repairs to roofs and walls * 1871–72 Church of St Mary Magdalene, Keyworth,
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: repairs * 1871–72 St Laurence's Church,
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Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Av ...
, with Thomas Garner: repairs * 1873 St Swithun's Church, East Retford
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: Chantry chapel rebuilt * 1873–75 Church of St Mary the Virgin, Plumtree,
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, with Thomas Garner: decoration and new organ case * 1873–79 St Michael's Church,
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, Berkshire, with Thomas Garner, new south aisle: reseating and general
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* 1874 St Helen's Church, Brant Broughton,
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: new chancel and repairs * 1874–78 St Peter & St Paul's Church,
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, with Thomas Garner: repairs to roof, walls, tower and belfry * 1876–79 St Laurence's Church, Oxhill, Warwickshire, with Thomas Garner: repairs * 1876–88 St Wilfrid's Church, Hickleton, Yorkshire * 1880 St Swithun's Church,
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* 1880–83 St Laurence's Church, Frodsham, with Thomas Garner: restoration * 1881–84 All Saints' Church,
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, with Thomas Garner: new vestry and organ chamber, rebuilding and enlargement of chancel, rebuilding of porch and general repairs * 1882–90 All Saints' Church, Bedworth,
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, with Thomas Garner: rebuild * 1884
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* 1885 St Michael's Church, Kirk Langley,
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, with Thomas Garner: restoration * 1886–88 St Manakneu's Church,
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, with Thomas Garner: repairs * 1887 Church of St Giles,
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, remodelling in the Gothic style * 1889–91 St Giles' Church,
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, with Thomas Garner: new vestry/organ chamber, four new nave windows, reseating and general repairs to roof and walls * 1889–92 St John the Baptist Church,
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, with Thomas Garner: rebuild * 1890 St John the Divine, Kennington, London (interior) * 1890 St Mary's Church, Nottingham (chapter house) * 1890 St Saviour's Church, Ellerby Road,
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: addition of Pusey chapel. * 1890–99 St Andrew's Church, Chelmondiston, Suffolk, with Thomas Garner: enlargement * 1891–1905 All Saints' Church, St Paul's Walden, Hertfordshire, with Thomas Garner: new vestry, new west window in south aisle, reseating and general repairs to roof and walls * 1892 Holy Trinity Church,
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, Kent: new chancel * 1892
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: new chancel, rood screen and reredos * 1895 St Martin's Church,
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: rood screen and loft, nave and chancel roof decoration * 1897
St George in the Meadows, Nottingham St George in the Meadows is a parish church in the Church of England in The Meadows, Nottingham, England. The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a building of special architectural or histo ...
: added chancel * 1898 St Bartholomew's Church, Wilmslow: clerestory added to chancel * 1898–1903
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: refurbishment of main tower * 1898–1905 St Bartholomew's Church,
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, Berkshire: new chancel, north chapel, vestry and chapel at east end of south aisle * 1898–1905 St Paul's Church, Bedford: reorder chancel, restore choir stalls and new rood screen * 1899–1901 All Saints' Church, East Horndon,
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: repairs * 1899–1904 St Carantoc's Church, Crantock,
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Edmund Harold Sedding Edmund Harold Sedding (1863 – 21 February 1921), often referred to as E. H. Sedding, was an English architect who practised in Devon and Cornwall. Life Sedding was born in 1863 in Pimlico, London, the son of Edmund Sedding and the nephew of ...
: repairs * 1900–01 St Nicholas' Church,
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: repairs * 1901 St Peter's Church,
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: enlargement * 1901 St Mary's Church,
Whitkirk Whitkirk is a suburb of east Leeds, England. It is situated between Cross Gates to the north, Austhorpe to the east, Killingbeck to the west, Colton to the south-east and Halton to the south-west. The Temple Newsam estate lies directly sout ...
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Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popula ...
: rebuilt * 1902–05 St Mary the Virgin,
Barton Mills Barton Mills is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is on the south bank of the River Lark. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is 'corn farm by the mill'. The village ...
, Suffolk: repairs * 1903
St Stephen's, Gloucester Road St Stephen's Church, Gloucester Road, is a Grade II* listed Anglican church located on the corner of Gloucester Road and Southwell Gardens in South Kensington, London, England. History With the population of South Kensington expanding in the mid ...
, London, with
Walter Tapper Sir Walter John Tapper (21 April 1861 – 21 September 1935) was an English architect known for his work in the Gothic Revival style and a number of church buildings. He worked with some leading ecclesiastical architects of his day and was Presi ...
: new reredos and other alterations * 1903–04 Christ Church, Mold Green,
Kirkheaton Kirkheaton () is a village and former civil parish north-east of Huddersfield, now in the parish of Kirkburton, in the county of West Yorkshire, England, Historically, it is part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is in the Dalton ward of ...
, Yorkshire: new chancel, vestry & organ chamber * 1904 St Bartholomew's Church, Elvaston repairs and rebuilding of the chancel * 1905–07 St Nicholas' Church,
Skirbeck Skirbeck is a suburb and former civil parish in the Borough of Boston in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Skirbeck is a long v-shaped formation wrapped around the south and east side of Boston parish. It has been incorporated into the Boroug ...
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Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-we ...
: new vestries, organ chamber and porches, several new windows, rebuilding of chancel, reseating and general repairs * 1906 Church of the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Souldern: dismantled and rebuilt bell tower and tower arch * 1906 Holy Angels Church, Lilliput Road, Poole,
Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of , ...
: rood screen, choir stalls and organ case * 1906 St Barnabas Church, Pimlico, London: reredos, rood screen and (with Hill and Son) organ case * 1907
St Barnabas Church, Hove St Barnabas Church is an Anglican church in Hove, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. It was built between 1882 and 1883 to serve residents of the newly developed streets to the south and west of Hove railway station, which had opened ...
: reredos * 1907–09
All Saints Church, Kedleston All Saints' Church, Kedleston, is a redundant Anglican Church approx. 4 miles kmnorth-west of Derby, and all that remains of the medieval village of Kedleston, demolished in 1759 by Nathaniel Curzon to make way for the adjacent Kedleston Hall, ...
: north aisle * St Paul's, Burton upon Trent: alterations


Secular buildings

* 1870
Queens' College Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the oldest colleges of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. The college spans the River Cam, colloquially referred to as the "light s ...
Old Hall,
Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a College town, university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cam ...
, decoration * 1872–76 Offices of the London School Board (with
Thomas Garner Thomas Garner (1839–1906) was one of the leading English Gothic revival architects of the Victorian era. He is known for his almost 30-year partnership with architect George Frederick Bodley. Early life Born at Wasperton Hill Farm in Warw ...
), (demolished 1929) *
The Wodehouse The Wodehouse is a grade II* listed English country house near Wombourne, Staffordshire, notable as the family seat of the Georgian landscape designer and musicologist Sir Samuel Hellier and, a century later, Colonel Thomas Bradney Shaw-Helli ...
near
Wombourne Wombourne is a large village and civil parish located in the district of South Staffordshire, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is 4 miles (6 km) south-west of Wolverhampton and just outside the county and conurbation of the W ...
, for the Shaw-Hellier family *
Hewell Grange Hewell Grange is a former country house in Tardebigge, Worcestershire, England. "One of the most important late 19th century country houses in England", the mansion was built between 1884 and 1891 by George Frederick Bodley and Thomas Garner fo ...
* 1905: Second Boer War Memorial, York


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Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bodley, George Frederick 1827 births 1907 deaths 19th-century English architects Gothic Revival architects English ecclesiastical architects Recipients of the Royal Gold Medal Architects of cathedrals Royal Academicians Architects from Kingston upon Hull