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 Buckeridge, a Gothic Revival architect,[1] he trained with Burlison & Grylls, ecclesiastical decorators. He exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1882 with a painting of Hampton Court[2] and became known for his religious works, described as a "highly esteemed painter in this field".

He was employed by C. Hodgson Fowler, Arthur Blomfield, John Oldrid Scott, John Loughborough Pearson and Edmund Harold Sedding. His most important patron was George Frederick Bodley for whom he completed the decoration at St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough, that had been started by Edward Burne-Jones and Morris & Co. in the 1860s.[3]

He worked in partnership with Charles Stephen Floyce (c1857-1895), a French artist,[4] until the end of 1890.[5] They advertised as 'panel and mural painters' and 'artists in stained glass'.[6] Floyce later (1892) worked with Blomfield on the Royal Memorial Church of St George, Cannes.[7]

Other projects included paintings (1894) for Pearson's chapel at St Antony's College, Oxford; the original architect of the nunnery had been his father.[8]

A painting of the Annunciation originally in St Margaret's Church, Burton upon Trent, is now in St Mary's Church, Claxby by Normanby. Other paintings from St Margaret's are a Crucifixion in St Paul's, Burton upon Trent, and the Agony in the Garden in St Andrew's, Stainton le Vale.[9]

The reredos formerly in St Mark's Church, Horsham, is now in St Mary's Church. It cost about £200. "The upper part of the reredos is in the form of a triptych. The framework is of oak, and the panels, gilt and coloured, are painted in oils, the work being of the Flemish school. The centre panel represents the adoration of the infant Jesus by the Virgin and St Joseph. The side panels bear figures of the four Evangelists. Sir Arthur Blomfield was the architect, and Messrs. Floyce and Buckeridge, of London, were the artists."[10]

At St Mary Magdalene, Enfield, he painted the East Wall and the angels on the ceiling in the chancel (1897/8).[11][12]

His masterpiece is probably the triptych (1892-3) for the architect Norman Shaw's All Saints Church, Richard's Castle, Shropshire.[13]

Personal life

Charles married Ellen Dunkley in Marylebone in 1888[14] and had one son, Albert (b 1881). In 1882 his address was given as 4, Duke Street, Portland Place and in 1891 Wilmot Place, St Pancras. He later lived at Mortimer Street, Marylebone. He died at 64 Agamemnon Road, West Hampstead in 1898.[15]

Gallery

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  Reredos, Richard's Castle
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  St Pancras (Old Church) Reredos
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  St Mary Magdalene, Enfield. The Angel Gabriel
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  St Mary Magdalene, Enfield. The Magi
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  St Mary Magdalene, Enfield. The ceiling
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  Triptych, St Katharine, Ickleford
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  St Mary's Church, Nottingham
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  Triptych, Headley
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  Holy Trinity Church, Guildford
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  Annunciation, Leatherhead
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  Triptych, Salisbury Cathedral
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  St Matthew's Church, Northampton. Triptych in the Lady Chapel
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  St Mary, Portsea. Reredos by Buckeridge & Floyce
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  The Wolferton Triptych, Lynn
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  St Martin, Scarborough. Reredos & rood-screen (1889)

Works

Incomplete. (After Andrew Saint [3] with additions)

Type	Location	County	Architect	Note
Triptych	St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bromfield	Shropshire	Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A.
Pulpit	St Mary's Church, Honley	West Yorkshire	Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A.
Reredos	St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle	Durham	Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A.
Reredos	St Mary's, Goldsborough	North Yorkshire	Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A.
Reredos	St Mary's Church, Nottingham	Nottinghamshire	G. F. Bodley, A.R.A.	1885
Painting in memory of Lord Burton's father	St Margaret, Burton upon Trent	Staffordshire	G. F. Bodley, A.R.A.	[16] Demolished 1968.[9] See above for location of work
Reredos	St Martin's, Scarborough	North Yorkshire	G. F. Bodley, A.R.A.
Three paintings in crypt	Church of St Barnabas, Pimlico	London	G. F. Bodley, A.R.A.
Doors in screen	Bovey Tracey	Devon	J. D. Sedding
Work	Milstead, near Sittingbourne	Kent	J. D. Sedding
Work	Netley, near Southampton	Hampshire	J. D. Sedding
Lenten altar cloth (partial)	Holy Trinity, Chelsea	London	J. D. Sedding
Large painting (altar)	St John's, Clerkenwell	London	J. O. Scott, F.S.A.	Destroyed 1941
Reredos in side chapel	Halifax Parish Church	West Yorkshire	Burlison and Grylls
Work, including stencilling and roof colour	Croydon Parish Church	London	Burlison and Grylls
Reredos	St Mary's Church, Portsea	Hampshire	Sir Arthur Blomfield	Buckeridge and Floyce [17][18]
Triptych	North Mundham near Chichester	West Sussex	Sir Arthur Blomfield
Triptych	Old St Pancras Church	London	Sir Arthur Blomfield	1888 Buckeridge and Floyce[19]
Apse, altar and small table	Holy Trinity, Guildford	Surrey	Sir Arthur Blomfield
Frame only	Plaistow (St Mary)	London	Sir Arthur Blomfield
Altar panels for Clayton and Bell	Truro Cathedral	Cornwall	J. L. Pearson
Reredos (carved)	Durham Castle	Durham	Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A.
Work on altar	St Nicholas' church, Rodmersham, near Sittingbourne	Kent	Rev W Mellor	Buckeridge and Floyce[20]
Triptych	Kennington convent, Wyndham Road	London	For sister Jane (Gibson)	Sisters Of Charity, 126, Wyndham Road, Lambeth. Demolished
Altar front, Three panel paintings round apse of chapel	The Convent of St Giles Oxford	Oxford	For the Rev Mother	[8] see above
The Wolferton Triptych	Lynn	Norfolk	Sir Arthur Blomfield
Two-light memorial window	Grahamstown Cathedral	South Africa		West End of North Aisle[21]
Lancet memorial window	Alice Church, Cape Colony	South Africa
Decoration	Garrison Church of St Peter and St Paul, Shoeburyness	Essex	For Revd. Malin, Chaplain	See postcard.[22] Closed 1987 and sold in 2018[23]
Large mural painting	St Thomas's Convent Chapel (Osney House), Oxford	Oxfordshire		destroyed?
Reredos	Woburn Sands Church	Bedfordshire		[24]
Reredos	St Giles Cripplegate	London		destroyed
Decorative work to roof	St Mary Magdalene, Enfield	London		[11][25] see above
Reredos	All Saints' Church, Richard's Castle	Shropshire	Norman Shaw
Reredos in Lady Chapel	Salisbury Cathedral	Wiltshire	Sir Arthur Blomfield	[26] 1896. In North Transept Bay.
Triptych in Lady Chapel	St Matthew's Church, Northampton	Northamptonshire		[27]
Triptych	St Mary the Virgin, Headley	Surrey		1895 [28]
Reredos	St Mark’s, Horsham	West Sussex	Sir Arthur Blomfield	[10] Now in St Mary's Church, Horsham[29]
Two frescoes either side of the chancel arch	Church of St Mary & St Nicholas, Leatherhead	Surrey	Sir Arthur Blomfield	1894. Messrs Buckeridge and Floyce of Mortimer Street.[30]
Triptych	Church of St Katharine, Ickleford	Hertfordshire

References

1. Charles Edgar Buckeridge in the Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 - Ancestry.com (subscription required)
2. "The exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1882. The 114th". Royal Academy. 1882. p. 24.
3. Saint, Andrew (1973). "Charles Buckeridge and his family" (PDF). Oxoniensia. 38: 357–372.
4. Historic England (17 October 1994). "CHURCH OF ST IGNATIUS (1218133)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
5. "Dissolutions of Partnerships". The London Gazette (26122). 6 January 1891. p. 124.
6. Kelly's Post Office London Directory. 1891. p. 509.
7. "Art Notes". Pall Mall Gazette. 12 October 1892. p. 1.
8. Nicholls, C (2000). The History of St Antony’s College, Oxford, 1950–2000. Springer. pp. 31–32. ISBN 9780230598836.
9. Goodall, John (2015). Parish Church Treasures: The Nation's Greatest Art Collection. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472917638.
10. "Horsham". Sussex Agricultural Express. 16 January 1894. p. 4.
11. Butterfield, William (14 July 2015). "St Mary Magdalene, Enfield". Victorian Web.
12. Church leaflet on "The Chancel", St Mary Magdalene, Windmill Hill, Enfield
13. "All Saints Church". Ludlow Advertiser. 5 November 1892. pp. 5–6.
14. Charles Edgar Buckeridge in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 - Ancestry.com (subscription required)
15. Charles Edgar Buckeridge in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 - Ancestry.com (subscription required)
16. "Lord Burton's Church Gifts". Worcester Journal. 11 May 1895. p. 5.
17. "The New Church". Portsmouth Evening News. 10 October 1889. p. 2,3.
18. "The Recent Sacrilege at Kingston Church". Portsmouth Evening News. 8 October 1894. p. 3.
19. Wright, John (1908). Some notable altars in the church of England and the American episcopal church. The Macmillan Company. pp. 111–112.
20. "Local and District News". Gloucestershire Echo. 26 September 1888. p. 3.
21. Clarke, M J (28 March 2017). "Stained Glass Windows of the Grahamstown Cathedral". Cathedral of St Michael and St George.
22. "St Peter & St Paul's Church, Shoeburyness Garrison Church". Essex Churches.
23. "Former Garrison Church of St. Peter and St. Paul Horseshoe Barracks, Chapel Road, Shoeburyness SS3 9WD". Realla. 2018.
24. "Drawing by C.E. Buckeridge, 47 Mortimer Street, London, of the proposed reredos for Woburn Sands Church". National Archives.
25. Historic England (1974-01-31). "CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE (1294385)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
26. White, Gleeson (1898). THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF SALISBURY. (With Illustration) (Second ed.). George Bell and Sons. p. 63.
27. Wright, Christopher; May Gordon, Catherine (2006). British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections: An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Yale University Press. pp. 215–216.
28. Email (October 2018) with copy of the 1997 NADFAS (National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies) report on the Triptych.
29. Email (received November 2018) from the church
30. Email (received December 2018) referencing the Church magazine (May 1893, Feb. 1894, Apr. 1894)