William Hopkins (architect)

William Jeffrey Hopkins (1820–1901) was a British architect.

For other people named William Hopkins, see William Hopkins (disambiguation).

William Hopkins
Born	1820[1]
Died	1901[1][2]
Nationality	British
Occupation	Architect
Buildings	Saints Philip and James Parish church, Hallow, Worcestershire

Career

One of Hopkins' earliest works, the Public Hall in Worcester (1848–49), was Italianate.[3] Most of his work thereafter was of the Gothic Revival. For many years he was the Worcester Diocesan Architect, and as such he mostly built or rebuilt Church of England parish churches in Worcestershire.

Works

• Public Hall, Worcester, 1848–49 (demolished circa 1968)[3]
• St. Martin's parish church, Worcester: east window, 1855–62[4]
• St. Barnabas' parish church, Drakes Broughton, Worcestershire, 1857[5]
• Cow Honeybourne parish church, Honeybourne, Worcestershire, 1861–63[6]
• Holy Trinity parish church, Shrub Hill, Worcester, 1863[7]
• St. James' parish church, Hindlip, Worcestershire: rebuilding, 1864[8]
• St. John the Baptist parish church, Bradley, Worcestershire, 1864–65[9]
• St.Nicholas' parish church, Worcester: restoration, 1867[10]
• Saints Philip and James parish church, Hallow, Worcestershire, 1867–69[11]
• Bohun Court, Hallow, Worcestershire, 1860s (demolished 1925)[1]
• St. James' parish church, Churchill, Worcestershire, 1868[12]
• St. Peter ad Vincula parish church, Tibberton, Worcestershire, 1868[13]
• St. Paul's parish church, Blackheath, Birmingham, 1869[14]
• Bromsgrove School, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire: enlarged chapel, 1869[15]
• St. Mary's parish church, Icomb, Gloucestershire: restoration, 1871[16]
• St. Nicholas' parish church, King's Norton, Birmingham: restoration, 1871[17]
• St. Kenelm's parish church, Upper Snodsbury, Worcestershire: rebuilt church, 1873–74[18]
• St. James' parish church, Norton-by-Kempsey: restoration (with Ewan Christian), 1874–75[19]
• St. John the Baptist parish church, Grafton Flyford, Worcestershire: rebuilding, 1875[20]
• St. John the Baptist parish church, Suckley, Worcestershire: rebuilt church, 1878–79[21]
• All Saints' parish church, Wilden, Worcestershire, 1880[22]
• St. Peter's parish church, Besford, Worcestershire: restoration, 1880–81[23]
• St. James' parish church, Kington, Worcestershire: rebuilt chancel, 1881[24]
• St. Eadburga's parish church, Abberton, Worcestershire, 1881–82[25]
• St. Peter's parish church, Flyford Flavell, Worcestershire: rebuilding, 1883[26]
• Saints Mathias and George parish church, Astwood Bank, Worcestershire, 1884[27]
• St. Bartholomew's parish church, Naunton Beauchamp, Worcestershire: rebuilding, 1897[28]

References

1. "Mr W.J. Hopkins – Summary". Parks & Gardens UK. Parks and Gardens Data Services. 2007–2009. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
2. Pevsner, 1968, page 37
3. Pevsner, 1968, pages 329–330
4. Pevsner, 1968, page 319
5. Pevsner, 1968, page 134
6. Pevsner, 1968, page 125
7. Pevsner, 1968, page 321
8. Pevsner, 1968, page 196
9. Pevsner, 1968, page 95
10. Pevsner, 1968, page 320
11. Pevsner, 1968, page 182
12. Pevsner, 1968, page 119
13. Pevsner, 1968, page 280
14. Pevsner, 1968, page 88
15. Pevsner, 1968, page 111
16. Verey, 1970, page 280 (mis-transcribed as "W.J. Hophis")
17. Pevsner & Wedgwood, 1966, page 188
18. Pevsner, 1968, page 283
19. Pevsner, 1968, page 227
20. Pevsner, 1968, pages 156–157
21. Pevsner, 1968, page 275
22. Pevsner, 1968, page 290
23. Pevsner, 1968, page 82
24. Pevsner, 1968, page 208
25. Pevsner, 1968, page 68
26. Pevsner, 1968, page 156
27. Pevsner, 1968, page 74
28. Pevsner, 1968, page 223

Sources and further reading

• Brodie, Antonia; Felstead, Alison; Franklin, Jonathan; Pinfield, Leslie; Oldfield, Jane, eds. (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914, A–K. London & New York: Continuum. ISBN 0-8264-5513-1.
• Pevsner, Nikolaus (1968). Worcestershire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
• Pevsner, Nikolaus; Wedgwood, Alexandra (1966). Warwickshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 188.
• Verey, David (1970). Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds. The Buildings of England. I. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 280. ISBN 0-14-071040-X.