W. D. Caröe (1857–1938)


Prominent church architect and designer of the Arts and Crafts Movement. William Douglas Caröe was a pupil of John Loughborough Pearson, and his firm, Caroe & Partners, was established in 1884. The firm has maintained a long association with St Davids Cathedral after he succeeded Oldrid Scott as Cathedral architect in 1907.




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  as architect: Church of St Mary, Llandovery , Carmarthenshire
  as architect: Church of St Mary, Brecon , Powys
  as architect: Church of St Chad, Hanmer , Wrexham
  as architect: Church of St Illtyd, Llantwit Major , Vale of Glamorgan
  as architect: Church of St Mary the Virgin, Haverfordwest , Pembrokeshire
  as architect: Church of the Holy Trinity, Newcastle Emlyn , Carmarthenshire
  as architect: Church of All Saints, Gresford , Wrexham
  as architect: Church of St David and St Cyfelach, Llangyfelach , Swansea
  as architect: Church of St Teilo, Bishopston , Swansea
  as architect: Carmarthenshire County Museum, Abergwili , Carmarthenshire
  as architect: Cathedral Church of St John Evangelist, Brecon , Powys
  as architect: Church of St Illtyd, Pembrey , Carmarthenshire
  as architect: Church of St David, Blaenporth , Ceredigion


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  Christ with St John and St Paul Christ with St John and St Paul
designer: W. D. Caröe
1909
St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, Pembrokeshire
pulpitum
image not available St David
designer: probably W. D. Caröe
about 1913
Church of St David and St Cyfelach, Llangyfelach, Swansea
south porch
  Cross with the Symbols of the Four Evangelists Cross with the Symbols of the Four Evangelists
designer: W. D. Caröe
1916
Church of St David and St Cyfelach, Llangyfelach, Swansea
rood screen
  St Cadmarch and St David St Cadmarch and St David
designer: W. D. Caröe
about 1916
Church of St Cadmarch, Llangammarch Wells
east wall of the chancel
  Figures on the Rood Screen Figures on the Rood Screen
designer: W. D. Caröe
artist: Nathaniel Hitch
about 1926-1930
Church of St Bilo, Llanfilo, Powys
rood screen
  The Symbols of the Four Evangelists and the Adoration of the Lamb The Symbols of the Four Evangelists and the Adoration of the Lamb
designer: W. D. Caröe
artist: Frederick Brook Hitch
patron: Jenkinson
about 1932
St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, Pembrokeshire
Chapel of St Edward the Confessor (south aisle of the retrochoir)
  The Crucifixion with Saints The Crucifixion with Saints
designer: W. D. Caröe
1937
Cathedral Church of St John Evangelist, Brecon, Powys
east wall of the chancel


Further reading

Jennifer M. Freeman, W.D. Caröe: his architectural achievement (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1991).



References

Barrie Armstrong and Wendy Armstrong, The Arts and Crafts Movement in the North West of England: A Handbook (Wetherby: Oblong, 2005), p. 219.





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