George Frederick Bodley (1827-1907)
Victorian Gothic Revival Architect. Initially trained with George Gilbert Scott, with whom he had a family connection, before establishing his own practice. He worked with William Morris and his circle, having met Morris in G. E. Street's office in around 1856. His partnership with Thomas Garner began in 1869, working on churches as well as domestic architecture. As well as his churches in Cardiff, Bodley also designed interiors for Powis Castle in Montgomeryshire from 1900–2.
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St Jerome and St Ambrose designer: George Frederick Bodley firm/studio: Burlison & Grylls 1890 Church of St Margaret, Roath, Cardiff north wall of the north transept | |
St German designer: George Frederick Bodley firm/studio: Burlison & Grylls 1891 Church of St Margaret, Roath, Cardiff nave | |
Three Archangels designer: George Frederick Bodley firm/studio: Burlison & Grylls about 1898 Church of St Saviour, Splott, Cardiff south wall of the chancel | |
Christ in Majesty with Saints and Scenes from the Death and Resurrection of Christ designer: George Frederick Bodley firm/studio: Burlison & Grylls 1898 Church of St Saviour, Splott, Cardiff east window of the chancel |
Further reading
Michael Hall, George Frederick Bodley and the Later Gothic Revival in Britain and America (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014).
Michael Hall, The Holiness of Beauty: G.F. Bodley (1827-1907) and his circle (London: V&A+RIBA Trust, 2008).
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