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 designer: W. D. Caröe 1909 St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, Pembrokeshire pulpitum | |
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 designer: W. D. Caröe about 1916 Church of St Cadmarch, Llangammarch Wells east wall of the chancel | |
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 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 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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