Ewan Christian
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Ewan Christian was a British architect. He is most notable for the restoration of Carlisle Cathedral
, the alterations to Christ Church, Spitalfields in 1866, and the extension to the National Gallery
that created the National Portrait Gallery. He was architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
from 1851. Christian was elected A RIBA
in 1840, FRIBA in 1850, RIBA President 1884–86 and was awarded the Royal Gold Medal
in 1887.
1823–29. From 1831 or 1832 he worked in partnership with his cousin Joseph Henry Christian and Charles Henry Purday. J.H. Christian's sister Jemima was married to the architect John Loughborough Pearson
.
Carlisle Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, otherwise called Carlisle Cathedral, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Carlisle. It is located in Carlisle, in Cumbria, North West England...
, the alterations to Christ Church, Spitalfields in 1866, and the extension to the National Gallery
National Gallery, London
The National Gallery is an art museum on Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The gallery is an exempt charity, and a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media...
that created the National Portrait Gallery. He was architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
Ecclesiastical Commissioners
Ecclesiastical Commissioners were, in England and Wales, a body corporate, whose full title is Ecclesiastical and Church Estates Commissioners for England. The commissioners were authorized to determine the distribution of revenues of the Church of England, and they made extensive changes in how...
from 1851. Christian was elected A RIBA
Royal Institute of British Architects
The Royal Institute of British Architects is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally.-History:...
in 1840, FRIBA in 1850, RIBA President 1884–86 and was awarded the Royal Gold Medal
Royal Gold Medal
The Royal Gold Medal for architecture is awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects on behalf of the British monarch, in recognition of an individual's or group's substantial contribution to international architecture....
in 1887.
Life
Christian attended school at Christ's HospitalChrist's Hospital
Christ's Hospital is an English coeducational independent day and boarding school with Royal Charter located in the Sussex countryside just south of Horsham in Horsham District, West Sussex, England...
1823–29. From 1831 or 1832 he worked in partnership with his cousin Joseph Henry Christian and Charles Henry Purday. J.H. Christian's sister Jemima was married to the architect John Loughborough Pearson
John Loughborough Pearson
John Loughborough Pearson was a Gothic Revival architect renowned for his work on churches and cathedrals. Pearson revived and practised largely the art of vaulting, and acquired in it a proficiency unrivalled in his generation.-Early life and education:Pearson was born in Brussels, Belgium on 5...
.
England
- St. Nicholas's parish church, AustreyAustreyAustrey is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. The village is at the northern extremity of the county, near Newton Regis and No Man's Heath, and close to the Leicestershire villages of Appleby Magna, Norton-juxta-Twycross and Orton on the...
, WarwickshireWarwickshireWarwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
: chancel windows, 1844–45 - Great BarrGreat BarrGreat Barr is a large and loosely-defined area which straddles the boundaries of Birmingham, West Bromwich and Walsall , West Midlands, England...
, StaffordshireStaffordshireStaffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
: vicarage, 1847 - Casterton Grange, CastertonCasterton, CumbriaCasterton is a small village and civil parish close to Kirkby Lonsdale on the River Lune in the south east corner of Cumbria, England.The parish is bounded by Kirkby Lonsdale, Barbon, Dent, Leck and Burrow-with-Burrow, and lies just outside the western edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park:...
, WestmorlandWestmorlandWestmorland is an area of North West England and one of the 39 historic counties of England. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974, after which the entirety of the county was absorbed into the new county of Cumbria.-Early history:...
(now part of CumbriaCumbriaCumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
), 1848 - St. John's parish church, KenilworthKenilworthKenilworth is a town in central Warwickshire, England. In 2001 the town had a population of 22,582 . It is situated south of Coventry, north of Warwick and northwest of London....
, Warwickshire, 1851 - The Collegiate Church of St. Peter, WolverhamptonWolverhamptonWolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
: restoration and reconstruction of chancel, 1852–65 - St. Theobald & St. Chad parish church, Caldecote, WarwickshireCaldecote, WarwickshireCaldecote is a village in Warwickshire, England, 2 miles north of Nuneaton and south of the A5.-Further reading:Sheasby, Alan Skylark Fields: A Forties Childhood Exeter, Devon: Wheaton Publishers Ltd/Warwickshire Books, ISBN 1-871942-04-7...
: restoration, 1857 - Romsey AbbeyRomsey AbbeyRomsey Abbey is a parish church of the Church of England in Romsey, a market town in Hampshire, England. Until the dissolution it was the church of a Benedictine nunnery.-Background:...
, HampshireHampshireHampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
: organ case, 1858 - The Long Close, Hollington, Staffordshire, 1860
- Christ Church parish church, WinchesterWinchesterWinchester is a historic cathedral city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of...
, 1861 - St. James the Apostle parish church, Bonsall, DerbyshireBonsall, DerbyshireBonsall is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales on the edge of the Peak District.-Geography:Bonsall is about from Matlock and about from Derby...
: restoration, 1861–62 - St Nicolas's parish church, Kings NortonSt. Nicolas' Church, Kings NortonSt Nicolas's Church, Kings Norton is the Anglican parish church of Kings Norton, in the Diocese of Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom.-History:...
, BirminghamBirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
: restoration, 1863 - All Saints' parish church, Gussage All SaintsGussage All SaintsGussage All Saints is a village in Dorset, England situated 8 miles north east of Blandford.The Ecclesiastical Parish of Gussage All Saints since 2001, is one of ten Ecclesiastical Parishes which form ‘The Chase Benefice’ under its first incumbent the Reverend Dr Michael Foster...
, DorsetDorsetDorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
: chancel, early 1860s - St Mary Magdalene parish church, EardisleyEardisleyEardisley is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire about south of the centre of Kington. Eardisley is in the Wye valley in the northwest of the county, close to the border with Wales....
, HerefordshireHerefordshireHerefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...
: renewal of south aisle windows, 1863 - St Matthew's parish church, Langford, OxfordshireLangford, OxfordshireLangford is a village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, about northeast of Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire.-Manor:The Domesday Book of 1086 records that a Saxon, Ælfsige of Faringdon, held the manor. In the reign of Edward the Confessor Ælfsige had been a minor landholder, holding two...
: restoration of roof, 1864 - Manor House, Market LavingtonMarket LavingtonMarket Lavington is a large village with a population of about 2,300 on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, near the market town of Devizes.-Status:...
, WiltshireWiltshireWiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, 1865 - St. Mary's parish church, PiddlehintonPiddlehintonPiddlehinton is a village in west Dorset, England situated in the Piddle valley five miles north of Dorchester. The village has a population of around 600 .Piddlehinton formerly constituted a liberty containing only the parish itself....
, Dorset: north aisle and west end, 1867 - St Mary's parish church, BamptonBampton- England :* Bampton, Cumbria* Bampton, Devon** Bampton railway station**Bampton * Bampton, Oxfordshire- Other :*Bampton Island, former name of Parama Island, Papua New Guinea*Bampton Reefs, Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia- People :...
, OxfordshireOxfordshireOxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
: restoration, 1867–69 - Hinton DaubneyHinton DaubneyHinton Daubney is a small hamlet in Hampshire, England, located between Catherington and Hambledon. It is the site of one of the earliest recorded sightings of ball lightning....
, Hampshire: rebuilt house, 1868 - St Michael's parish, Poulton, GloucestershirePoulton, GloucestershirePoulton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire, approximately to the south-east of Gloucester. It lies in the south of the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 398.-History:Poulton was...
: vicarage, 1868 - St Mark's parish church, Holbeach St MarksHolbeach St MarksHolbeach St Marks is a fenland village in the South Holland district of southern Lincolnshire, England. It lies north from Holbeach and from The Wash....
, LincolnshireLincolnshireLincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, 1868-69 - St Matthew's parish church, Holbeach St MatthewHolbeach St MatthewHolbeach St Matthew is a fenland hamlet in the South Holland district of southern Lincolnshire, England. It lies north-east from Holbeach and from The Wash....
, LincolnshireLincolnshireLincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, 1868-69 - St. Peter and St. Paul parish church, HellinglyHellinglyHellingly is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. The village is located 1.5 miles north of Hailsham.The nearby village of Lower Dicker is located within the parish.-History:...
East SussexEast SussexEast Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...
: restoration of nave and chancel, 1869 - St John the Evangelist parish church, LangrishLangrishLangrish is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 2.7 miles west of Petersfield, on the A272 road.The nearest main railway station is Petersfield, 2.3 miles east of the village....
, Hampshire, 1869–70 - St John the Baptist parish church, AbthorpeAbthorpeAbthorpe is a village and civil parish in the valley of the River Tove in South Northamptonshire, about west of Towcester, northwest of Silverstone and about midway between London and Birmingham....
, NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
, 1869–71 - St Mark's parish church, Belgrave Gate, LeicesterLeicesterLeicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
, 1869–72 - St Mary's parish church, GreywellGreywellGreywell is a small village and civil parish in Hampshire, England.Greywell village is a past winner of the Best Kept Village in Hampshire competition and a recent winner of Best Small Village in Hampshire. The Basingstoke Canal runs underneath part of the village through the 1.1 km long...
, Hampshire: chancel, 1870–71 - St James the Great parish church, South LeighSouth LeighSouth Leigh is a village and civil parish on Limb Brook, a small tributary of the River Thames, about east of Witney in Oxfordshire.-Manor:South Leigh was not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, but was recorded in 1190 as Stanton Lega....
, OxfordshireOxfordshireOxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
: restoration, 1871–72 - St Michael's parish church, Bishop's ItchingtonBishop's ItchingtonBishop's Itchington is a village and civil parish about southeast of Royal Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, England.The village is on the B4451 road about southwest of Southam, and about northeast of Junction 12 on the M40 motorway...
, Warwickshire, 1872 - St James' parish church, Norton-by-Kempsey, WorcestershireWorcestershireWorcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
: restoration (with W.J. HopkinsWilliam Hopkins (architect)-Career:One of Hopkins' earliest works, the Public Hall in Worcester , was Italianate. 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...
), 1874–75 - St. Pancras parish church, Alton PancrasAlton PancrasAlton Pancras is a small village in the West Dorset district of Dorset, England. It is sited at an altitude of 125 metres in the valley of the River Piddle, which has its source just north of the village. The surrounding chalk hills rise to between 230 and 260 metres...
, Dorset: chancel, 1875 - All Saints' parish church, Farley, Wiltshire: restoration, 1875
- The Assumption of St. Mary the Virgin parish church, HinckleyHinckleyHinckley is a town in southwest Leicestershire, England. It has a population of 43,246 . It is administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council...
, Leicestershire: chancel chapels and part of the transepts, 1875–78 - St. Peter & St. Paul parish church, Hambledon, HampshireHambledon, HampshireHambledon is a small village and civil parish in the county of Hampshire in England, situated about north of Portsmouth.Hambledon is best known as the 'Cradle of Cricket'. It is thought that Hambledon Club, one of the oldest cricket clubs known, was formed about 1750...
: restored chancel, 1876 - Holy Trinity, Sunk IslandSunk IslandSunk Island is a Crown Estate village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies south of Ottringham and to the north of the Humber Estuary...
, East Yorkshire, 1876–77 - St Michael's parish church, ClaverdonClaverdonClaverdon is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England, about west of the county town of Warwick.Claverdon's toponym comes from the Old English for "clover hill"...
, Warwickshire: restoration, 1877–78 - St. George's parish church, Bourton, DorsetBourton, DorsetBourton is a village in north Dorset, England, situated north of the A303 road on the border with Somerset and Wiltshire between Mere and Wincanton. The village has a population of 772 and marks the northernmost point in Dorset...
: additions, 1878 - St. Peter's parish churchSt Peter's Church, Preston Village, BrightonSt Peter's Church is a former Anglican church in the Preston Village area of Brighton, in the English city of Brighton and Hove. The 13th-century building, standing on the site of two older churches, was restored in the late 19th century and again after a serious fire in 1906...
, Preston Village, BrightonPreston Village, BrightonPreston Village is a suburban area of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex to the north of the centre. Originally a village in its own right, it was eventually absorbed into Brighton with the development of the farmland owned by the local Stanford family, officially becoming a parish of the town in 1928...
, restored chancel, 1878 - Broadwell Hill, BroadwellBroadwell, CotswoldBroadwell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. It is about north of Stow-on-the-Wold. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 384....
, Gloucestershire: house, 1879 - All Saints' parish church, PiddletrenthidePiddletrenthidePiddletrenthide is a village in west Dorset, England, situated in the Piddle valley on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs, eight miles north of Dorchester. The village has a population of 691...
, Dorset: chancel, 1880 - St. Paul's parish church, Woodhouse EavesWoodhouse EavesWoodhouse Eaves is a village located on the side of Beacon Hill, in the Charnwood Forest area of Leicestershire, England.It is a sizeable rural village, having several pubs and a few shops...
, Leicestershire: remodelling, 1880 - Christ Church, HampsteadChrist Church, HampsteadChrist Church Hampstead is a Church of England church in Hampstead, London. It is the original church of Hampstead and the Heath.-History:The present church was erected between 1850 and 1852 to designs by the architect Samuel Daukes in the Early English Gothic style. In 1860 a timber gallery was...
: north porch and aisle, 1881–82 - Malwood, Castle Malwood, Hampshire, 1883–84
- St John in Bedwardine parish church, WorcesterWorcesterThe City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the...
: extensions of chancel and north chapel, 1884 - St Mary's parish church, Calstone WellingtonCalstone WellingtonCalstone Wellington is a small village and former parish in Wiltshire, England, some three miles from Calne and now part of the civil parish of Calne Without....
, WiltshireWiltshireWiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
: restoration, 1884–85 - St Peter's parish parish church, InkberrowInkberrowInkberrow is a village in the district of Wychavon, Worcestershire that is often thought to be the model for Ambridge, the setting of the BBC Radio 4 long running radio serialisation or soap opera The Archers. In particular 'The Bull', the fictional Ambridge pub, is supposed to be based on a very...
, Worcestershire: rebuilding of chancel, 1887 - St Mary's parish church, Clifford, HerefordshireClifford, HerefordshireClifford is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, four miles to the north of Hay-on-Wye. It lies on the south bank of the River Wye, which here forms the border between Wales and England....
: north aisle, 1887–88 - St. John the Baptist parish church, YaverlandYaverlandYaverland is a village on the Isle of Wight, just north of Sandown. It has about 200 houses. About 1/3 of a mile away from the village is the Yaverland Manor and Church. Holotype fossils have been discovered here of Yaverlandia and a pterosaur, Caulkicephalus...
, Isle of WightIsle of WightThe Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
: bellcote, 1889 - All Saints' parish church, Froxfield, Wiltshire: restoration, 1891–92
- St. James the Great parish church, Fulbrook, OxfordshireFulbrook, OxfordshireFulbrook is a village and civil parish immediately northeast of Burford in West Oxfordshire.-History:The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded the village as Fulebroc, possibly meaning "foul brook"....
: restored chancel, 1892 - Curbridge, HampshireCurbridge, HampshireCurbridge is a village in Hampshire, England.-Governance:The village is part of the civil parish of Curdridge and is part of the Owslebury and Curdridge ward of the City of Winchester non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council....
: chapel, 1892 - St. Mary Magdalene parish church, Knighton, Leicester: restoration, 1894
- St. John's parish church, Locks HeathLocks HeathLocks Heath is a western residential suburb of Fareham, in the south of Hampshire, England. It lies to the southeast of Sarisbury east of Warsash, to the west of Titchfield, and to the south of Park Gate and Swanwick...
, Hampshire, 1895 - Holy Cross parish church, Sherston, WiltshireSherston, WiltshireSherston is a village approximately 5 miles to the west of Malmesbury in the English county of Wiltshire. The population in 2001 was 1418 .- History :...
: restoration - St. Mary's parish church, Market Lavington, Wiltshire: restoration
- St. Nicholas' parish church, NuneatonNuneatonNuneaton is the largest town in the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth and in the English county of Warwickshire.Nuneaton is most famous for its associations with the 19th century author George Eliot, who was born on a farm on the Arbury Estate just outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in the town for...
, Warwickshire: chancel arch - St. Peter's parish church, PittonPittonPitton is also the name of a small village in the Gower Peninsula, Wales.Pitton is a village located about east of Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, just off the A30 London Road. It has a primary school , a village shop and post office, a pub , a church, a park, a village hall and a small...
, Wiltshire: restoration - St. Peter's parish church, Shelford, Nottinghamshire: restoration
- St. Thomas's parish church, East OrchardEast OrchardEast Orchard is a small village in the rural Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England, adjacent to West Orchard, from which it is separated by a stream, and half way between Shaftesbury and Sturminster Newton. The village has a population of 127 ....
, Dorset: chancel
Isle of Man
- Abbey Memorial Church, BallasallaBallasallaBallasalla is a village in the parish of Malew in the south-east of the Isle of Man, close to the town of Castletown. The village was built mostly from the ruins of the nearby Rushen Abbey, a Cistercian abbey founded in the 12th century and dissolved in the 16th century.-Governance:The local...
- Church of St. Thomas, DouglasDouglas, Isle of Manright|thumb|250px|Douglas Promenade, which runs nearly the entire length of beachfront in Douglasright|thumb|250px|Sea terminal in DouglasDouglas is the capital and largest town of the Isle of Man, with a population of 26,218 people . It is located at the mouth of the River Douglas, and a sweeping...
- Chapel of Ease, Cronkbourne
- Christchurch, LaxeyLaxeyLaxey is a village on the east coast of the Isle of Man. Its name derives from the Old Norse Laxa meaning 'Salmon River'.The village lies on the A2, the main Douglas to Ramsey road. Laxey Glen is one of the Manx National Glens, with Dhoon Glen being located close by...
- Dhoon Church
- New Church, MarownMarownMarown is a parish of the Isle of Man in the sheading of Middle. Historically it was in the sheading of Glenfaba.-Parish:Marown has an area of approximately nine square miles and is the only parish on the island that does not border the sea at some point...