Charles Ponting

Charles Ponting
Born	20 February 1850[1] Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire[1]
Died	19 January 1932 (aged 81)[1] Parkstone, Dorset[1]
Occupation	Architect
Buildings	Christ Church, Shaw, Wiltshire St. Mary the Virgin church, West Fordington, Dorset
Projects	Dauntsey's School

Charles Edwin Ponting, F.S.A., (1850–1932) was a Gothic Revival architect who practised in Marlborough, Wiltshire.

Career

Ponting began his architectural career in 1864 in the office of the architect Samuel Overton.^[1] He was agent for Meux brewing family's estate from 1870 until 1888.^[1] After Admiral Hedworth Meux inherited Theobalds House in Hertfordshire in 1910, Ponting enlarged the house for him.

In 1883 the Diocese of Salisbury appointed Ponting Surveyor of Ecclesiastical Dilapidations for the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire.^[1] Part of the Diocese of Bristol was added to his responsibilities in 1887 and the Diocese of Salisbury added the Archdeaconry of Dorset to his duties in 1892.^[1] He resigned from his post with the Bristol Diocese in 1915 and from that with the Salisbury Diocese in 1923.^[1]

Family

Ponting married Overton's daughter Martha Margaretta in 1872.^[1] She died in 1873 at the age of 20 while giving birth to their twin daughters Martha and Mary.^[1] Ponting never remarried, and the twins remained unmarried and lived with him until his death.^[1]

Works

• National School, Overton and Fyfield, Wiltshire, 1875^[2]
• St. Michael's parish church, West Overton, 1878^[3]
• St. Peter ad Vincula parish church, Broad Hinton, Wiltshire: restoration, 1879^[4]
• All Saints' parish church, Liddington, Wiltshire: restoration, 1880's^[5]
• St. Matthew's parish church, Mere, Wiltshire, 1882^[6]
• East Kennett, Wiltshire: village dispensary and parish room, 1884
• All Saints' parish church, Marden, Wiltshire: rebuilding, 1885^[7]
• St. Mary, St. Katherine and All Saints' parish church, Edington, Wiltshire: restoration, 1887^[8]
• St. Giles' parish church, Stanton St Quintin, Wiltshire: rebuilt chancel, 1888^[9]
• St. John the Baptist parish church, Yaverland, Isle of Wight: reredos, 1889^[10]
• St. John the Baptist parish church, Pewsey, Wiltshire: restoration, 1889–90^[11]
• St. Katherine's parish church, Holt, Wiltshire: rebuilding, 1891^[12]
• St. Mary's parish church, Almondsbury, Gloucestershire: oak reredos, 1891^[13]
• St. Andrew's parish church, Rockbourne, Hampshire: restoration, 1893^[14]
• St. Michael's parish church, Melksham, Wiltshire: oak reredos, 1894^[15]
• St. Birinus' parish church, Redlynch, Wiltshire: 1894–96^[16]
• Dauntsey's School, West Lavington, Wiltshire, 1895^[17]
• All Saints' parish church, Leigh, Wiltshire: relocation & reconstruction, 1896^[18]
• St. John's parish church, Bemerton, Wiltshire: restoration, 1896^[19]
• St. John the Evangelist parish church, Ford, Wiltshire, 1897^[20]
• St. Michael's parish church, Bere Hackett, Dorset: tower, 1897^[21]
• Holy Trinity parish church, Bradpole, Dorset: north aisle, 1897^[22]
• St. Andrew's parish church, West Stafford, Dorset: chancel, 1898^[23]
• All Saints' parish church, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire: oak reredos, 1899^[24]
• St. Thomas' parish church, Southwick, Wiltshire: 1899–1904^[25]
• Town Hall, Marlborough, Wiltshire, 1901–02
• St. Mary's parish church, Fordingbridge, Hampshire: restoration, 1901–03^[26]
• St. George's parish church, Bourton, Dorset: tower, 1903–05^[27]
• St. Mary's parish church, Alton Barnes, Wiltshire: restoration, 1904^[28]
• Parish church of Christ, Shaw, Wiltshire, 1905^[29]
• St. Aldhelm's parish church, Sandleheath, Hampshire, 1907^[30]
• St. Stephen's parish church, Kingston Lacy, Dorset, 1907^[31]
• Lytes Cary manor house, Somerset: restoration, after 1907
• St. Eustace's parish church, Ibberton, Dorset: restoration, 1907–09^[32]
• St. Martin's parish church, Chickerell Road, Weymouth, 1908 (now redundant)^[33]
• Gymnasium, Marlborough College, Wiltshire, 1908^[34]
• St. Mary's parish church, Gillingham, Dorset: tower remodelling, 1908–09^[35]
• Theobalds House, Hertfordshire: additions including tower, after 1910
• St. Mary the Virgin parish church, West Fordington, Dorchester, Dorset, 1910–12^[36][37]
• St. George's chapel, Langham, Gillingham, Dorset: 1921^[1]
• St. John the Evangelist, Boreham, Warminster, Wiltshire: baptistery, 1925–26^[38]
• St. Peter's parish church, Dorchester, Dorset: reredos^[39]

References

1. Nicholson, 2009
2. "Wiltshire and Swindon Archive Catalogue - Archive Information". Wiltshire Council website. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
3. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 567
4. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 146
5. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 295
6. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 347
7. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 331
8. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 237
9. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 479
10. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 778
11. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 369
12. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 272
13. Verey, 1970, page 44
14. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 476
15. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 343
16. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 381
17. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 566
18. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 294
19. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 107
20. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 249
21. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 89
22. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 107
23. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 447
24. Verey, 1970, pages 219–220
25. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 473
26. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 235
27. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 105
28. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 87
29. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 468
30. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 494
31. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 246
32. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 236
33. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 451
34. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 340
35. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 214
36. "Dorchester: St Mary the Virgin, Dorchester". A Church Near You. The Church of England. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
37. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, pages 180–181
38. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 555
39. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 178

Sources

• Brodie, Antonia; Felstead, Alison; Franklin, Jonathan; Pinfield, Leslie; Oldfield, Jane, eds. (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914, L–Z. London & New York: Continuum. ISBN 0-8264-5514-X.
• Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1972). Dorset. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071044-2.
• Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975). Wiltshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0 14 071026 4.
• Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David (1967). Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
• Verey, David (1970). Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071040-X.

External links

• Nicholson, Tony (March 2009). "Charles Edwin Ponting FSA, 1849-1932". The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin Gillingham Dorset. Retrieved 16 June 2010.