List of works by R. C. Carpenter

R. C. Carpenter (1812–55) was an English architect whose output consisted mainly of churches in Gothic Revival style. He was born in Clerkenwell, London, and was educated at Charterhouse School.^[1] His first commissions were obtained by his father, and these were for domestic properties, including Lonsdale Square in London, and in producing designs for railway companies.^[2] However his main interest was in designing churches.

Carpenter joined the Cambridge Camden Society in 1841 and was, with A. W. N. Pugin, a keen advocate of designing churches with features taken accurately from actual Gothic predecessors.^[3] This resulted in town churches, including St Mary Magdalene, Munster Square, London, which is described as being his "most illustrious" church,^[1] and St Paul, Brighton.^[4]

Carpenter also designed smaller country churches which shared a basically similar plan, and this plan was also used for two churches in Australia. Carpenter restored churches and cathedrals, the latter including Chichester and St Patrick, Dublin. He also carried out work on country houses, and designed buildings for schools, including Sherborne, Hurstpierpoint College, and Lancing College. He died from tuberculosis at the age of 42, and was buried in Highgate Cemetery.^[1]

Key

Grade (England)	Criteria[5]
Grade I	Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
Grade II*	Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade II	Buildings of national importance and special interest.
Category (Scotland)	Criteria[6]
Category B	Buildings of regional or more than local importance, or major examples of some particular period, style or building type which may have been altered.
Category C	Buildings of local importance, lesser examples of any period, style, or building type, as originally constructed or moderately altered; and simple traditional buildings which group well with others in categories A and B.
"—" denotes a work that is not graded.

Works

Name	Location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
Lonsdale Square	Barnsbury, Islington, Greater London 51°32′23″N 0°06′30″W / 51.5396°N 0.1082°W		c. 1838–45	A square of Gothic Revival terraced houses.[1][7][8][9]	II*
Christ Church	Albany Street, Camden, Greater London 51°31′49″N 0°08′39″W / 51.5303°N 0.1443°W		1839–43	Alterations to a church built in 1836. It later became a cathedral of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch.[10]	II*
Percy Arms	Great Percy Street, Islington, Greater London 51°31′46″N 0°06′47″W / 51.5294°N 0.1130°W		c. 1840	A public house in Italianate style.[11][12]	II
Chichester Cathedral	Chichester, West Sussex 50°50′11″N 0°46′51″W / 50.8363°N 0.7808°W		1840-	Restoration, continued by J. Butler.[1][13][14]	I
St Stephen's Church	Birmingham, West Midlands	—	1841–44	A new church, since demolished.[1]	—
St James' Church	Nutley, East Sussex 51°01′56″N 0°03′18″E / 51.0323°N 0.0549°E		1842–44	A new small country church.[15]	—
St Mary's Church	Stowting, Kent 51°08′11″N 1°02′09″E / 51.1364°N 1.0358°E		1843–44	Restoration of the chancel of a church dating from the 13th century.[16]	II*
St Andrew's Church	Birmingham, West Midlands	—	1844–46	A new church, since demolished.[1]	—
St Giles' Church	Bodiam, East Sussex 51°00′27″N 0°32′21″E / 51.0075°N 0.5393°E		1845–46	Restoration of a church dating from the 14th century.[17]	II*
Camden House	Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire 52°02′16″N 1°48′26″W / 52.0379°N 1.8072°W	—	1846	Remodelling for Lord Gainsborough of a house originally built in 1628.[1][18]	II*
St Thomas à Becket's Church	Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire 51°29′13″N 2°26′04″W / 51.4869°N 2.4345°W		1846	Restoration of a church dating from the 13th century.[19]	I
St Paul's Church	Brighton, East Sussex 50°49′20″N 0°08′41″W / 50.8221°N 0.1446°W		1846–48	A new church. The steeple was added in 1873–75 by his son, R. H. Carpenter.[1][4][20]	II*
St John the Baptist's Church	Buckland, Tasmania, Australia	—	1846–48	A new church.[1]	—
St Nicholas' Church	Kemerton, Worcestershire 52°01′47″N 2°04′49″W / 52.0297°N 2.0803°W		1846–50	Rebuilding of the church, other than the west tower, for Revd Thomas Thorp, Archdeacon of Bristol.[21]	II*
All Saints Church	Brighton, East Sussex	—	1847–52	A new church, since demolished.[1][4]	—
St Andrew's Church	Monkton Wyld, Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset 50°45′25″N 2°53′33″W / 50.7570°N 2.8925°W		1848	New church in Gothic Revival style.[22]	II*
Rectory	Monkton Wyld, Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset 50°45′46″N 2°56′26″W / 50.7629°N 2.9406°W	—	1848	Built as the rectory for St Andrew's Church. Later used as a house and known as Monkton Wyld Court.[23]	II
Holy Innocents' Church	Rossmore, New South Wales, Australia	—	1848–50	A new church.[1]	—
St Peter the Great's Church	Chichester, West Sussex 50°50′13″N 0°46′54″W / 50.8370°N 0.7817°W		1848–52	A new church, damaged in the Second World War. It has since been declared redundant, and converted into a public house.[24][25]	II
St Laurence's Church	Catsfield, East Sussex 50°53′38″N 0°27′23″E / 50.8939°N 0.4565°E		1849	Restoration of the church, which dates from the 12th century, and rebuilding of its north aisle.[26]	II*
St John the Baptist's Church	Cookham Dean, Berkshire 51°33′30″N 0°44′40″W / 51.5582°N 0.7445°W		1849	A new small country church.[1][27][28]	II
St Laurence's Church	Hawkhurst, Kent 51°02′15″N 0°30′12″E / 51.0376°N 0.5032°E		1849	Restoration and extension of a church dating from the 14th century.[29]	I
Captain Cook School and School House	Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire 54°32′06″N 1°12′15″W / 54.5351°N 1.2043°W	—	1849–50	Built as a primary school. Later converted into use as a private house and nursery.[30]	II
St Mary Magdalene's Church	Munster Square, Camden, Greater London 51°31′34″N 0°08′33″W / 51.5260°N 0.1425°W		1849–52	A new church in Gothic Revival style.[1][31][32]	II*
Kilndown House	Kilndown, Kent 51°05′40″N 0°25′43″E / 51.0945°N 0.4286°E	—	1849–55	Built as the vicarage to Kilndown Church. The associated stable courtyard was also designed by Carpenter, and is listed separately at Grade II.[33][34]	II
Sherborne Abbey	Sherborne, Dorset 50°56′48″N 2°31′00″W / 50.9467°N 2.5167°W		1849–58	Restoration of the transepts, the choir, and a porch.[1][35]	I
St Peter and St Paul's Church	Algarkirk, Lincolnshire 52°53′58″N 0°04′54″W / 52.8995°N 0.0817°W		1850–54	Restoration of a church dating from the late 12th century.[36]	I
St Stephen's Episcopal Church and Parsonage	Burntisland, Fife, Scotland	—	1850–54	Commenced by Carpenter, the parsonage was completed by William Slater. The church was never completed, and was never completed and was demolished in 1875.[37][38]	B
Episcopal School	Burntisland, Fife, Scotland	—	1850–54	Built as a church school, later used as the hall for a pipe band.[37][39]	C
Church of St James the Less	Stubbings, Berkshire 51°31′39″N 0°46′33″W / 51.5275°N 0.7759°W		1850–54	A new small country church.[1][40][41]	II
St Mary's Church	Old Town, Eastbourne, East Sussex 50°46′22″N 0°15′57″E / 50.7727°N 0.2658°E		1851	Restoration of a church dating from the late 12th century.[42]	I
St John the Evangelist's Church	Bovey Tracey, Devon 50°35′15″N 3°40′41″W / 50.5876°N 3.6780°W		1851–53	A new small country church.[1][43][44]	II*
Almshouses and chapel	Belmont Rural, Herefordshire 52°02′30″N 2°45′03″W / 52.0416°N 2.7509°W	—	1852	A row of almshouses with a chapel at the south end, built for F. C. Wegg-Prosser.[45]	II
St Nicholas' Church	Brighton, East Sussex 50°49′31″N 0°08′42″W / 50.8254°N 0.1449°W		1853	A church dating from the 14th century, largely rebuilt.[46]	II*
Hurstpierpoint College	Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex 50°56′35″N 0°09′54″W / 50.9431°N 0.1649°W		1853	Completed after his death by his son, R H Carpenter, and Benjamin Ingelow.[47]	II
East and West Quadrangles, Lancing College	Lancing, West Sussex 50°50′46″N 0°18′15″W / 50.8462°N 0.3041°W	—	1853–55	The earliest buildings on the college, completed by William Salter.[48]	II*
Bedgebury Park	Bedgebury Cross, Kent 51°04′59″N 0°27′22″E / 51.0830°N 0.4560°E	—	1854–55	Alterations to a country house dating from 1688. The house was later used as a school.[1][49]	II*
St Mary's Church	Sompting, West Sussex 50°50′19″N 0°21′07″W / 50.8387°N 0.3519°W		1854–55	Restoration of a church dating from the 11th–12th century.[50][51][52]	I
Christ Church	Milton-next-Gravesend, Kent	—	1854–56	A new church, later extended, but demolished in 1935, and rebuilt on a nearby site.[1][53]	—
Boy's School House, Sherborne School	Sherborne, Dorset 50°56′50″N 2°31′00″W / 50.9473°N 2.5166°W	—	1860	Designed by Carpenter, but not built until after his death.[54]	II
St Patrick's Cathedral	Dublin, Republic of Ireland		Undated	Restoration.[1]	—
School House Studies, Sherborne School	Sherborne, Dorset 50°56′50″N 2°31′02″W / 50.9471°N 2.5171°W	—	Undated	Restoration of the 15th-century wing of the former abbey, which included the abbey kitchen.[55]	I

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