Benjamin Ferrey Explained

Benjamin Ferrey
Nationality:British
Birth Date:1 April 1810
Death Place:5 Inverness Terrace, London

Benjamin Ferrey FSA FRIBA (1 April 1810–22 August 1880) was an English architect who worked mostly in the Gothic Revival.

Family

Benjamin Ferrey was the youngest son of Benjamin Ferrey Snr (1779–1847), a draper who became Mayor of Christchurch, then in Hampshire, and his wife Ann Pillgrem (1773–1824).[1] He was educated at Wimborne Grammar School.

Ferrey married twice. On 26 April 1836 at Islington, he married Ann Mary (Annie) Lucas (1812–1871). They had five children: Alicia (1838–1924), Ellen (1840–41), Eleanor Mary (1842–45),Benjamin Edmund (1845–1900) and Annie (1847–1926). Benjamin Edmund or Edmund Benjamin[2] also became an architect, studying under his father and then assisting in his work.

After the death of his first wife in 1871, he married a second time, in 1872 at Weymouth, Dorset to Emily Hopkinson (1829–1922).

Ferrey died on 22 August 1880 at his London home.

Career

After grammar school, Ferrey went to London to study under Augustus Charles Pugin and alongside Pugin's son Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin.

In his early twenties Ferrey toured continental Europe, then studied further in the office of William Wilkins. He started his own architectural practice in 1834, in Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London. Some of the earliest work of his practice was in the design of the new seaside resort of Bournemouth, particularly his work on Bournemouth Gardens with Decimus Burton. The business grew rapidly and was very successful, with Ferrey designing and restoring or rebuilding many Church of England parish churches. Ferrey also designed private houses and public buildings, including a number of Tudor Revival ones in the earlier part of his career.[3]

Charles Eastlake in his History of the Gothic Revival described Ferrey as "one of the earliest, ablest, and most zealous pioneers of the modern Gothic school" and said his work "possessed the rare charm of simplicity, without lacking interest".[4]

Ferrey was twice Vice-President of the Royal Institute of British Architects and in 1870 was awarded a Royal Gold Medal. He was Diocesan Architect to the Diocese of Bath and Wells from 1841 until his death, carrying out much of the restoration work on Wells Cathedral and the Bishop's Palace. He was also appointed Honorary Secretary to the Architects' Committee for the Houses of Parliament.

Work

Buildings

estate of villas, 1836 (demolished 1906–29)[6]

Buildings by Edmund Benjamin Ferrey (the son)

Publications

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 169
  2. Web site: Edmund Benjamin Ferrey. Dictionary of Scottish Architects. 2020-03-28.
  3. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 55
  4. Eastlake, 1872, page 220
  5. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 418
  6. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 117
  7. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 130
  8. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page
  9. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 183
  10. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 423
  11. Pevsner, 1958 (South and West Somerset), page 189
  12. Pevsner, 1958 (South and West Somerset), page 133
  13. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 191
  14. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 179
  15. Pevsner & Richmond, 1957, pages 214–215
  16. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 255
  17. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 488
  18. Pevsner & Wedgwood, 1966, page 326
  19. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 166
  20. Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 724
  21. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 94
  22. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 282
  23. Pevsner, 1966, page 266
  24. Pevsner, 1958 (South and West Somerset), page 356
  25. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 308
  26. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 616
  27. Pevsner, 1958 (North Somerset and Bristol), page 273
  28. Pevsner, 1966, page 243
  29. Pevsner, 1958 (South and West Somerset), page 339
  30. Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 563
  31. Pevsner, 1958 (South and West Somerset), page 186
  32. Pevsner, 1958 (North Somerset and Bristol), page 203
  33. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 182
  34. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 733
  35. Pevsner & Wedgwood, 1966, page 201
  36. Pevsner, 1960/73, page 188
  37. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 317
  38. Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 637
  39. Pevsner & Richmond, 1957, page 292
  40. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 176
  41. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 448
  42. Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 634
  43. Pevsner, 1960/73, pages 223–224
  44. Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 845
  45. Pevsner, 1966, page 123
  46. Pevsner, 1966, page 88
  47. Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 562
  48. Pevsner, 1960/73, page 100
  49. Pevsner, 1966, page 147
  50. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, pages 253–254
  51. Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 801
  52. Web site: CHRIST CHURCH, Non Civil Parish - 1080651 Historic England . 2024-06-12 . historicengland.org.uk . en.
  53. Web site: Church of St Teilo . Full Report for Listed Buildings . . 26 July 2018.
  54. Pevsner, 1960/73, page 237
  55. Pevsner, 1960/73, page 160
  56. Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 675
  57. Pevsner & Cherry, 1961/73, page 176
  58. Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 443
  59. Pevsner, 1958 (South and West Somerset), page 109
  60. Pevsner & Harris, 1964, page 527
  61. Pevsner, 1968, page 150
  62. Pevsner & Cherry, 1989, page 497
  63. Web site: CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY, BENGEO, Hertford - 1268838 Historic England . 2023-05-28 . historicengland.org.uk . en.
  64. Pevsner, 1958 (South and West Somerset), page 116
  65. Web site: Christ Church . Full Report for Listed Buildings . . 26 July 2018.
  66. Pevsner, 1960, page 59
  67. Pevsner & Williamson, 1978, page 315
  68. Pevsner, 1958 (South and West Somerset), page 145
  69. Pevsner, 1952, page 139
  70. Nairn & Pevsner, 1965, page 486
  71. Pevsner & Richmond, 1957, page 215
  72. Pevsner & Williamson, 1978, page 157
  73. Pevsner, 1958 (South and West Somerset), page 338
  74. Pevsner, 1958 (South and West Somerset), page 235
  75. Pevsner, 1960/73, page 77
  76. Pevsner, 1958 (South and West Somerset), page 310
  77. Pevsner, 1958 (South and West Somerset), page 303
  78. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 207
  79. Elleray, 2004, page 44
  80. Pevsner & Cherry, 1961/73, page 446
  81. Pevsner, 1958 (Shropshire), pages 97–98
  82. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 650
  83. Pevsner, 1958 (South and West Somerset), page 163
  84. Pevsner, 1958 (South and West Somerset), page 225
  85. Web site: Parish Church of St Giles . Full Report for Listed Buildings . . 26 July 2018.
  86. Pevsner, 1958 (South and West Somerset), page 125
  87. Pevsner & Cherry, 1989, page 614
  88. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, pages 180–181
  89. Pevsner, 1968, page 87
  90. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 295
  91. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 142
  92. Pevsner, 1958 (South and West Somerset), page 166
  93. The Western Gazette – Wookey Hole: Opening of the new church – 26 June 1874 – page 8
  94. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 417
  95. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 158
  96. Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 181
  97. Pevsner, 1958 (South and West Somerset), page 79
  98. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 178

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