# Charles Edgar Buckeridge

Charles Edgar Buckeridge (1864 – 11 May 1898) was an English church decorative artist and the son of Charles Buckeridge, a Gothic Revival architect.

## Life and career

Born in Headington, Oxford in 1864, the son of Annie and Charles Buckeridge, a Gothic Revival architect, he trained with Burlison & Grylls, ecclesiastical decorators. He exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1882 with a painting of Hampton Court and became known for his religious works, described as a "highly esteemed painter in this field". He often painted in the style of Van Eyck.
He was employed by C. Hodgson Fowler, Arthur Blomfield, John Oldrid Scott, John Loughborough Pearson and Edmund Harold Sedding. His most important patron was George Frederick Bodley for whom he completed the decoration at St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough, that had been started by Edward Burne-Jones and Morris & Co. in the 1860s.
He worked in partnership with Charles Stephen Floyce or Fleuss (c1857-1895), until the end of 1890. They advertised as 'panel and mural painters' and 'artists in stained glass'. Floyce later (1892) worked with Blomfield on the Royal Memorial Church of St George, Cannes.
Other projects included paintings (1894) for Pearson's chapel at the convent of the Society of the Holy and Undivided Trinity (now St Antony's College, Oxford); the original architect of the nunnery had been his father.
The reredos formerly in St Mark's Church, Horsham, is now in St Mary's Church. It cost about £200. "The upper part of the reredos is in the form of a triptych. The framework is of oak, and the panels, gilt and coloured, are painted in oils, the work being of the Flemish school. The centre panel represents the adoration of the infant Jesus by the Virgin and St Joseph. The side panels bear figures of the four Evangelists. Sir Arthur Blomfield was the architect, and Messrs. Floyce and Buckeridge, of London, were the artists."
At St Mary Magdalene, Enfield, he painted the East Wall and the angels on the ceiling in the chancel (1897/8).
"The altar and reredos of the church of St. Nicholas, Rodmersham, Kent, have been exquisitely painted by Messrs. Buckeridge and Floyce". "It represents the best order of ecclesiastical art, viz., the 15th Century German, whilst the character of the ornament is founded on the old Norfolk work".
His masterpiece is probably the triptych (1892–93) for the architect Norman Shaw's All Saints' Church, Richard's Castle, Shropshire.

## Personal life

Charles married Ellen Dunkley in Marylebone in 1888 and had one son, Albert (b 1881). In 1882 his address was given as 4, Duke Street, Portland Place and in 1891 Wilmot Place, St Pancras. He later lived at Mortimer Street, Marylebone. He died at 64 Agamemnon Road, West Hampstead in 1898, and is buried in Camden. According to Saint "In November 1894 .. his wife destroyed one of his largest paintings and fled".

## Gallery

* Reredos, Richard's Castle
* St Pancras (Old Church) Reredos
* St Mary Magdalene, Enfield. The ceiling
* Triptych, St Katharine, Ickleford
* Triptych, Salisbury Cathedral
* North Mundham
* St Martin, Scarborough.
* The Angel Gabriel. St Mary Magdalene, Enfield.
* The Magi. St Mary Magdalene, Enfield.
* Annunciation, Leatherhead
* Holy Trinity Church, Guildford

## Works

Incomplete. (After Andrew Saint with additions)
| Current Location | County | Photograph | Type | Original location | Original county | Architect | Notes |
| St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bromfield | Shropshire | | Triptych | | | Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A. | "Painted in Netherlandish style" (c 1890) |
| St Mary's Church, Honley | West Yorkshire | | Pulpit | | | Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A. | |
| Christ Church, Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne | Tyne and Wear | | Reredos | St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle | Durham | Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A. | 1883. Replaced with panels in 1962. |
| St Mary's, Goldsborough | North Yorkshire | | Reredos | | | Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A. | |
| St Mary's Church, Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | | Reredos | | | G. F. Bodley, A.R.A. | 1885 |
| St Mary's Church, Claxby by Normanby. | Lincolnshire | | The painting of the Annunciation. Painting in memory of Lord Burton's father | St Margaret, Burton upon Trent | Staffordshire | G. F. Bodley, A.R.A. | Demolished in 1968. |
| St Paul's, Burton upon Trent. | Staffordshire | | painting of the Crucifixion | St Margaret, Burton upon Trent | Staffordshire | G. F. Bodley, A.R.A. | St Margarets was a "chapel-of-ease" for St Paul's Church, demolished in 1970 |
| St Andrew's, Stainton le Vale | Lincolnshire | | Painting of the Agony in the Garden | St Margaret, Burton upon Trent | Staffordshire | G. F. Bodley, A.R.A. | |
| St Martin's, Scarborough | North Yorkshire | Wikimedia Commons has media related to St Martin's Church, Scarborough, Reredos. | Reredos | | | G. F. Bodley, A.R.A. | |
| Church of St Barnabas, Pimlico | City of Westminster, London | | Three paintings in crypt | | | G. F. Bodley, A.R.A. | |
| Bovey Tracey | Devon | | Doors in screen | | | J. D. Sedding | 1887 |
| Milstead, near Sittingbourne | Kent | | Work | | | J. D. Sedding | |
| Netley, near Southampton | Hampshire | | Work | | | J. D. Sedding | |
| Holy Trinity, Chelsea | Kensington and Chelsea, London | | Lenten altar cloth (partial) | | | J. D. Sedding | |
| Destroyed | | | Large painting (altar) | St John's, Clerkenwell | Islington, London | J. O. Scott, F.S.A. | Destroyed 1941 |
| Not Known | | | Reredos in side chapel | Halifax Parish Church | West Yorkshire | Burlison and Grylls | 1886 Formerly in the Holdsworth Chapel. Disposed of, current location not known. |
| Croydon Parish Church | Croydon, London | | Work, including stencilling and roof colour | | | Burlison and Grylls | |
| St Mary's Church, Portsea | Hampshire | | Reredos | | | Sir Arthur Blomfield | Buckeridge and Floyce "its huge reredos (a masterpiece of Late Victorian ecclesiastical decoration with magnificent and amazingly richly detailed paintings by Buckeridge and Floyce) is majestic and stately" |
| St Stephen's Church, North Mundham | West Sussex | | Triptych | | | Sir Arthur Blomfield | 1883. |
| Old St Pancras Church | London | | Triptych | | | Sir Arthur Blomfield | 1888 Buckeridge and Floyce |
| Holy Trinity, Guildford | Surrey | | Apse, altar and small table | | | Sir Arthur Blomfield | |
| Demolished | | | Frame only | Plaistow (St Mary) | London Borough of Newham | Sir Arthur Blomfield | Built 1890–94. Demolished in 1976. New church built in 1981 |
| Truro Cathedral | Cornwall | | Altar panels for Clayton and Bell | | | J. L. Pearson | 1887 |
| Durham Castle | Durham | | Reredos (carved) | | | Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A. | |
| St Nicholas' church, Rodmersham, near Sittingbourne | Kent | | Work on altar | | | Rev W Mellor | Buckeridge and Floyce |
| Not known | | | Triptych | Kennington convent, Wyndham Road | London | For sister Jane (Gibson) | Sisters Of Charity, 126, Wyndham Road, Lambeth. Demolished |
| St Antony's College library | Oxford | | Altar front, Three panel paintings round apse of chapel | The Convent at St Giles Oxford (Holy Trinity Convent) | Oxford | For the Rev Mother | "The apse was adorned with paintings by Charles Edgar Buckeridge, the original architect's son, and Ethel King Martin; they were restored in 1996." "This entry probably refers to the altar front, painted originally for the temporary chapel. Later, Buckeridge added three of the panel paintings round the apse of the chapel". "At Holy Trinity Convent he painted the front of the main altar (now at Malvern) and two of the side panels." The location of the altar front is now not known. It might originally have been moved to the Convent of the Holy Name, Malvern Link, in 1946, but that closed in 1990. |
| St Peter's, Wolferton | Norfolk | | The Wolferton Triptych | | | Sir Arthur Blomfield | |
| Grahamstown Cathedral | South Africa | | Two-light memorial window | | | | West End of North Aisle. "Depicts Our Lord and His disciples at the Sea of Galilee. Made by Messrs Buckeridge and Floyce of London. In memory of Revd Charles Frederick Overton, Incumbent of St George’s after the death of Dean Williams." |
| St Bartholomew, Alice (?) | South Africa | | Lancet memorial window | | | | |
| Garrison Church of St Peter and St Paul, Shoeburyness | Essex | | Decoration | | | For Revd. Malin, Chaplain | See postcard. Closed 1987 and sold in 2018 |
| Not Known | | | Large mural painting | St Thomas's Convent Chapel (Osney House), Oxford | Oxfordshire | | destroyed? |
| Woburn Sands Church | Bedfordshire | | Reredos | | | | "The centre panel depicts the Lord, after His resurrection, appearing to St. Mary Magdalene in the garden, the two angels being seen at the tomb in the background. The painting is in the style of the Flemish or German School, and is excellent example of the characteristics of that school. It is executed by Mr. Buckeridge, London, the whole design being that of Sir A. Blomfield." |
| Destroyed | | | Reredos | St Giles Cripplegate | London | | . Destroyed 1940. |
| St Mary Magdalene, Enfield | London | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Enfield ceiling. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Enfield paintings. | Decorative work to roof | | | | see above |
| All Saints' Church, Richard's Castle | Shropshire | | Reredos | | | Norman Shaw | Also "decorations of east wall" |
| Salisbury Cathedral | Wiltshire | | Reredos in Lady Chapel | | | Sir Arthur Blomfield | 1896. In North Transept Bay. |
| St Matthew's Church, Northampton | Northamptonshire | | Triptych in Lady Chapel | | | | |
| St Mary the Virgin, Headley | Surrey | | Triptych | | | | 1895 |
| St Mary's Church, Horsham | West Sussex | | Reredos | St Mark's, Horsham | West Sussex | Sir Arthur Blomfield | |
| Church of St Mary & St Nicholas, Leatherhead | Surrey | | Two frescoes either side of the chancel arch | | | Sir Arthur Blomfield | 1894. Messrs Buckeridge and Floyce of Mortimer Street. |
| Church of St Katharine, Ickleford | Hertfordshire | | Triptych | | | | |
| Not Known | | | Window in memory of Isabella Caroline Francis | St Edmund's Church, Northampton | Northamptonshire | | 1892. Demolished c1980 and windows disposed of. |
| St Paul's Church, Knowbury | Shropshire | | Reredos | | | | c1884 |