Frederick Preedy

British architect

Frederick Preedy (2 June 1820 – 28 March 1898) was an architect and glass painter in England.

Life

Preedy was born in Offenham near Evesham in Worcestershire and died at his son's home in Croydon. During his early life, his family moved from Offenham to nearby Fladbury. Following his death a memorial was erected to him in the church of St John the Baptist, Fladbury, Worcestershire. This also remembers his wife Mary (1831 - 1889), and daughter Alice Mary (1860 - 1899). He was buried at Foxham in Wiltshire.

Career

He trained as an architect in Worcester with Harvey Eginton.^[1] Following the early death of Eginton in 1849 he set up his own architectural practice in Worcester. In 1860 he moved his business to London.

For his early churches he commissioned stained glass windows from George Rogers in Worcester, but after around 1853 began to make his own glass. He is thought to be the only architect of his time who also both designed and made his stained glass windows.[2] His legacy includes windows in Worcester Cathedral, Gloucester Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral and Ely Cathedral, and numerous parish churches, particularly in Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Norfolk.^[2]

New buildings

Church of St. Paul, Gorefield, Cambridgeshire (1869-71)
Village School and Teacher's House, Weston-sub-Edge, Gloucestershire (1852)
Village School, Ashperton, Herefordshire (1856)
Church of St. David, Little Dewchurch, Herefordshire (1869-70)
Church of St. John the Evangelist and New Vicarage, Storridge, Herefordshire (1855-56)
St. Mary's Church, Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk (1870)
Church of St. Edmund, King and Martyr, Hunstanton, Norfolk (1865)
Rectory and Village School, Arrow, Warwickshire, Warwickshire (1865)
Church of St. Peter, Binton, Warwickshire (1876)
All Saints' Church, Kings Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire (1860 (with Edward Holmes))^[3]
St. Anne's Church, Moseley, Birmingham, Warwickshire (1873-4)
Church of St. Andrew, Temple Grafton, Warwickshire (1875)
Church of St. James, Bishampton, Worcestershire (1869-70)
Village School, Callow End, Worcestershire
Church of St. Paul, Cookhill, Worcestershire (1875)
Church of St. John the Baptist, Crowle, Worcestershire (1881-2)
Workhouse Chapel, Evesham, Worcestershire (1879-80)
Village School, Fladbury, Worcestershire (1865)
Church of All Saints, Hollybush, Worcestershire (1869)
Church of St. Thomas, Lower Moor, Worcestershire (1868-69)
Church of St. Mary and Village School, Madresfield, Worcestershire (1866-67)
Church of St. Mary and St. Milburgh, Offenham, Worcestershire (1861)
Church of St. Peter, Pedmore, Worcestershire (1869-71)
Village School, Powick, Worcestershire (1871)
St. Luke's Church, Church of St. George the Martyr and Church of St. Philip, Redditch, Worcestershire (1867/1876)
Church of St. Mary Magdelene, Worcester, Worcestershire (1876-77)
Church of St. Stephen, Worcester, Worcestershire (1861-62)
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Wythall, Worcestershire (1862)

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2022)

Restoration work

St. Mary's Church, Ditchingham, Norfolk (chancel arch and nave roof, 1870s)^[4]
St. Nicholas' Church, Feltwell, Norfolk (1860s)^[5]
St. Mary's Church, Feltwell, Norfolk (1890s)^[6]
Hunstanton Hall, Hunstanton, Norfolk (1870s)
Church of St. John the Baptist, Lea Marston, Warwickshire (new tower, 1876)^[7]
All Saints' Church, Church Lench, Worcestershire (chancel restoration, 1854)

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2013)

Stained glass

St. Clement's Church, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex (1872)^[8]
St. Barnabus' Church, Horton-cum-Studley, Oxfordshire (1867)
All Saints' Church, Claverley, Shropshire
St. Edith's Church, Eaton-under-Heywood, Shropshire (1869)
St. Peter's Church, South Hiendley, West Yorkshire

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2013)

References

^ The Buildings of England, Worcestershire. Nikolaus Pevsner
^ The Stained Glass of Frederick Preedy (1820-1898): A Catalogue of Designs. Michael Kerney, Ecclesiological Society. 2001.
^ Birmingham Gazette - Saturday 28 July 1860
^ Knott, S. (2021). Retrieved December 24, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/ditchingham/ditchingham.htm
^ Knott, S. (2009). Retrieved December 30, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/feltwellstn/feltwellstn.htm
^ Knott, S. (2016). Retrieved December 30, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/feltwellstmary/feltwellstmary.htm
^ Tamworth Herald - Saturday 19 August 1876
^ Historic England listing, "Grade II* listed buildings, St Clement Church, Leigh-on-Sea. Retrieved 1 June 2020.