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Francis Octavius Bedford

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361: 301: 33: 313: 325: 373: 337: 349: 157:, although at Holy Trinity, standing in the southern part of a square, Bedford varied the formula by placing the portico against the long north side of the nave. The interiors originally had flat ceilings and galleries supported on columns, although St Luke's was initially designed with a gallery at the west end only. At St John's and St George's, Bedford used an unusual variant of the 149:
commented "After the description of St. George's Church, Camberwell ... it will be unnecessary to go into a minute detail of the present edifice. The monotony of Mr. Bedford's designs has already been noticed under the head of that building, as well as Trinity Church, Newington."
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based on that of the Choragic Monument of Thrasyllus in Athens, with myrtle wreaths replacing the triglyphs on the frieze. His other two Neoclassical South London churches used the
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The four buildings (all of which survive) have a portico with a tower rising immediately behind it out of the body of the church, after the pattern of
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style for churches, at St Mary-the-Less, Lambeth (1828), St George, Newcastle-under-Lyme (1828), Holy Trinity, Little Queen Street Holborn (1829–31)
861: 180:(1830–31) and St James, Ridding, Derbyshire (1832). In 1849 he built, or rebuilt, a stuccoed house for Richard Arabin at High Beach, Essex. 336: 145:). The designs were rather similar, a fact that provoked a negative reaction from some contemporary critics. Reviewing St John's in 1827, 830: 753: 613: 534: 503: 472: 1090: 254: 138: 825: 748: 608: 529: 498: 467: 450:'St. Pancras Church', Survey of London: volume 24: The parish of St Pancras part 4: King’s Cross Neighbourhood (1952), pp. 1–9. 985: 955: 203: 348: 285: 226: 134: 279: 177: 797: 130: 1040: 105: 389: 273: 240: 154: 142: 428:
Jerdan, William; Workman, William Ring; Arnold, Frederick; Morley, John; Goodwin, Charles Wycliffe (1818).
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He exhibited drawings of Greek architecture at the Royal Academy between 1814 and 1817, and designs for
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Little is known about Bedford's early years. In 1812–13 he was one of two draughtsmen (along with
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He married Sophia Curtis of Camberwell in 1814; she died, aged 43, in 1839. His son
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Holy Trinity Church, Little Queen Street, Holborn, London (1829–31), demolished.
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A Dictionary of Contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904
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St Mary-the-Less, Black Prince Road, Lambeth (1828); demolished 1967.
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Survey of London: volume 23: Lambeth: South Bank and Vauxhall
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Sir Howard Roberts and Walter H. Godfrey (editors) (1951).
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He died at his home at Greenhithe, Kent on 13 March 1858.
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The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Lambeth
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The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Lambeth
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Former Holy Trinity, Southwark, from the south-west
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He is also known to have corresponded with 589:Jones, Edward; Woodward, Christopher (1992). 206:was a notable photographer, and his grandson 8: 251:, London (1823–24), now the Henry Wood Hall. 852:Bettley, James; Nikolaus, Pevsner (2007). 792: 790: 31: 20: 378:Former Holy Trinity, Southwark, east end 554: 552: 400: 296: 726: 716: 675: 673: 108:on the subject of Greek architecture. 956:"Parish Churches – Church of England" 591:A Guide to the Architecture of London 408: 406: 404: 330:St John the Evangelist, Waterloo Road 318:St John the Evangelist, Waterloo Road 306:St John the Evangelist, Waterloo Road 133:: St George's, Camberwell (1822–24), 111:In 1818 Bedford was placed second to 7: 699:"Black Prince Road and Doris Street" 210:was an artist and book illustrator. 96:on an expedition sent to Greece and 986:"Waterloo, St John the Evangelist" 831:National Heritage List for England 754:National Heritage List for England 705:. 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Index


John Peter Gandy
William Gell
Asia Minor
Society of Dilettanti
Charles Robert Cockerell
William
Henry Inwood
St Pancras New Church
Greek revival
Commissioner's Churches
St John's, Waterloo
St Luke's, West Norwood
Henry Wood Hall
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Doric order
Corinthian order
Ionic
Gothic Revival
Holy Trinity, Horwich
Francis Bedford
Francis Donkin Bedford
Camberwell
St John the Evangelist
Waterloo Road
Lambeth
Holy Trinity Church
Newington
Southwark
St Luke's Church

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