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Edward Ashworth
Edward Ashworth (1814 – 1896) was an English artist and architect from Devon, England, considered to be the West Country's leading ecclesiastical architect. He was elected a member of the Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society in 1847.
Origins
He was born in 1814 at Colleton Barton, in the parish of Chulmleigh in Devon.
He left Colleton in 1822 and later moved to London where he became a pupil of the architect Charles Fowler (1792-1867), born in Cullompton, Devon. During 1842-46 Ashworth travelled in New Zealand, Australia, Timor, Macau and Hong Kong during which time he kept diaries and sketchbooks. Following his return to England in 1846 he set up an architectural practice in Exeter, Devon. In later life he lived at Dix's Field in Exeter. He rebuilt or restored many churches in Devon, including:
Rebuilding works
- Cullompton, Devon (1849)
- Dulverton, Somerset (1852–55)
- Bideford, Devon (1859)
- Lympstone, Devon (1862)
- St Mary's, Bideford, Devon (1862–65)
- Withycombe Raleigh, Exmouth, Devon (1863–64)
- St Mary Major, Exeter, Devon (1865), now demolished
- St Margaret's Church, Topsham (1874)
- Milton Combe (1878)
- St Nicholas Church, Exeter (opposite St Nicholas Priory) (design of)
Restoration works
- St Michael and All Angels Church, Bude, Cornwall
- St Peter's Church, Tiverton, Devon
- Silverton
- Lapford
- Widecombe
- Axminster
- Doddiscombsleigh
- North Molton
- Wynards Almshouses, Exeter (1863)
Literary works
- Chinese Architecture (1851), with his illustrations
Paintings and drawings
Many of his drawings and paintings are held in the collection of the Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter, at the Devon and Exeter Institution and Devon Record Office.
Death and burial
He died on 8 March 1896 and left a substantial estate valued at £26,814, mainly invested in Railway stocks. He was buried in the newly created Higher Cemetery, Exeter, for which he had designed two lodges and one chapel. His ornate stone cross, made of pink stone, survives and was restored circa 2010.
Galería
Dibujo firmado en 1892 por Edward Ashworth (1815-1892) de la casa de su infancia, Colleton Barton, Chulmleigh, Devon.
Vista aérea del Hospital Wynards, Exeter (1880). Esta acuarela muestra el Hospital Wynards en Magdalen Street. El Wynards se fundó como una casa de beneficencia para los pobres y enfermos de Exeter en 1435. Continuó albergando a los pobres hasta 1973, cuando se convirtió en sede municipal; hoy en día, se ha convertido en viviendas privadas. De la colección del Museo Royal Albert Memorial (215/1970).
«Passage House Inn, Topsham», acuarela de Edward Ashworth entre 1843 y 1933. De la Institución Devon y Exeter.
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