James Kerridge

Coal Aston Primitive Methodist Church 1866
Sileby Primitive Methodist Church 1866
Mosborough Primitive Methodist Church 1869
Ramsbury Primitive Methodist Church 1876-77
Forncett St Mary Primitive Methodist Church 1883-84
Ashill Primitive Methodist Church 1893
Ramsey Primitive Methodist Church 1898

James Kerridge (4 August 1830 – 28 March 1911) was a British architect based in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[1]

Personal life

James Kerridge was born on 4 August 1830 in Bungay, Suffolk, the son of William Kerridge (b. 1806), a farmer, and Hannah Webster (b. 1808), and was baptised aged four on 28 July 1835 in Bungay.

He trained as an architect under C. Weekes of Carmarthen.

He married first Mary Ann Frances Watford (1836–1857) on 23 July 1854 in St Clement Danes. They had two children:

  • Revd. William Kerridge (1855–1928)
  • Catherine Eliza Kerridge (b. 1857)

Mary Ann Frances died in Wisbech and was buried on 20 February 1857. He married secondly Mary Hill (1839-1914) on 14 December 1858 in Wisbech. They had the following children:

  • James Kerridge (1860 – 12 April 1877)
  • Mary Ann Frances Kerridge (1862–1938)
  • John H Kerridge (1864–1865)
  • Richard Cobden Kerridge (1866 – 6 April 1877)
  • Hannah Elizabeth Kerridge (b. 1868)
  • John Mason Kerridge (1870 – 1878)
  • Francis Kerridge (b. 1871)
  • Ellen Maria Kerridge (b. 1873)
  • Catherine Eliza Kerridge (b. 1875)
  • Florence Kane Kerridge (b. 1876)
  • Thomas Mallitt Kerridge (b. 1879)
  • Lucy Priscilli Kerridge (b. 1880)
  • Gertrude Mabel Kerridge (b. 1882)

He died on 28 March 1911 and was buried in Wisbech General Cemetery.

Works

  • Primitive Methodist Church, Somerby, Leicestershire, 1863
  • Primitive Methodist Church, Sileby, Leicestershire, 1866
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Coal Aston, Derbyshire, 1866
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Mosborough, South Yorkshire, 1869
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, John Street, Highfield, Sheffield, 1869[2]
  • Free Methodist Chapel, Wisbech, 1870 (enlargement)[3]
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Haverhill, Suffolk, 1874
  • Primitive Methodist Church, Stroud Green, 1874[4]
  • Primitive Methodist Church, New Street, Halsted, Essex, 1875[5]
  • Primitive Methodist Church, Parkgate, Sheffield, 1875[6]
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Gillingham, Dorset, 1875–76
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Ramsbury, Wiltshire, 1876–77
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Charley Way, Shepshed, 1877–78
  • Primitive Methodist Church, Alcombe Road, Northampton, 1879[7]
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Mansfield Road, Hasland, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 1880–81
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Chapel Street, Rawmarsh, 1881[8]
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Forncett St Mary, Norfolk, 1883–84
  • Littleport Public Hall, 1888-89[9]
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Ashill, Norfolk, 1893
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, London Road, Mount Tabor, Luton, Bedfordshire, 1898
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire 1898[10]
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Hinckley Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, 1899
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Mattishall, Norfolk, 1900[11]

References

  1. ^ Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol 1 (A-K). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 1070. ISBN 0826455131.
  2. ^ "Opening of a New Chapel at Highfield". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 9 February 1869. Retrieved 9 February 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "The Free Methodist Chapel". Stamford Mercury. England. 23 September 1870. Retrieved 9 February 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "New Primitive Methodist Chapel at Stroud Green". Newbury Weekly News and General Advertiser. England. 20 August 1874. Retrieved 9 February 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Opening of the New Primitive Methodist Church". Chelsmford Chronicle. England. 9 April 1875. Retrieved 9 February 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Parkgate Primitive Methodist Chapel". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 30 March 1875. Retrieved 9 February 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "New Primitive Methodist Church". Northampton Mercury. England. 5 April 1879. Retrieved 9 February 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "New Primitive Methodist Church". Sheffield Independent. England. 2 March 1881. Retrieved 9 February 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Opening of Littleport Public Hall". Wisbech Standards. England. 11 January 1889. Retrieved 9 February 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Ramsey". Stamford Mercury. England. 7 October 1898. Retrieved 9 February 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Mattishall". Norfolk News. England. 21 April 1900. Retrieved 9 February 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.