A change of style

A change of style

Design for St Michaels and All Angels Church\c Folkestone

Design for St Michael and All Angels, Folkestone, Kent
G.F. Bodley and Thomas Garner
About 1869
Pencil and ink, by Thomas Garner
RIBA Library Drawings and Archives Collection

In 1862 Bodley abruptly changed artistic direction. His revised design for All Saints, Cambridge abandons the foreign sources and coloured materials of 'developed' Gothic in favour of a more restrained style, based largely on mid-14th-century English architecture. This was far more appropriate for Morris's stained glass and decoration, which were inspired by English medieval examples. In 1869 Bodley suffered a serious illness that left him permanently disabled. As a result, he went into partnership with another former pupil of Scott, Thomas Garner (1838-1906). In the early 1870s they designed together the churches that are their most famous achievements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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