Edward Ashworth
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Edward Ashworth (1814 – 1896) was an English artist and architect from Devon, England, considered to be the West Country's leading ecclesiastical architect.[1] He was elected a member of the Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society in 1847.[2]
He was born in 1814 at Colleton Barton, in the parish of Chulmleigh in Devon.
Career
He left Colleton in 1822 and later moved to London where he became a pupil of the architect Charles Fowler[2] (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.[3] Following his return to England in 1846 he set up an architectural practice in Exeter, Devon.[2] In later life he lived at Dix's Field in Exeter.[2] He rebuilt or restored many churches in Devon, including:[2][4]
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)[1]
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,[5] at the Devon and Exeter Institution and Devon Record Office.[2]
