G E Street in Oxford Diocese

The hardest working man in Gothic?

What did he do?

Distribution of Street Churches in Oxford Diocese

Oxford, Phil & Jims 1860-2

Hulcott, Bucks , 1861-3

Nash, Bucks 1857-8 Fawley, Berks 1856

How did he do it?

Bloxham, Oxon 1864-6: Street’s specification for vestry screen and floor tiling, from margin of specification of works

Milton Under Wychwood, Oxfordshire, 1853-4 Street’s designs for the choir stalls

Waterstock 1858 Tilehurst 1854-6 Shottesbrooke 1853-4

Steventon 1854-5

Maidenhead 1854-7 Cheddington 1855-6

Poppy heads

Wescott, Bucks, new church , 1866-7

Westcott

Westbury 1863 Wendover 1868-9

REREDOS

Soulbury 1862-3

Stewkley 1862

Middleton 1862-4 Sherrington 1870

Stone floors in North Buckinghamshire

Lillingstone Dayrell 1868 Cuddington 1856-7

Nash, Bucks 1857-8 and Brightwalton, Berks 1861-3

Nash Brightwalton

Respect for Medieval work

Steventon , Berks 1854-5

Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxon 1857-9

Bloxham, Oxfon, Restoration 1864-6

Street Screens

Ashley Green 1873-4 Fritwell 1865

Goosey 1851 Filkins 1855-7

Holmbury St Mary, Surrey 1879

Milton Under Wychwood, Oxon 1853-4

Ashley Green, Bucks 1872-4

Brightwalton 1861-2 Westcot-Barton 1856

Ashley Green 1872-4

Survival

Witney, Oxon, Plan as restored by Street 1865-9

Pattern of survival of Street Churches in the Oxford Diocese

Hedsor, Bucks, restoration, 1861-2 , further work by Hepworth 1892

Oxford, St Ebbe. Reconstruction 1862-6

Cuddesdon, Oxon, restoration 1851-3

OK ? NO WAY!

The Black List

Chalfont St Peter , Bucks 1852-4 One of 29 or so buildings 25 of which remain in ecclesiastical use 22% of the total

Fulmer, Bucks Restored by Street in 1877 and Stenning in 1882

Cuddington, Bucks 1856-7

How important is completeness?

Holmbury St Mary, Surrey, New build 1879

How important are pews?

Eastbury, Berks 1851-3 All Saints, Boyn Hill, Maidenhead, Berks, 1854-7

Chilton, Berks, 1859-60 All Saints’ Boyn Hill, Maidenhead, 1854-7

Some pulpits are better than others

Some interiors are better than others

Salford, Oxon Bloxham, Oxon

Salford Bloxham

The White List Fawley, Berks, 1856

Peasmore, Berks 1865. Street Chancel grafted onto early 19th century nave

Coleshill, Bucks, 1861

North Leigh, Oxon 1864

The Grey List

Chilton, Berks, 1859-60