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8 unusual facts about George Edmund Street


Charlton-on-Otmoor

In 1846 the Gothic Revival architect G.E. Street re-roofed the church and restored the north wall.

Drayton St. Leonard

In 1859 the building was drastically restored under the direction of the Gothic Revival architect G.E. Street.

Finmere

In 1856–58 the Gothic Revival architect G.E. Street removed the west gallery, restored the church, widened the chancel arch and added the north aisle.

Fritwell

In 1865 the church was restored and the bell tower was rebuilt inder the direction of the Oxford Diocesan architect and Gothic Revivalist G.E. Street.

George Edmund Street

In 1868 Street was made Diocesan Architect of Ripon, in addition to the similar posts which he already held in the dioceses of York and Oxford, and to which Winchester was subsequently added.

Milcombe

In the 19th century the building was in very poor condition so in 1860 the Gothic Revival architect G.E. Street rebuilt the chancel and most of the nave.

Tetsworth

The Oxford diocesan architect, G.E. Street reported that parts of the old church building were "of very considerable merit, and in good preservation", the chancel was "very perfect" and it would be "very inadvisable" to allow their demolition.

Wheatley, Oxfordshire

Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford, disliked the building and had it rebuilt in 1855-1857 by the Oxford Diocesan architect, G. E. Street.


Clifton Campville

The church was restored by George Edmund Street in the second half of the 19th century, and again by W. D. Caroe in the early 20th century.


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