Who was Henry Woodyer?
Henry Woodyer was an architect who worked in the 19th century and specialised in Gothic architecture. Woodyer was born in Guildford, Surrey, England, in 1816 and was educated first at Eton College, then at Merton College, Oxford. He was a pupil of William Butterfield and a disciple of A. W. N. Pugin and the Ecclesiologists.
Life and work
Woodyer was a member of the high church and which, through networking, he received many of his commissions. He had approximately 300 commissions made up of churches, parsonages, country house extensions and village schools.