William Hopkins (architect)
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One of Hopkins' earliest works, the Public Hall in WorcesterWorcester
The City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the...
(1848–49), was Italianate
Italianate architecture
The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...
. Most of his work thereafter was of the Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
. For many years he was the Worcester Diocesan Architect, and as such he mostly built or rebuilt Church of England parish church
Church of England parish church
A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative region, known as a parish.-Parishes in England:...
es in Worcestershire
Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
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Works
- Public Hall, WorcesterWorcesterThe City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the...
, 1848-49 (demolished circa 1968) - St. Martin's parish church, Worcester: east window, 1855-62
- St. Barnabas' parish church, Drakes BroughtonDrakes BroughtonDrakes Broughton is a village in Worcestershire, England.The village is situated on the B4084 road 2 miles north of Pershore and 7 miles south of Worcester.The village has two pubs; the Old Oak and the Plough and Harrow....
, WorcestershireWorcestershireWorcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
, 1857 - Cow Honeybourne parish church, HoneybourneHoneybourneHoneybourne is a village and civil parish about east of Evesham in Worcestershire, England. Much of the parish is farmland. RAF Honeybourne just south of the village was operational from 1940 until 1947.-History:...
, Worcestershire, 1861-63 - Holy Trinity parish church, Shrub Hill, Worcester, 1863
- St. James' parish church, Hindlip, Worcestershire: rebuilding, 1864
- St. John the Baptist parish church, Bradley, Worcestershire, 1864-65
- St.Nicholas' parish church, Worcester: restoration, 1867
- Saints Philip and James parish church, Hallow, WorcestershireHallow, WorcestershireHallow is a village and civil parish beside the River Severn, about north-west of Worcester in Worcestershire. The village is on the A433 road that links Worcester with Holt Heath.-Toponym:...
, 1867-69 - Bohun Court, Hallow, Worcestershire, 1860's (demolished 1925)
- St. James' parish church, Churchill, WorcestershireChurchill, WorcestershireChurchill is a village in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England, near to Kidderminster. It is in the civil parish of Churchill and Blakedown and is one of the few surviving water-powered plating forges in the United Kingdom - Churchill Forge Mill.-Further reading:* A Pictorial History...
, 1868 - St. Peter ad Vincula parish church, Tibberton, WorcestershireTibberton, WorcestershireTibberton is a village in Worcestershire, England.The unusual dedication of Tibberton's Church of England parish church to St. Peter ad Vincula is derived from the ancient Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome....
, 1868 - St. Paul's parish church, Blackheath, BirminghamBirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, 1869 - Bromsgrove SchoolBromsgrove SchoolBromsgrove School, founded in 1553, is a co-educational independent school in the Worcestershire town of Bromsgrove, England. The school has a long history and many notable former pupils.-History:...
, BromsgroveBromsgroveBromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England. The town is about north east of Worcester and south west of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 29,237 in 2001 with a small ethnic minority and is in Bromsgrove District.- History :Bromsgrove is first documented in the early 9th century...
, Worcestershire: enlarged chapel, 1869 - St. Mary's parish church, IcombIcombIcomb is a quiet Gloucestershire village in the Cotswolds, close to Stow on the Wold, with typical Cotswold stone cottages, and the parish church of St Mary the Virgin which was built in the mid 13th century. The tomb of Sir John Blaket, a knight who fought with Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt,...
, GloucestershireGloucestershireGloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
: restoration, 1871 - St. Nicholas' parish church, King's NortonSt. Nicolas' Church, Kings NortonSt Nicolas's Church, Kings Norton is the Anglican parish church of Kings Norton, in the Diocese of Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom.-History:...
, BirminghamBirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
: restoration, 1871 - St. Kenelm's parish church, Upper Snodsbury, Worcestershire: rebuilt church, 1873-74
- St. James' parish church, Norton-by-Kempsey: restoration (with Ewan ChristianEwan ChristianEwan Christian was a British architect. He is most notable for the restoration of Carlisle Cathedral, the alterations to Christ Church, Spitalfields in 1866, and the extension to the National Gallery that created the National Portrait Gallery. He was architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners...
), 1874-75 - St. John the Baptist parish church, Grafton FlyfordGrafton FlyfordGrafton Flyford is a village in Worcestershire, England....
, Worcestershire: rebuilding, 1875 - St. John the Baptist parish church, SuckleySuckleySuckley is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England, close to the border with Herefordshire...
, Worcestershire: rebuilt church, 1878-79 - All Saints' parish church, Wilden, Worcestershire, 1880
- St. Peter's parish church, BesfordBesfordBesford is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 147. The village is near Pershore, off the road from Upton-upon-Severn. A historic house, Besford Court , is located in the village...
, Worcestershire: restoration, 1880-81 - St. James' parish church, Kington, WorcestershireKington, WorcestershireKington is a village in Worcestershire, England. Situated near to Flyford Flavell, the earliest known recording of Kington in the Domesday Book under "cyne-turne" – the "King's farmstead"....
: rebuilt chancel, 1881 - St. Eadburga's parish church, Abberton, WorcestershireAbberton, WorcestershireAbberton is a small village in Worcestershire, England. In the 1850s, the village had 80 inhabitants, one fourth of this was the local priest's 19 children. In 1894, the town had a population of 95 and an area of...
, 1881-82 - St. Peter's parish church, Flyford FlavellFlyford FlavellFlyford Flavell is a village in Worcestershire, England. It has a well stocked village shop and post office, an excellent pub in the centre of the village, and an excellent school. A garage and another pub lie on the periphery of the village....
, Worcestershire: rebuilding, 1883 - Saints Mathias and George parish church, Astwood BankAstwood BankAstwood Bank is a village adjoining Redditch, Worcestershire to the south. The village is noted for its successful cricket team, who have twice played at Lords in the National Village Knock Out Final.-Politics:...
, Worcestershire, 1884 - St. Bartholomew's parish church, Naunton BeauchampNaunton BeauchampNaunton Beachamp is a village and is also a civil parish within Wychavon district in Worcestershire, England. It is in the centre of the county, about four and a half miles from Pershore and nine miles from Worcester....
, Worcestershire: rebuilding, 1897