John Coates Carter [SEP] date of death
John Coates Carter
John Coates Carter (1859–1927) was an English architect. Born in Norwich, Carter is notable for his design and restoration to churches in South Wales, and in particular Glamorgan. He was partnered with John Pollard Seddon from 1884 to 1904 and after he maintained a style steeped in the traditions of the Arts and Crafts Movement to create impressive buildings such as the monastery on Caldey Island and St Luke's Church in Abercarn.
Biography.
John Coates Carter was born and raised in Norwich and articled to
, roofed in Welsh slate, a chancel with vestry, two porches and a bellcote. The architectural historian John Newman
describes this as "an extraordinarily elaborate belfry, a sort of pulpit in the sky". The style of the whole is Early French.
The interior is "calmer" but still elaborate, decorated with wall paintings by a German artist to the designs of Coates Carter, Seddon's architectural partner after John Prichard's death.
External links.
- Artworks at the site at Imaging the Bible