St Andrew's Church, Ham

St Andrew's Church, Ham, is a Grade II listed[3] Church of England church on Church Road, Ham Common in Ham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

St Andrew's Church, Ham
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51°25′58.3″N 0°18′11.7″W / 51.432861°N 0.303250°W / 51.432861; -0.303250
LocationChurch Road, Ham Common, Richmond TW10 5HG
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
Websitewww.standrewsham.church
Architecture
Architect(s)Edward Lapidge[2]
Years built1830–31[2]
Specifications
MaterialsBath stone dressings and London stock brickwork[1]
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseSouthwark
Episcopal areaKingston
ArchdeaconryWandsworth
DeaneryKingston
ParishHam, St Andrew[1]
Clergy
ArchbishopJustin Welby
Bishop(s)Rt Revd Christopher Chessun
Vicar(s)Rev Alice Pettit
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated10 January 1950
Reference no.1080847

Architecture

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The church was built in grey brick in 1830–31; the architect was Edward Lapidge. A south aisle with a rose window, designed by Raphael Brandon, was added in 1860,[4] and a chancel in red brick, by Bodley & Garner, in 1900–01.[2] The carvings of the screen and choir stalls are by John Harper.[5]

The church has 32 windows; eleven with stained glass installed between 1901 and 1948, four of which are by Shrigley & Hunt. The three-light window at the west end by Hugh Ray Easton, installed in 1932, shows Saint Andrew in the centre, flanked by scenes of baptism and confirmation.[6] The east window of the Crucifixion was designed by Sir Ninian Comper (1900) and was erected in memory of Harry Scott of Ancrum (d 1889) by his stepdaughters Violet Cavendish-Bentinck and Hyacinth Jessup.[5] Surrounding the high altar are eight large paintings of prophets and evangelists.[7]

There is a memorial stained glass window to Sir George Dance (1857–1932), a dramatist and theatrical manager, and his son Erik who died in a prison camp in World War II.

There are also funerary hatchments at the back of the church dedicated to Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart and his wife Countess Grace.

Notable interments

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The cemetery also contains the graves of three war dead: Irene Daisy Collett of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (d 1943), Ronald Oswald Dibben of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (d 1942) and William Samuel Hudson Palmer of the Royal Flying Corps (d 1917).[27][28][29][30] Also the grave of Dr. Frederick Carson who was a captain in the R.A.M.C. in WW1 and was awarded the Military Cross in 1918.[31]

Members of the Shafto family are buried in the cemetery.[32]

Activities

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The church has a service on Sunday mornings, a Sunday School for children between the ages of 3 and 11 years and a youth group for older children.

On the initiative of a German-speaking congregation established in 1979 by parents of pupils attending the German School nearby in Petersham, Lutheran services in the German language have been held at St Andrew's since 1980. The services are held twice a month on Sunday afternoons, with a concurrent Sunday school. There are also regularly scheduled ecumenical services shared by the Anglican St Andrew's congregation and the German-speaking Catholic congregation[33] (which holds services at St Thomas Aquinas, Ham).

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Church interior

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Church exterior

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Churchyard tombs

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Kingston Deanery: Ham, St Andrew". Where We Are. Anglican Diocese of Southwark. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner (1983). The Buildings of England – London 2: South. London: Penguin Books. p. 472. ISBN 0-14-0710-47-7.
  3. ^ Historic England (10 January 1050). "Church of St Andrew (1080847)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  4. ^ "A Brief History of the building". St Andrew's Ham Common.
  5. ^ a b Greenwood, Silvia (1982). History of St Andrew's Ham Common. Ham Library.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Robert Eberhard (January 2015). "Stained Glass Windows at St. Andrew". Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  7. ^ Kip Waddell. Reading Saint Andrew's Church through its Art and Architecture. St Andrew's Church, Ham.
  8. ^ Hugo Vickers (2006). Elizabeth: The Queen Mother. Arrow Books/Random House. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-09-947662-7.
  9. ^ Rouse, John (October 2009). "Dockrell, George Shannon". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Dockrell, George Shannon, O.B.E. Major. Rifle Brigade, 9th Battalion". The Great War (1914-1918) Forum. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Horse-Guards May 25 1814". The London Gazette (16929): 1730. 27 August 1814.
  12. ^ "Death of Gen Eden". Lloyd's Illustrated Newspaper. 1 June 1851 – via British Library Newspapers.
  13. ^ Lang, Paul Howard (2018). Ham & Petersham through time (9781445673301 ed.). Amberley Publishing.
  14. ^ "Joshua Field". Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 157: 374. January 1904. doi:10.1680/imotp.1904.16538 – via ICE Virtual Library.
  15. ^ "Park Keeper's Funeral". Surrey Comet. 24 November 1906. p. 8.
  16. ^ Norton, Bill (17 July 2023). "Gray, Samuel Joseph". The King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  17. ^ Walford, Edward (1920). The County Families of the United Kingdom. Dalcassian Publishing Company. pp. 618–619 – via Google Books.
  18. ^ "Deaths". TheTimes. 8 March 1922. p. 15. Retrieved 4 April 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  19. ^ "Death of Major Lawes". Dover Express. 15 November 1907. p. 5 – via British Library Newspapers.
  20. ^ Kennedy, David A (27 March 2017). "KINGSTON HILL PLACE: HISTORIC MANSION OF HANDSOME ELEVATION" (PDF). Kingston History Research. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  21. ^ "Mr. F. G. Rudler". The Times. 23 May 1936. p. 16 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  22. ^ "THE LATE MR HARRY SCOTT OF BALGAY". Dundee Courier. 26 August 1889. Retrieved 13 July 2021 – via British Library Newspapers.
  23. ^ "Deaths". Times. 27 August 1889. p. 1. Retrieved 13 July 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  24. ^ "Dr. Arthur Shadwell". The Times. 23 March 1936. Retrieved 21 January 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  25. ^ "Deaths: Miss Hesba Stretton". The Times. 12 October 1911. p. 11. Retrieved 15 May 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  26. ^ Bassett, Troy J. (15 December 2022). "Author: Charles Smyth Vereker". At the Circulating Library: A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837—1901.
  27. ^ "William Samuel Hudson Palmer (1896–1917)". Ham Remembers. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  28. ^ "Graveyard". St Andrew's Church, Ham Common.
  29. ^ "Cemetery or Memorial: Ham (St Andrew) Churchyard". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  30. ^ "Ham (St. Andrew) Churchyard". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  31. ^ "Dr F Carson". The News Letter. Belfast. 18 November 1938. p. 6.
  32. ^ "Arrangements for this day". Morning Post. 21 July 1904. p. 7.
  33. ^ "German Lutheran church "hidden in Ham"" (PDF). Ham and Petersham Magazine: 23. Autumn 2010.
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