# Edward Ashworth > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edward_Ashworth > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edward_Ashworth.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ashworth > Source revision: 1352962357 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) English painter **Edward Ashworth** (1814 – 1896) was an English artist and architect from Devon, England, considered to be the [West Country](/source/West_Country)'s leading ecclesiastical architect.[1] He was elected a member of the Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society in 1847.[2] ## Origins 1892 signed drawing by Edward Ashworth (1815–1892) of his childhood home [Colleton Barton](/source/Colleton%2C_Chulmleigh), [Chulmleigh](/source/Chulmleigh), Devon He was born in 1814 at [Colleton Barton](/source/Colleton%2C_Chulmleigh), in the parish of [Chulmleigh](/source/Chulmleigh) in Devon. ## Career He left Colleton in 1822 and later moved to London where he became a pupil of the architect [Charles Fowler](/source/Charles_Fowler)[2] (1792–1867), born in [Cullompton](/source/Cullompton), Devon. During 1842-46 Ashworth travelled in New Zealand, Australia, Timor, Macau and Hong Kong during which time he kept diaries and sketchbooks.[3] Following his return to England in 1846 he set up an architectural practice in Exeter, Devon.[2] In later life he lived at Dix's Field in Exeter.[2] He rebuilt or restored many churches in Devon, including:[2][4] ### Rebuilding works - Cullompton, Devon (1849) - Dulverton, Somerset (1852–55) - Bideford, Devon (1859) - Lympstone, Devon (1862) - [St Mary's](/source/Church_of_St_Mary%2C_Bideford), Bideford, Devon (1862–65) - Withycombe Raleigh, Exmouth, Devon (1863–64) - St Mary Major, Exeter, Devon (1865), now demolished - [St Margaret's Church, Topsham](/source/St_Margaret's_Church%2C_Topsham) (1874) - Milton Combe (1878) - St Nicholas Church, Exeter (opposite St Nicholas Priory) (design of)[1] ### Restoration works - [St Michael and All Angels Church, Bude](/source/St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Church%2C_Bude), Cornwall - [St Peter's Church, Tiverton](/source/St_Peter's_Church%2C_Tiverton), Devon - Silverton - Lapford - Widecombe - Axminster - Doddiscombsleigh - North Molton - [Wynards Almshouses](/source/Wynard's_Hospital), Exeter (1863) ### Literary works - *Chinese Architecture* (1851), with his illustrations ### Paintings and drawings A Bird's Eye View of Wynards Hospital, Exeter (1880). This watercolour shows [Wynard's Hospital](/source/Wynard's_Hospital) on Magdalen Street. Wynard's was founded as [almshouses](/source/Almshouses) for the poor and infirm of [Exeter](/source/Exeter) in 1435. They continued to house the poor until 1973 when they became council offices, today they have been converted to private housing. From the [Royal Albert Memorial Museum](/source/Royal_Albert_Memorial_Museum)'s collection (215/1970) *Passage House Inn, Topsham*, watercolour by Edward Ashworth between 1843 and 1933. From the [Devon and Exeter Institution](/source/Devon_and_Exeter_Institution) Many of his drawings and paintings are held in the collection of the Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter,[5] at the [Devon and Exeter Institution](/source/Devon_and_Exeter_Institution) and Devon Record Office.[2] ## Death and burial He died on 8 March 1896 and left a substantial estate valued at £26,814, mainly invested in Railway stocks.[2] He was buried in the newly created Higher Cemetery, Exeter, for which he had designed two lodges and one chapel. His ornate stone cross, made of pink stone, survives and was restored *circa* 2010.[1] ## Notes 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-exetermemories1_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-exetermemories1_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-exetermemories1_1-2) David Cornforth. ["Cemeteries and Graves"](http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/exetergraves.php). Exeter Memories. Retrieved 12 July 2015. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Bury_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Bury_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Bury_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Bury_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Bury_2-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Bury_2-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-Bury_2-6) Bury 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Guide to the papers of Edward Ashworth (as filmed by the AJCP)](https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-740059146/findingaid?digitised=y) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** See also: [Pevsner, Nikolaus](/source/Nikolaus_Pevsner) & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Edward Ashworth"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140901214601/http://www.devon.gov.uk/edwardashworth#sthash.3a7waYAT.dpuf). Devon.gov.uk. 24 June 2011. Archived from [the original](http://www.devon.gov.uk/edwardashworth#sthash.3a7waYAT.dpuf) on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2015. ## References Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Edward Ashworth](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Edward_Ashworth). - Bury, Richard M.B., *History of Colleton Barton*, 1993 Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF 2 Artists ULAN RKD Artists Australian Artists Auckland New Zealand Artists People Trove Archaeology Data Service Other Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Edward Ashworth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ashworth) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ashworth?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.