W. D. Caröe (1857-1938)

Prominent church architect and designer of the Arts and Crafts Movement. William Douglas Caröe was a pupil of John Loughborough Pearson, and his firm, Caroe & Partners, was established in 1884. The firm has maintained a long association with St Davids Cathedral after he succeeded Oldrid Scott as Cathedral architect in 1907.

Further reading

Barrie Armstrong and Wendy Armstrong, The Arts and Crafts Movement in the North West of England: A Handbook (Wetherby: Oblong, 2005), p.219.

Jennifer M. Freeman, W.D. Caröe: his architectural achievement (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1991).

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Sites associated with this person
   as architect: Church of St Mary, Llandovery , Carmarthenshire
   as architect: Church of St Mary, Brecon , Powys
   as architect: Church of St Chad, Hanmer , Wrexham
   as architect: Church of St Illtyd, Llantwit Major , Vale of Glamorgan
   as architect: Church of St Mary the Virgin, Haverfordwest , Pembrokeshire
   as architect: Church of the Holy Trinity, Newcastle Emlyn , Carmarthenshire
   as architect: Church of All Saints, Gresford , Wrexham
   as architect: Church of St David and St Cyfelach, Llangyfelach , Swansea
   as architect: Church of St Teilo, Bishopston , Swansea
   as architect: Cathedral Church of St John Evangelist, Brecon , Powys
   as architect: Church of St Michael, Cwmystwyth , Ceredigion
   as architect: Church of St Illtyd, Pembrey , Carmarthenshire
   as architect: Church of St David, Blaenporth , Ceredigion


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Christ as the Sower and with the Chalice and Host designer: Caroe & Partners about 1939 Church of St Illtyd, Llantwit Fardre, Rhondda Cynon Taff north wall of the nave

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