PRICHARD
,
JOHN
(
1817
-
1886
),
architect
,
son of
Richard
Prichard
,
rector
of
Llan-gan
,
Glamorgan
, and
vicar-choral
of
Llandaff cathedral
, and of
Eleanor
his wife, was b. at
Llan-gan
6 May 1817
, and christened there by his father
10 July 1817
. He trained as an
architect
and was appointed
diocesan architect
of
Llandaff
. He
superintended the restoration of many churches
throughout the diocese a notable example of his work being the restoration of
Baglan church
. He was also the
architect
responsible for the extensive restoration of
Llandaff cathedral
between 1844 and 1857
.
Prichard
d.
13 Oct. 1886
, and was buried in the churchyard on the south side of
Llandaff cathedral
, near the
Lady-chapel
and in the same grave as his father, a former
vicar-choral of Llandaff
for thirty-five years. A brass plate inscribed ‘
In Memory of a Great Architect, John Prichard, Restorer of this Cathedral …
’ is placed in the aisle under the window of the south wall in the south-western tower.
Bibliography:
- Llandaff bishops’ transcripts;
-
J. H. James
,
A history and survey of the cathedral church
of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus,
Llandaff
, 1898
;
-
Eminent Welshmen
, 1908
;
-
Enwogion Cymru. A Biographical Dictionary of
Eminent Welshmen
, 1852
Author:
Miss Megan Ellis, (1906-2001), Aberystwyth
