Henry Woodyer

Henry Woodyer (1816–1896) was an English architect, a pupil of William Butterfield and a disciple of A. W. N. Pugin and the Ecclesiologists.

[1] Woodyer was born in Guildford, Surrey, England, in 1816, the son of a successful, highly respected surgeon, who owned Allen House in the Upper High Street.

His mother came from the wealthy Halsey family who owned Henley Park, just outside Guildford.

As a result, he could claim to be one of the best educated architects since Sir Christopher Wren.

Whilst at Oxford, he became involved in the Anglican high church movement and throughout his career he saw his work as an architect as a means of serving the church.