Caroe & Partners
| William Douglas Caröe | |
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W. D. Caröe
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| Born |
1 September 1857 Holmsdale, Blundellsands near Liverpool, |
| Died | 25 February 1938 (aged 80) Kyrenia, Cyprus |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Architect |
William Douglas Caröe (1857–1938) was a British architect, particularly of churches.
Caröe was born on 1 September 1857 in Holmsdale, Blundellsands near Liverpool, the youngest son of the Danish Consul in Liverpool, Anders Kruuse Caröe (d. 1897) and Jane Kirkpatrick Green (d. 1877). He was educated at Ruabon Grammar School in Denbighshire, Wales before Trinity College, Cambridge, as a senior optime, in the mathematical tripos of 1869 and graduated with a BA in 1879. Caröe was articled to John Loughborough Pearson and wrote the article on Pearson in the Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed., 1911).
He married Grace Desborough (d.1947), with whom he had two sons and a daughter. The couple's elder son was (Sir) Olaf Kirkpatric Kruuse Caröe (1892–1981), who became an Indian administrator; then came a daughter, Christian Desborough Caröe (1894–1973); and finally a second son, Alban Douglas Rendall Caröe (1904–1991), who followed his father’s footsteps in architecture.
William Douglas Caröe was a major figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement and described as a “Master of spatial painting”. The firm he founded, Caroe & Partners, still specialises in ecclesiastical architecture, especially the restoration of historic churches.
Caröe was architect to numerous ecclesiastical buildings including St David's and Durham Cathedrals, and Tewkesbury and Romsey Abbeys. Although Caröe primarily made his name in church architecture, he was also the architect for the Main Building of Cardiff University, inspired by his alma mater Trinity College.
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