St Lukes from Garden at Castle Hill Maidenhead April 29 1869
St Luke's Church is a Church of England parish church in Maidenhead in the English county of Berkshire.
St Luke's Church was consecrated in 1866 by William Wilberforce. At a cost of £3500, it was designed by architect George Row Clarke of London, and built by James Griffiths of Eldersfield. A tower was added in late 1869, and then a spire was built in 1894.
Castle Hill is primarily a conservation area and a historic residential part of Maidenhead, England, known for a large Roman villa site and Victorian/Edwardian homes. It is not a single public attraction like a castle or park, but rather an area with historical significance and some public green Roman Settlement: Castle Hill is one of the oldest parts of Maidenhead; the foundations of a large Roman building (presumably a villa), a furnace, hypocaust, and baths were excavated there in 1886.The area is now a conservation area characterized by mature woodland and Victorian and Edwardian detached homes on a quiet no-through lane called Castle Hill Terrace.It's situated above the town centre, near the Castle Hill roundabout on the A4 road, within a short walk of Maidenhead town centre and the Elizabeth Line train station.
Altwood is a residential area on the western edge of Maidenhead, Berkshire, historically part of the larger town, known for housing developments and the Altwood Church of England School; its background is tied to Maidenhead's growth from a river crossing (Maiden Hythe) on the Great West Road into a coaching hub, with Altwood developing as a suburb as the town expanded beyond its medieval core.
In 1861, widowed Richard, Justice of the Peace for Maidenhead, is living at Castle Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire. In 1862 he married Elizabeth Anne Pocock. In 1871 and 1881 Richard and Elizabeth are still living in Castle Hill. Richard was to pass away on 1st March1883. On 10th March 1883 the Reading Mercury carried the following announcement:
"SUTER.—On the 1st March, 1883, at his residence, Castle Hill, Maidenhead, Richard Suter, Eq., in the 86th year of his age."
In 1884 there was an incident outside the house of the recently widowed Elizabeth Suter. The Maidenhead Advertiser reported on 7th May 1884:
"A Runaway - At eleven o'clock on Monday morning a horse attached to a cart belonging to a Mr. G. Jackson, ran away from outside Mrs. Suter's house, Castle Hill, into which a lad had gone with some meat. It made it's way at terrific speed by the Waterworks into St Luke's-road, and thence into Market-street. here considerable excitement prevailed, and several attempts were made to stop the animal, but to no purpose. It turned the corner into the High-street, and the cart came into collision with one of the large lamp-posts in front of the Town Hall. The result was that the cart overturned against the pillar-box, and a little child two years of age, belonging to Nelson Franks, of Moffatt-street, was knocked down. Dr Playne attended to the child, and it was found to have sustained no serious injuries. The cart was much damaged, but the horse escaped uninjured."
Richard Suter was born in Greenwich, Kent on 30th March 1798, to William Suter and his wife Sarah Knights. On 7th January 1825 he married Anne Ruth Burn.
English architect. As Surveyor to The Fishmongers' Company he designed the severe Presbyterian churches for Ballykelly (1825–7) and Banagher (1825) on the Company's Estate in County Londonderry, drawings of which were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1827. He was also responsible for the Model Farm (1823–4), the Lancasterian Schools (1828–30), the Company Agent's House (1830–2—now a hotel, much altered), a range of houses on the south side of the main road (1823–4), the lodge in the Presbyterian churchyard (1828), and the Dispensary (1829), all at Ballykelly, and all Classical. As Surveyor to Trinity House Corporation, he designed houses that were erected by Thomas Cubitt in 1821–3 on a site adjoining Trinity House. For The Fishmongers' Company he designed St Peter's Almshouses, Wandsworth, London (1849–51), and The Old School-House, Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk(1859), in an Elizabethan style.
On the 1841 Census Richard, an architect and lawyer, can be found living in London with his wife Ann (listed as Ruth) and their two children, Richard George and Andrew Burn. Living with them is Edward D Suter. 1851 finds the family living in Tottenham Court in London, by this time Andrew had left the home, but I am unable to trace him on the 1851 Census. In 1860 Andrew marries Amelia Damaris Harrison. Both Richard George and Andrew were to become ordained ministers, with Andrew later becoming a Bishop and emigrating to New Zealand. Sadly in 1854 Anne Ruth was to pass away. In 1861, widowed Richard, Justice of the Peace for Maidenhead, is living at Castle Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire. In 1862 he married Elizabeth Anne Pocock. In 1871 and 1881 Richard and Elizabeth are still living in Castle Hill. Richard was to pass away on 1st March1883.
Richard Suter & Annesley Voysey, architects, had their office at number 35 Fenchurch Street, but they did not have it all to themselves as they shared the premises with W.C. Franks, a tea broker, who will get a separate post some other time. The earliest mention I found of Richard Suter in Fenchurch Street is in 1832 when he is listed at that address in a list of contributing members of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. It says that he had been a member since 1829, but that does not mean he was already at 35 Fenchurch Street in that year.(1) In fact, that seems unlikely as the Sun Fire Office records give Messrs. Short and Co., merchants, as paying the insurance premium on the premises in May 1830. The Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 give the year 1827, but I do not know on what evidence. When Suter and Voysey became partners is also uncertain, but they had known each other since at least 1825 as Suter is named as one of the executors of Voysey’s will which was dated 22 July, 1825. The address given for Suter in the will is Suffolk Street, Southwark. Voysey then lives at Conway Street, Fitzroy Square.