the major works of James Forsyth
any text in OLIVE is a link to an individual page on this site giving details and photographs
below the list of works is a map showing the location of each of these works
1852
WELLS CATHEDRAL, Stone choir stalls and wooden choir desks
1853
ST MARGARET’S CHURCH, Angmering, Font and Capitals ( Font no longer in church )
WELLS CATHEDRAL, Stone pulpit
1855
WELLS CATHEDRAL, Monument to Dean Jenkyns
ALNWICK CASTLE, Chapel carvings
1857
ST MARGARET’S CHURCH, Angmering, Pulpit ( no longer in church)
WELLS CATHEDRAL, Organ casing and decorations
ST MARY AND ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, Etchingham, Pulpit
ST THOMAS’S CHURCH, Wells, Pulpit and Font
1858
BLENHEIM PALACE CHAPEL, Pulpit ( now in situ at St Michael and All Angels, Waddesdon )
ST DIONYSIUS CHURCH, Market Harborough, Pulpit panel ( now in Market Harborough museum )
SHERBORNE ABBEY, Reredos
SHERBORNE ABBEY, Stalls and prayer desks in choir
ST MARY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Birnam, Nr Dunkeld, Font
1859
WITLEY COURT, Worcestershire, ‘Flora’ Fountain
ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH, Haselbech, Font and chancel carvings
ST MARYS CHURCH, Blymhill, Staffordshire, Wood carvings in church
1860
WITLEY COURT GARDENS, Worcestershire, Perseus and Andromeda Fountain
ST FETHLIMIDH'S CATHEDRAL, Kilmore, stalls and Bishop’s throne
GREAT WITLEY CHURCH, Worcestershire, Bench pew ends
PROMOTER LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, 29 Fleet Street, London
1861
ST MARY’S CHURCH, Singleton, Westbourne Deanery, Reredos
ST MARY’S PRIORY CHURCH, Deerhurst, Pulpit
VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, Writing desk and cabinet
ST MICHAEL AND ALL SAINTS CHURCH, Great Witley, Font
ST MICHAEL AND ALL SAINTS CHURCH, Great Witley, Pulpit
ALL SAINTS CHURCH, Gilmorton, pulpit and pews
ST KATHERINES CHURCH, Rowsley, Monument to Lady Manners
LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL, Font
1862
‘VICTORIA GARDENS’, Mumbai, Medallion on Entrance to gardens ( not confirmed yet)
UNKNOWN LOCATION, Statue of Hagar and Ishmael
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Pulpit, Reredos, font and stalls
ST CLEMENTS CHURCH, Outwell, Pulpit
ST MARYS CATHEDRAL, Limerick, Pulpit
ST LEONARD’S CHURCH, Bridgnorth, Pulpit
1863
ST MARY’S CHURCH, Nantwich, Porch carvings of the four evangelists
ST PETER AND ST PAUL CHURCH, Tring, Herts, Oak Pulpit
CHRIST CHURCH, Kilndown, Monument to Rev. J. Murray
ST JAMES AND ST ELIDYR CHURCH, Stackpole, Tomb for Earl of Cawdor
ST EDBURG’S CHURCH, Bicester, Pulpit
ST MARYS CHURCH, Buckland-St-Mary, Memorial to Madelena Lance
ST ANDREWS CHURCH, Rochford, Pulpit and carvings
ST MICHAELS CHURCH, Tenterden, Pulpit and font
ST MARY’S CHURCH, Buckland St Mary, Pulpit and statues of Christ and Mary
1864
ST MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH, Newark, Notts, Memorial to Mrs. Albina Fisher
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, London, Cast of Huxley
ST PETER and ST PAUL CHURCH, Bishops Caundle, Reredos, pulpit and reading desk
ST MARYS CHURCH, Calne, Oak Pulpit
LINCOLN CATHEDRAL, Tomb for W. Hilton and P. De Wint
1865
TRINITY HALL CHAPEL, Cambridge, Relief of ‘The Ascension’
ABNEY PARK CEMETERY, Memorial to Agnes Forsyth
WEST DERBY VILLAGE, Croxteth, Carving on Village Cross
ST THOMAS CATHEDRAL, Mumbai, Font
ST MARYS CHURCH, Compton Pauncefoot, Chancel seats
ST MARYS CHURCH, Prestwich, Reredos
HURSTPIERPOINT COLLEGE CHAPEL, Reredos
1866
ST MARTIN OF TOURS CHURCH, Ashurst Hill, Reredos
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, Frome, ‘Via Crucis’ statues
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, Frome, Reredos
ST OSWALDS CHURCH, Fulford, Pulpit and font ( destroyed by fire )
1867
VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, Silk and wood screen
ST MARYS CHURCH, Drayton Beauchamp, pulpit, chancel seats and font cover
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, Frome, Statues of saints
ST CUTHBERT’S CHURCH, Wells, Reredos
HOLY ROOD CHURCH, Southampton, reredos ( destroyed in blitz)
DUDLEY MARKET PLACE, Drinking fountain
CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL, Reredos ( now in private museum in Chichester)
CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL, Stalls and Bishop's throne
ST MARYS CHURCH, Kings Walden, Pulpit, reredos, organ case
1868
CLOVERLEY HALL, Whitchurch, Fireplace and other internal work ( fireplace is now in a private home, the rest removed)
ST MARTIN’S CHURCH, Bradley, Baldwin memorial
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, Leeds, font and reredos
HURSTPIERPOINT COLLEGE CHAPEL, Eagle lecturn
ST THOMAS’S CHURCH, Dudley, Font and cover
1869
ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, Mill Hill, London, Relief carving over entrance
ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, Mill Hill, London, Statue of Christ ( location unknown)
ST ANDREW’S CHURCH, Kelso, reredos, pulpit and font
ST PETER AND ST PAUL CHURCH, Eye, Pulpit
1870
ST BOTOLPH, Aldersgate, Bust of Revd William Charles
ST MARYS CHURCH, Goudhurst, Oak Pulpit
LOUGHBOROUGH MARKET PLACE, Drinking fountain
ST MARY’S CHURCH, Horncastle, Reredos
ST MARY’S CHURCH, Redcliff, Bristol, Reredos ( removed from church in 1950's, location unknown)
1871
‘CRAGSIDE’ HOUSE, Northumberland, Furniture and carving around fireplace
MUMBAI FINANCIAL DISTRICT, Frere fountain
ST MARY’S CHURCH, Watford, Font
1872
ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH, Haselbech, External carvings
ST GILES IN THE FIELDS, Bloomsbury, Memorial to Charles Yardley jr
‘CRAGSIDE’ HOUSE, Northumberland, Onyx Fireplace and oak and walnut panelling
ALL SAINTS CHURCH, Holbeach, Pulpit
ST. PANCRAS CHURCH, Rousdon, Pulpit and desk ( church now private home, pulpit removed)
ALL SAINTS CHURCH, Hordle, Reredos
IMMANUEL CHURCH, Samaden, Switzerland, Figures for pulpit
ST ANDREW’S CHURCH, Hingham, stall carvings
1873
34-35 LEADENHALL ST, London, New Zealand Chambers, External carvings ( demolished in 1970's)
KINMEL HOUSE, Kinmel, Wales, External stonework to house
GLANUSK PARK, North Wales, Fountain and formal stone-work
ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH, Camberley, Pulpit
1874
WORCESTER CATHEDRAL, Nave Pulpit
TRINITY CHURCH, Margate, Reredos ( destroyed in blitz)
1875
ST WENDREDA’S CHURCH, March, Pulpit
1876
ST PETER’S CHURCH, Dunston, Pulpit
ST ANDREW’S CHURCH, Norwich, Font
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, Frome, Medallions in nave
ST LAWRENCE CHURCH, Burwarton, Reredos ( church now private home, reredos lost)
ST JOHN’S CHURCH, Perlethorpe, Reredos
ST MARY’S CHURCH, Axminster, Monument to Mallock family
ST THOMAS’ CHURCHYARD, Lymington, Memorial to Colonel Rooke
1877
ST MARY’S CHURCH, Sundridge, Reredos
ST DUNSTAN’S IN THE WEST CHURCH, Fleet St, London, Bust of Thomas White
FREE COLLEGE CHURCH, Glasgow, Bust of Dr. Buchanan
ALL HALLOWS CHURCH, Almondbury, Pulpit
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, Frome, Pieta and Statue of Mary
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, Frome, medallions in nave
ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, Mural to 57th West Middlesex regiment
1878
6 GROSVENOR PLACE, London, Internal stone carving including chimney piece
ST MARY’S CHURCH, Long Sutton, Reredos
WORCESTER CATHEDRAL, Memorial to Lord Lyttelton
TYNTESFIELD HOUSE, Chapel carvings and Altar
KELSO, Memorial to Dr. W. M. Mackenzie
1879
ST MATTHEW’S CHURCH, Cheltenham, reredos
1880
ST MARYS CHURCH, Buckland St Mary, Cross in Churchyard
ST PETER AND ST PAUL’S CHURCH, Hoxne, entrance screen carving
ST PETER AD VINCULA CHURCH, Coggeshall, Reredos
ST MARY’S CHURCH, Hemel Hempstead, Reredos
1881
ST JOHN’S CHURCH, Upper Holloway, Pulpit
1882
CHRIST CHURCH, Kilndown, Memorial to Alexander Beresford-Hope
1883
ST MICHAEL’S AND MARY’S, Easthampstead, Cross for Osborne Gordon
ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, London, Monument to Royal 7th Fusiliers
ST ANDREWS CHURCHYARD, Clewer , Memorial to Lord Otho Fitzgerald
CHURCH, Tarasp, Lower Engadine, Switzerland, Pulpit
SWINSTEAD CHURCH, Mural to Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
1884
WATFORD CEMETERY, Cross to Dr. F.H.W.Iles
1885
ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC MUSEUM, Bust of Earl of Dudley
ST CUTHBERTS CHURCH, Plumbland, Cumbria, Tablet to Franchville Lawson Ballantine Dykes
GATEACRE GRANGE, Liverpool, Fireplace
ST PETER AND ST PAUL CHURCH, Shiplake, Memorial to Greville Phillimore
SHERBORNE ABBEY CHURCHYARD, Memorial to George Digby
HENLEY ON THAMES, Drinking fountain
ST GEORGE’S CHURCH, Camden Hill, Reredos ( lost to subsidence in 1960's)
1886
ST JOHN’S CHURCH, Hackney, Reredos
ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHURCH, Great Witley, Earl of Dudley tomb
ECCLESALL CHURCH, Font
ST JAMES THE LESSER CHURCH, Sussex gardens, reredos
SHEFFIELD CATHEDRAL, Pulpit
MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL, Monument to Bishop Fraser
1888
BROMPTON CEMETERY, London, Memorial to George Godwin
ST MARY’S CHURCH, Warwick, Bust of Dr. Landor
WORCESTER CATHEDRAL, Monument to the Earl of Dudley
ST MARYS CHURCH, Buckland St Mary, Reredos
1889
SHIRE HALL, Worcester, Statuette of Earl of Dudley
1890
ST LEONARDS’S CHURCH, Holington, Reredos and panelling
1891
ST MARK’S CHURCH, Worsley, Tablet to Alfred Egerton
NORWICH CATHEDRAL, Pulpit
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL, Monument to Bishop Parry
1892
ST MARY AND CHRIST CHURCH, Llanfairfechan, Reredos
1893
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL, Memorial to Dr. J.G. Beaney
WESTON PARISH CHURCH, Pulpit
PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL, Monument to Archbishop Magee
1894
ST KATHERINE’S CHURCH, Little Bardfield, Figure of patron Saint
ST THOMAS A BECKET CHURCH, Framfield, pulpit
1895
ST ALBAN’S CATHEDRAL CHURCHYARD, Monument to Bishop Claughton
ST ALBAN’S CATHEDRAL, Monument to Bishop Claughton
BRISTOL CATHEDRAL, Memorial to Dean Elliot
1896
NORWICH CATHEDRAL, Monument to Bishop Pelham
1897
HEREFORD CATHEDRAL, Monument to Bishop Atlay
1898
ALL SAINTS CHURCH, Oakham, reredos
1899
SHERBORNE ABBEY, nave pulpit
