Clapton Crabb Rolfe

Clapton Crabb Rolfe (5 March 1845 – 18 December 1907) was an English Gothic Revival architect whose practice was based in Oxford.

Family Rolfe was the second of nine children. His father was Rev. George Crabb Rolfe (1811–93) who was perpetual curate of Hailey, Oxfordshire from 1838 until his death. His mother Ellen was a sister of the architect William Wilkinson. His design was in a freely reinterpreted French Gothic style. but from 1866 worked in Exeter. He carved for Rolfe again on the restorations of St Giles' parish church, Standlake in 1880–91, St Martin's parish church, Chipping Ongar in 1884, and St Michael's parish church, Inkpen in 1896–97, and also at Rolfe's new chapel for the Sisterhood of Saint Thomas, Oxford in 1888. Rolfe wrote a number of publications on aspects of church architecture and furnishing, but as he got older the style and content of his writing became increasingly obscure. Ascott-under-Wychwood: village school, 1871 Leafield, Oxfordshire: extension to village school, 1871 (demolished 1969) 29 Abbey Road, Oxford: house, 1886–87 Saint Denis, Northmoor, Oxfordshire: partial restoration, 1886 or 1887 Holywell Ford, Mill Lane, Oxford: house, 1888 Saint Thomas, Oxford: vicarage, 1893 Barnett House, Turl Street, Oxford: house on corner of Broad Street, 1889 (demolished 1960's) Hailey parish school, Oxfordshire: infants' classroom, 1892 Holy Rood, Cuxham, Oxfordshire: rebuilt chancel, 1895 Saint Michael, Inkpen, Berkshire: restored and remodelled church, 1896 Saint Nicholas, Dormston, Worcestershire: restoration, 1899

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