John Dando Sedding
Born 13 April 1838
Died 7 April 1891
Active: 1858 - 1891
Country of birth and death: England
Architect, designer
Born in Eton, Berkshire. Sedding trained with the architect, George Edmund Street and was also influenced by the writings of John Ruskin. After entering a brief partnership with his brother, John built up a successful practice focused on ecclesiastical architecture and design. His London office was located in Oxford Street next door to William Morris & Co.
Sedding was assisted in getting started by the connections formed through his wife, Rose Tinling, daughter of Douglas Tinling, canon of Gloucester. He was highly principled and strongly believed architecture was a divinely inspired art intimately bound to craftsmanship. Sedding therefore promoted a close connection between architects and the craftsmen they employed.
His many churches included: Dyfrig's, Cardiff (1885–93; dem. 1961), St Edward's, Netley (1886), St Elwyn's, Hayle, (1886–90), All Saints', Falmouth (1887–90); and St Augustine's, Highgate (1885–8); Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, London (1888-9) (with a lectern by, Henry Hugh Armstead); and Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell (1887–95). Sedding also designed a wide range of church furnishings from silverware and embroidery to woodwork.
He was a founding member of the Art Workers Guild, lectured and published on architecture, design and gardening. Sedding died at Winsford Vicarage, Somerset. Architect
Wealth at death: £5,279 17s. 6d.
Probate date: January 1893
Works
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Designed Upper portion of pulpit in oak, with panels in bronze
Designed Figure of St Cecilia in Finial
Designed Two Candle Sconces and Wall Panels
Designed Memorial Tablet
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Speaker at Pedestals and Canopies (Art Workers Guild), 1887
Speaker at The Use of Colour in Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1890
Speaker at The Relation of Sculpture to Architecture (Art Workers Guild), 1889
Speaker at Things amiss with Art and Industry (Art Workers Guild), 1889
Institutional and Business Connections
Master of Art Workers Guild
1886 - 1887
Worked for Longden & Co.
Personal and Professional Connections
Taught William Bainbridge Reynolds
Reynolds was articled to Sedding, probably in 1871.
Sources
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1885-1900
1887, p.5; 1890, p.5.
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Second Exhibition.
1889
pp.154-156, p.158, p.161, p.263.
Catalogue of the Second Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1895
1895
Cat. Nos. 208, 209, 212, p. 83
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004
Thomas Seccombe, ‘Sedding, John Dando (1838–1891)’, rev. Donald Findlay, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 ;online edn, Oct 2007 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25004, accessed 13 Aug 2010]
Citing this record
'John Dando Sedding', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1211387186, accessed 08 Feb 2023]
