Name William Slater Role Architect | Died 1872 | |
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Structures St Leonard's Church, Bridgnorth People also search for Richard Carpenter, Thomas Rickman, Leonard of Noblac | ||
William Slater (1819 – 17 December 1872) was an English architect who was born in Northamptonshire and practised in London. He joined R. C. Carpenter as his first pupil, and for some years lived with the Carpenter family. Slater became Carpenter's assistant, and later left him to establish an independent practice with another of Carpenter's pupils, William Smith (later Bassett-Smith). Together, from 1852, Slater and Smith designed Loughborough Town Hall, a parsonage, and restored three churches. However Carpenter died in 1855 at the age of 42, and Slater was persuaded to take over his practice. In 1857 Carpenter's son Richard Herbert Carpenter joined him as a pupil, and became a partner in 1863.
Together, Slater and Carpenter restored the church of St Michael the Archangel in Sittingbourne, which is a Grade II* listed building in the Swale Borough of Kent. Details of the restoration for which Slater was responsible can be found on the Listed Buildings website In particular, he did the Reredos, which is described as a polyptych of gilded mosaic angels playing instruments around a stone Greek-style cross. The angels themselves are inspired by the 15th century monk Fra Angelico.