Furniture

Tim follows in the footsteps of his maternal grandfather & great-grandfather in terms of ecclesiastical woodworking, although they were woodcarvers rather than furniture makers.

They worked as part of a team, on the reredos of Canterbury Cathedral & various English churches as well as carving a church memorial in Malta, to commemorate the wartime sieges there.

Tim grew up with the knowledge of his forebears’ achievements & with some of their personal ‘family heirloom’ carvings around him, not to mention the enormous benefit of a head-start given by his father – an extremely capable home woodworker with a very well equipped cellar.

Since then Tim has had the privilege of carrying out many ecclesiastical commissions, including creating Hereford Cathedral’s well-used ‘Welcome Desk’, made in 2005.

Ecclesiastical commissions to date:

Hereford Cathedral

– Welcome Desk

(plus non-commissioned ‘Christmas Star’, gifted by Tim)

St.Mary the Virgin, Hartpury

– lectern & chairs

Holy Trinity, Hereford

– lectern

St.Michael & All Angels, Edwyn Ralph

– table

St.John the Baptist, Preston, nr. Ledbury

– altar rails

St James the Great, Colwall

– lectern; altar table; prie-dieux & choirbook stands

St.Crallo’s, Coychurch

– Prayer desk

All Saints, Coddington

– tables

St.John’s, Hereford

– altar table; pulpit; chair

St.Peter’s, Dormington

– church warden wands

St.Michael’s Hospice Chapel, Bartestree

– cabinet; prie-dieu; altar table

St. Mary’s, Ross-on-Wye

– altar table; Welcomers Table plus vestibule furniture

St. Mary’s, Richmond

– pair of ‘ Welcomers’ cabinets; safe frame;

candle plinths; storage cabinets;

St.Martin’s, Hereford

– side table

Private client commission for a church in Scotland – collecting box to match design previously made by ancestor of client

Private client commission by cleric – pole mounts & stand for group of silver Ethiopian crosses