Edward Joseph Marie de Kersabiec Goldie [commonly known as Edward Goldie] was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England in 1856. He was articled to his father, George Goldie (1828-1887) and to Charles Edwin Child (1843-1911) at their practice ], Goldie & Childs in London in 1875 and remained with them as their assistant. In 1880 he became a partner in the practice which was renamed Goldie, Child & Goldie. From 1893 Goldie ran the practice alone until 1913 when he took his son, Joseph Goldie (1882-1953), into partnership. Edward Goldie's commissions were almost exclusively for the Roman Catholic Church.
Edward Goldie was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1904. His address was given as 10 Kensington Square, Kensington, London in 1880; 31 Upper Philimore Place, Kensington, London in 1904 and 1914; and 115 Kensington High Street in 1920. He died in Middlesex on 10 October 1921. Followed the death of his father, Joseph Goldie continued his practice.
Church of St James (Spanish Place), George Street, Westminster, London (1885-90); Chapel to the Priory of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Haywards Heath, West Sussex (1887-88); St James’ Presbytery, Spanish Place, 22 George Street, Marylebone, London (1889); Chapel of St Edward's Convent of Mercy, and School, Westminster, London (c.1894); Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea, London (1894-95); Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury, Wandsworth, London (1895); Ashorne Hill House, Newbold Pacey, Warwickshire (1895-97); Church of St Alban, Larkhill, Blackburn, Lancashire (1898); re-furnishing and re-decoration of the chapel of Weston Manor in Totland, Isle of Wight (c.1898); remodelling of the hospital of St John and St Elizabeth in Westminster, London (1898); Hawkesyard Prior, Armitage, Staffordshire (1896-1914); a side chapel and sacristy for the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Paternoster Row, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire (1901); Our Lady of Lourdes, Acton (1901); extension to St. Mary, Middlesborough (1902-03); St Paul the Apostle, Wood Green, London (1904); Our Lady of England Priory, Storrington, West Sussex (1904-05); St George's Retreat, Burgess Hill, West Sussex (1905-06); Nazareth House, Middlesborough (1905-07); The Lees, 1 Manor Road, Brighton, Sussex (1906); Our Lady of Victories, Warwick Road, London (1906-07); St Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde, Isle of Wight (completed in 1907); St John the Evangelist Church, Horsham, West Sussex (1919-23).
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