Charles Jean Ménart (1876 – 7 April 1956)[1] was a Belgian architect who worked in Scotland in the early 20th century and specialised in designing Roman Catholic churches in the Baroque Revival style.
Early life
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He was born in Leuze-en-Hainaut, Belgium, to Émile-Jean Ménart, who was from France, and Agnes Joseph Meurisse.[2] around 1876 and went on to study at the Glasgow School of Art from 1893 to 1898. He became a British citizen in 1897. He later settled in Perth.[3] However, in 1903, he moved to Glasgow and went into partnership with John Stirling Jarvie from Perth, calling the business, Menart & Jarvie. Jarvie previously worked for John Archibald Campbell and John Burnet.[4]
Architect
editOn 16 December 1908, Ménart became a member of Glasgow Institute of Architects. From about 1907 onwards he did more and more work for the Archdiocese of Glasgow and the Diocese of Aberdeen, work that would normally have gone to Pugin & Pugin's. A lot of his work was in the Baroque Revival style, providing an alternative to the Gothic Revival architecture of some of his contemporaries.[4]
He also produced secular buildings such as banks, tenements and shops; an example of this work being a development of a row of buildings from 10 to 12, the High Street, Perth, Scotland.[3]
Works
editSome of his works include:[3][4]
- St Leonard’s Manse, Perth (1905)
- St Peter's Church, Rathven (1907).[5]
- Sacred Heart Church, Dalmarnock (1900–1910)
- Remodelling of St Mary's Church, Bathgate (1908)
- St Aloysius Church, Glasgow, (1908–1910), based on St Aubin's Cathedral in Namur, Belgium.[6]
- Interior of the Blairs College chapel, Aberdeen (1910–11)
- St Charles Borromeo, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne (1910-11)[7]
- Sacred Heart Church, Torry (1911)
- St Joseph’s Church, Helensburgh (1911)
- St Joseph's Church, Roystonhill (1910–1914)
- Dome and Interior of St Thomas's Church, Keith (1916)
- The chapel for St Joseph's College, Dumfries (1923).
- St Joseph's Church, Stranraer (1924) addition of tower and alterations.[8]
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St Joseph’s Church, Helensburgh -
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St Charles Borromeo Church, Gosforth
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Later life
editThe Menart & Jarvie partnership was dissolved some time before 1911. Ménart continued to practise in Glasgow, designing a number of First World War memorials in Belgium, and returned to his native country in 1928 at the age of about 52. He died in Brussels in 1956.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
- ^ UK, Naturalisation Certificates and Declarations, 1870-1916
- ^ a b c C. J. Ménart from GlasgowSculpture.com, accessed 29 March 2013
- ^ a b c d Charles Jean Ménart from the Dictionary of Scottish Architects accessed 29 March 2013
- ^ Notes from the Author, Geograph.org.uk Retrieved 29 January 2013
- ^ St Aloysius, Scotland Churches Trust Retrieved 28 January 2013
- ^ "Roman Catholic Church of St Charles, attached presbytery and boundary wall to south and south west, Non Civil Parish - 1431012 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
- ^ St Joseph's Church, Stranraer on ScottishArchitects.org.uk, retrieved 19 December 2018
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