William Orchard (architect)

William Orchard (fl. 1468 – died 1504) was an English gothic architect, responsible for the elaborate pendant vaults of the Divinity School, Oxford and the chancel of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. He worked on the cloister and designed the Great Tower of Magdalen College, Oxford also known as Magdalen Tower. He also designed the parish church of Waterstock. He lived at Barton, a hamlet of Headington, where he owned a Quarry.

Gallery of architectural work

• Divinity School ceiling2.jpg

  Detail of vault, Oxford Divinity School

• Magdalen College Tower.jpg

  Tower, Magdalen College, Oxford

• Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.jpg

  Oxford Cathedral, Orchard's vault is visible at the far end

• St Leonards Church, Waterstock - geograph.org.uk - 94380.jpg

  St. Leonards Church, Waterstock