Alex Wenham | |
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 Alex Wenham with a restored Bodleian Library stone column | |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Stone carving |
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| Patron(s) | Balliol College, Oxford Brighton Pavillion Chartres Cathedral Château de Versailles Christchurch Priory Eton College Hampton Court Palace The Houses of Parliament The Louvre Magdalen College, Oxford Randolph Hotel, Oxford Reading Borough Council St Pancras Station St Paul's Cathedral Wellington College |
| Website | alexwenham |
Alex Wenham is an English stone carver. [1] He specialises in architectural stone carving, letter cutting, restoration work, and statues. [2]
Wenham graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 2000. Initially, he worked in London and Paris, before moving to Oxford in 2015. His projects have included work for the Houses of Parliament and St Paul's Cathedral in London, Chartres Cathedral and the Louvre in France, and Balliol College, Magdalen College, [3] and the Randolph Hotel in Oxford. [2]
He has demonstrated stone carving during Heritage Open Days [4] and Oxford Open Doors [5] at the Oxford Castle & Prison. He has given lectures on his work as an architectural stone carver, working on buildings from the 11th century onwards. [6] He also creates outdoor stone sculptures. [7] In 2017, he volunteered to produce a sculpture to celebrate the Oxford-based detective novelist Colin Dexter. [8]
Wenham has received awards including top honours at the European Stone Festival five times (in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2024), [9] including as the "Overall Festival Winner". [10] [11] He received a certificate for his work on restoring a statue of boxers for Magdalen College from the Oxford Preservation Trust in 2019. [12] He was awarded a commendation in the 2022 Natural Stone Awards for his carved head of Hugh Faringdon (the last abbot of Reading) on the Reading Abbey Gateway, completed in 2021 to mark the Abbey's 900th anniversary. [13] The plaster cast for the work is held in the collections of Reading Museum. [14] In 2024, he was commended in the Natural Stone Awards for the restoration of the west door of the chapel at Magdalen College. [15] [16]
