Austin and Paley was the title of a practice of architects in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The practice had been founded in 1836 by Edmund Sharpe. The architects during the period covered by this list are Hubert Austin and Henry Paley. Henry Paley had joined the practice as a partner in 1886 when his father, E. G. Paley, was Austin's partner; the practice then became known as Paley, Austin and Paley. E. G. Paley died in 1895 and the practice continued under the title of Austin and Paley. Austin's son joined the practice as a partner in 1914.
This list covers the ecclesiastical works executed by the practice during the partnership of Hubert Austin and Henry Paley between 1895 and 1914. These works include new churches, restorations and alterations of older churches, additions to churches, and church fittings and furniture. The practice designed about 28 new churches and restored or modified many more. Because of the location of the practice, most of their ecclesiastical work was in the areas that are now Cumbria, Lancashire, and Greater Manchester, but examples can also be found in Cheshire, Merseyside, North Yorkshire, Staffordshire, County Durham, Nottinghamshire, and Hertfordshire.
| Grade | Criteria | |||||||||||||
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| Grade I | Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important. | |||||||||||||
| Grade II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. | |||||||||||||
| Grade II | Buildings of national importance and special interest. | |||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a work that is not graded. | ||||||||||||||
| Name | Location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade | |
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| St Lawrence's Church | Over Peover, Cheshire 53.2582°N -2.3431°W | 1895 | Church refurbished. | |||
| St Mary's Church | Staveley-in-Cartmel, Cumbria | 1895–97 | Restoration including removal of pews, reroofing and reseating the church, and replacing the stone arcade with one in timber. | |||
| St Peter's Church | Field Broughton, Cumbria | 1892–94 | Replacement of original 1745 Chapel of Ease for Cartmel Priory. Present building in good repair, fairly original condition. Toilet in vestry added 2010. Spire shingles renewed at least twice, lastly in ~ 1998. Original Foster and Andrews organ still in use. | |||
| St George's Church | Altrincham, Greater Manchester 53.39°N -2.3511°W | 1896–97 | Work on the nave and aisles. | |||
| Holy Trinity Church | Casterton, Cumbria 54.2115°N -2.5771°W | 1897 | New reredos. | |||
| St Mary's Church | Mellor, Lancashire 53.7729°N -2.5307°W | 1897 | Renovation, including work on monuments and a new font. | |||
| Holy Trinity Church | Morecambe, Lancashire 54.0746°N -2.8575°W | 1897 | Chancel replaced, organ chamber and vestries added. | |||
| Sedbergh School Chapel | Sedbergh, Cumbria | 1897 | New chapel for the school. | |||
| St Mary's Church | Acton, Cheshire 53.0737°N -2.5512°W | 1897–98 | Restoration, including reflooring and reroofing the church, removing the plaster ceilings, rebuilding the north wall of the north aisle and the clerestory, installing heating apparatus, and adding a new pulpit, porches, and doors. | |||
| St Mark's Church | Dolphinholme, Lancashire 53.9739°N -2.7377°W | 1897–98 | New church with a tower at the crossing. | |||
| St Ambrose's Church | Grindleton, Clitheroe, Lancashire 53.9063°N -2.3632°W | 1897–98 | Rebuilt the church, other than the tower and the south side. | |||
| St Chad's Church | Over, Cheshire | 1897–98 | Added vestries and an organ chamber in 1897–98; in about 1906 installed heating and increased the seating. | |||
| St John the Baptist's Church | Flookburgh, Cumbria 54.176°N -2.9737°W | 1897–1900 | New church in Romanesque style. | |||
| St Andrew's Church | Burnley, Lancashire 53.8021°N -2.2352°W | 1898 | Restoration of a church by J. Medland Taylor built in 1866–67. | |||
| St Paul's Church | Bury, Greater Manchester 53.596°N -2.2829°W | 1898 | Alterations to the interior. It has since been made redundant and has been converted for residential use. | |||
| St George's Mission Church | Lancaster, Lancashire | 1898 | New church. | |||
| St John the Baptist's Church | Bretherton, Chorley, Lancashire 53.6777°N -2.7951°W | 1898 | The church was restored in 1898 and in 1908–09 a chancel and vestry were added. | |||
| St Anne's Church | Hindsford, Atherton, Greater Manchester 53.5188°N -2.4812°W | 1898–1901 | New church in Decorated style. Converted into flats in 2003–04. | |||
| St Helen's Church | Waddington, Lancashire 53.8899°N -2.4144°W | 1898–1901 | Church rebuilt other than the tower. | |||
| St Barnabas' Church | Morecambe, Lancashire 54.0646°N -2.8781°W | 1898–1901 | New church in Perpendicular style. | |||
| St John the Baptist's Church | Arkholme, Lancashire 54.1406°N -2.6305°W | 1899 | Restoration. | |||
| St Oswald's Church | Preesall, Lancashire 53.9271°N -2.9771°W | 1899 | New church. | |||
| St Thomas' Church | St Annes, Lancashire 53.7474°N -3.0245°W | 1899–1900 | New church, completed in 1904–05. | |||
| St Anne's Church | Woodplumpton, Lancashire 53.8039°N -2.7617°W | 1899–1900 | Additions and restoration. | |||
| St John's Church | Morecambe, Lancashire 54.058°N -2.8876°W | 1899–1901 | New church. | |||
| St Alban's Church | Broadheath, Greater Manchester 53.4024°N -2.352°W | 1900 | New church. | |||
| St Mary Magdalene's Church | Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria 54.276°N -3.2157°W | 1900 | Addition of a southwest tower. | |||
| St Luke's Church | Slyne-with-Hest, Lancashire 54.0877°N -2.8055°W | 1900 | New church. | |||
| All Saints' Church | Balterley, Staffordshire 53.0502°N -2.3577°W | 1901 | New church. | |||
| St Mary Magdalen's Church | Ribbleton, Preston, Lancashire 53.7765°N -2.6603°W | c. 1901 | Additions. | |||
| St Margaret's Church | High Bentham, North Yorkshire 54.1146°N -2.5082°W | 1901–02 | Additions. | |||
| St Michael's Church | Middleton, Greater Manchester 53.5477°N -2.1906°W | 1901–02 | New church, completed in 1911, with the tower added in 1926–31. | |||
| St Mary's Church | Whicham, Millom, Cumbria 54.2326°N -3.3287°W | 1901–02 | Restoration. | |||
| St Paul's Church | Constable Lee, Rawtenstall, Lancashire 53.7102°N -2.2886°W | 1901–03 | New church. | |||
| St Andrew's Church | Kildwick, North Yorkshire 53.9091°N -1.984°W | 1901–03 | Chancel and nave restored. | |||
| St Helen's Church | Overton, Lancashire 54.0113°N -2.8545°W | 1902 | Restoration. | |||
| Lancaster Priory | Lancaster, Lancashire 54.0507°N -2.8057°W | 1902–12 | In 1902 the southwest porch and the Hatch Memorial were added, followed in 1903 - 04 by a chapel on the north side. A restoration, including the nave roof and the chancel floor, was carried out in 1911–12. | |||
| St Mary's Church | Ulverston, Cumbria 54.1989°N -3.0915°W | 1903–04 | Extended the chancel, added fittings, and built a south porch. | |||
| St John the Evangelist's Church | Worsthorne, Lancashire 53.7878°N -2.1892°W | 1903–04 | Added a new west tower, removed old vestries, and extended the seating. | |||
| St Paul's Church | Skelmersdale, Lancashire 53.55°N -2.7924°W | 1903–06 | New church in Perpendicular style. | |||
| St Chad's Church | Claughton, Lancashire 54.0931°N -2.6641°W | 1904 | Restoration. The church has been redundant since 2005. | |||
| St Cuthbert's Church | Redmarshall, County Durham 54.5844°N -1.404°W | 1904 | Restoration. | |||
| All Saints' Church | Hertford, Hertfordshire 51.795°N -0.0757°W | 1904–05 | The west end of the church was completed and the tower was added. | |||
| All Saints' Church | Barnacre, Lancashire 53.9079°N -2.7431°W | 1905 | New church. | |||
| Holy Trinity Church | Brathay, Cumbria 54.4211°N -2.9844°W | 1905 | Additions made to the church. | |||
| St John the Baptist's Church | Broughton, Lancashire 53.8035°N -2.7167°W | 1905–06 | Chancel, vestries and an organ chamber added. | |||
| St Michael and All Angels' Church | Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston, Lancashire 53.7651°N -2.7317°W | 1905–08 | New church in Perpendicular style. It was completed in 1915. | |||
| St Leonard's Church | Balderstone, Lancashire 53.7855°N -2.5604°W | 1906–07 | Added a tower and a spire. | |||
| St John's Church | Ellel, Lancashire 53.9961°N -2.7855°W | 1906–07 | New church. | |||
| Tunstall, Lancashire 54.1597°N -2.5923°W | 1907 | Restoration. | ||||
| St Mary the Virgin's Church | Walney Island, Cumbria 54.1067°N -3.2474°W | 1907–08 | New church to replace a church of 1853 by Sharpe and Paley. | |||
| St Mary's Church | Widnes, Cheshire 53.3488°N -2.7329°W | 1908–10 | New church in Perpendicular style. | |||
| St Cuthbert's Church | Over Kellet, Lancashire 54.1195°N -2.7319°W | 1909 | Restoration. | |||
| Holy Trinity Church | Skipton, North Yorkshire 53.9633°N -2.0161°W | 1909 | Restoration, including removal of galleries, addition of new vestries, seating, and a bell ringers' loft. | |||
| St John's Church | Birkdale, Southport, Merseyside | 1909–10 | Addition of a north aisle and arcade, and vestries. | |||
| St Matthew's Church | Highfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester | 1909–10 | Extension of the nave and south aisle to the west. | |||
| St Mary's Church | Leigh, Greater Manchester 53.4983°N -2.5198°W | 1909–10 | Addition of a new vestry and refacing the tower. | |||
| St Mark's Church | Natland, Cumbria 54.2961°N -2.7374°W | 1909–10 | New church in Perpendicular style. | |||
| St Wilfrid's Church | Newton Heath, Greater Manchester 53.5059°N -2.1712°W | 1909–10 | New church; now redundant. | |||
| St Andrew's Church | Starbeck, Harrogate, North Yorkshire 54.0006°N -1.4964°W | 1909–10 | New church. | |||
| St Michael's Church | Cockerham, Lancashire 53.9601°N -2.8206°W | 1910 | Replaced the body of the church in Perpendicular style, retaining the original Perpendicular tower. | |||
| St George's Church | Kendal, Cumbria 54.3298°N -2.7401°W | 1910–14 | New chancel, organ loft and vestries added. | |||
| St John's Church | Great Harwood, Lancashire 53.7827°N -2.4066°W | 1911–12 | New church. Demolished 2010. | |||
| St Margaret's Church | Thornbury, Bradford, West Yorkshire 53.8611°N -1.691°W | 1911–12 | New church costing £8,264. In the 1980s cracks appeared in the chancel arch, and the building was declared unsafe. It was demolished in 1991, and has been replaced by the Thornbury Centre, which houses the new Church of St Margaret. | |||
| St Anne's Church | Worksop, Nottinghamshire 53.3028°N -1.1329°W | 1911–12 | New church in Perpendicular style. | |||
| St Margaret's Church | Halliwell, Bolton, Greater Manchester 53.5844°N -2.4569°W | 1911–13 | New church. | |||
| St Thomas' Church | Lydiate, Merseyside 53.5443°N -2.9624°W | 1912 | Added a chancel, chapel, and vestry to a church built in 1839–41. | |||
| St Thomas' Church | Milnthorpe, Cumbria 54.2268°N -2.7702°W | 1912 | Alterations at the west end of the church, originally built in 1835–37. | |||
| St James' Church | Arnside, Cumbria 54.2018°N -2.8317°W | 1912–14 | Addition of a south aisle. | |||
| St Peter's Church | Leck, Lancashire 54.1838°N -2.5484°W | 1913 (or 1915) | Church rebuilt after a fire. | |||
| St Saviour's Church | Aughton, Lancashire | 1913–14 | Added a parclose screen. | |||
| St Silas' Church | Blackburn, Lancashire | 1913–14 | The previously planned tower was added, plus a porch, at a cosy of over £6,000, but the intended steeple was never built. | |||
| St Wilfrid's Church | Standish, Greater Manchester 53.5872°N -2.6614°W | 1913–14 | Additions, including east vestries. | |||
| Christ Church | Thornton, Lancashire 53.8774°N -3.0218°W | 1913–14 | Chancel added. | |||
| St James' Church | Waterloo, Pudsey, West Yorkshire | 1914 | New church, replacing a smaller mission church. It was itself replaced by a new church, St James The Great, Woodhall, on a site nearby in 1959. | |||
| St George's Church | Hertford, Hertfordshire | 1914 | Reredos. | |||
| St John the Baptist's Church | Blawith, Cumbria 54.2857°N -3.094°W | 1914 | Restoration. It is now redundant and under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. | |||
| St Mark's Church | Basford, Staffordshire 53.0176°N -2.2098°W | 1914–15 | New church. | |||
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