Temple Moore (1856–1920) was an English architect who practised from an office in London. He was born in Tullamore, Ireland, and was the son of an army officer. He was educated at Glasgow High School, then privately. In 1875, he was articled to George Gilbert Scott, Jr. Moore set up an independent practice in 1878, but continued to work with Scott for some years, and completed some of his commissions. Moore's designs were mainly in Gothic Revival style, and although he worked in the later years of that tradition, his "artistic destiny was not to preserve an attenuating tradition but to bring to maturity a development which otherwise would have remained incomplete".[1] Temple Moore was mainly a church architect, designing some 40 new churches and restoring or making alterations and additions to other churches, but he also designed works of different types, including country houses, memorials, schools, parish halls, and a hospital. One of Moore's pupils was Giles Gilbert Scott. In 1919 Moore's son-in-law, Leslie Moore, became a partner, and he continued the work of the practice after Temple Moore's death at his home in Hampstead in 1920.
This list includes the major new churches designed by Temple Moore; these are the listed churches included in the National Heritage List for England, plus his cathedral in Nairobi.
| Grade | Criteria | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
| Name | Location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Aidan | Carlton, Helmsley, North Yorkshire 54.2721°N -1.0645°W | 1884–87 | New church. | |||
| All Saints | Peterborough, Cambridgeshire 52.5848°N -0.2387°W | 1886–87 | The chancel and two bays of the nave were built in 1886–87, the nave was completed in 1891, and the tower in 1901. | |||
| Chapel of Rest | Brompton, Scarborough, North Yorkshire 54.2221°N -0.5506°W | 1889 | A chapel of rest for the new cemetery. | |||
| The Good Shepherd | Lake, Isle of Wight 50.6464°N -1.1682°W | 1892 | A church with a double nave and bellcote in Decorated style. | |||
| St Magnus | Bessingby, East Riding of Yorkshire 54.0764°N -0.2301°W | 1893–94 | A new church replacing one of 1767 in Decorated style. | |||
| St Peter | Barnsley, South Yorkshire 53.5484°N -1.4718°W | 1893–1910 | A new church in brick with ashlar dressings. | |||
| St John | Hendon, Greater London 51.5788°N -0.2361°W | 1895 | The church was never completed, and consists only of the nave and the south aisle. | |||
| St Botolph | Carlton-in-Cleveland, North Yorkshire 54.4338°N -1.2203°W | 1896 | A new church with a west tower. | |||
| St John the Evangelist | Bilsdale Midcable, North Yorkshire 54.3436°N -1.1191°W | 1896–98 | A church in an isolated condition in Decorated style. | |||
| St. Mark | Mansfield, Nottinghamshire 53.1385°N -1.1977°W | 1897 | A new church in Perpendicular style. | |||
| St Cuthbert | Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire 54.5694°N -1.2578°W | 1897–1902 | A new church, converted into a leisure centre in 1977. | |||
| St Mary | Sledmere, East Riding of Yorkshire 54.0685°N -0.5804°W | 1898 | A new church incorporating some ancient fabric for Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th baronet, in the grounds of his home, Sledmere House. | |||
| St Columba | Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire 54.5781°N -1.2413°W | 1900–02 | A church designed to fit an awkward site; in brick with a few stone dressings. | |||
| St James the Greater | Lealholm, North Yorkshire 54.4587°N -0.8242°W | 1902 | A new church. | |||
| St Wilfrid | Harrogate, North Yorkshire 53.9952°N -1.5529°W | 1904 | Started by Temple Moore, extended and completed later. | |||
| St Wilfrid | Bradford, West Yorkshire 53.7862°N -1.7899°W | 1904–05 | New church; furnishings added later. | |||
| St Mary | Rievaulx, North Yorkshire 54.2592°N -1.1156°W | 1906 | A new church, incorporating 13th-century fabric from an older church, with a north tower. | |||
| All Saints | Tooting, Wandsworth, Greater London 51.4304°N -0.1574°W | 1906 | A new church. | |||
| St Luke | Eltham, Greenwich, Greater London 51.4606°N 0.0585°W | 1906–07 | New church replacing a temporary mission church. | |||
| Chapel | Bishop's Hostel, Lincoln 53.2336°N -0.5392°W | 1906–07 | The building was later used as a theological college, and subsequently renamed Chad Varah House. | |||
| All Saints | Stroud, Gloucestershire 51.7497°N -2.2096°W | 1907–10 | The nave, chancel, and aisles were built at this time. It was later completed to Temple Moore's designs by Leslie Moore. | |||
| St Margaret | Leeds, West Yorkshire 53.8099°N -1.5742°W | 1908–09 | A new church, never finished. Now redundant and used as an arts centre, the Left Bank Centre. | |||
| St Anne | Royton, Oldham, Greater Manchester 53.56°N -2.1224°W | 1908–09 | A new church. The tower was added to Temple Moore's design in 1926–27. | |||
| St Wilfrid's Priory (Hostel of the Resurrection) | Leeds, West Yorkshire 53.8048°N -1.559°W | 1908–28 | Built for the Community of the Resurrection in Tudor style. Later used as an adult education centre for the University of Leeds. | |||
| St Thomas | Boston, Lincolnshire 52.9652°N -0.0293°W | 1911 | New church. | |||
| St Mary, St Giles and All Saints | Canwell, Hints, Staffordshire 52.6023°N -1.7932°W | 1911 | A new chapel of ease. | |||
| All Saints | Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire 51.5954°N -0.5568°W | 1912 | A larger church was planned, but only the north aisle was completed; it is in Art Nouveau style. | |||
| St James | Clacton-on-Sea, Essex 51.7872°N 1.1481°W | 1912–13 | A church in Perpendicular style, but never completed. | |||
| St Michael and All Angels | Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham 54.5817°N -1.3097°W | 1913 | A new church in brick with stone dressings and a west tower. | |||
| St Aidan | Rochdale, Greater Manchester 53.6013°N -2.1779°W | 1913–15 | A new church in Early English style. | |||
| St Mary | Walesby, Lincolnshire 53.4153°N -0.2969°W | 1914 | A new church with a west tower. | |||
| All Saints | Basingstoke, Hampshire 51.2607°N -1.0884°W | 1915 | New church in mainly Perpendicular style. | |||
| St Mary | Sculthorpes, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire 53.7615°N -0.3446°W | 1916–20 | A new church incorporating columns from a church dating from about 1760. | |||
| All Saints Cathedral | Nairobi, Kenya | 1917–18 | The Anglican cathedral. | |||
| St Mary | Nunthorpe, North Yorkshire 54.5187°N -1.167°W | 1924–26 | Designed with Leslie T. Moore, his son-in-law, in Early English style. | |||
| St Columba | Scarborough, North Yorkshire 54.2859°N -0.4101°W | 1926 | New church built after his death. | |||