List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1895–1916) explained

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.

Key

GradeCriteria
Grade IBuildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
Grade II*Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade IIBuildings of national importance and special interest.
"—" denotes a work that is not graded.

Works

NameLocationPhotographDateNotesGrade
St Lawrence's ChurchOver Peover, Cheshire
53.2582°N -2.3431°W
1895Church refurbished.
St Mary's ChurchStaveley-in-Cartmel, Cumbria
1895–97Restoration including removal of pews, reroofing and reseating the church, and replacing the stone arcade with one in timber.
St Peter's ChurchField Broughton, Cumbria
1892–94Replacement 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 ChurchAltrincham,
Greater Manchester
53.39°N -2.3511°W
1896–97Work on the nave and aisles.
Holy Trinity ChurchCasterton, Cumbria
54.2115°N -2.5771°W
1897New reredos.
St Mary's ChurchMellor, Lancashire
53.7729°N -2.5307°W
1897Renovation, including work on monuments and a new font.
Holy Trinity ChurchMorecambe, Lancashire
54.0746°N -2.8575°W
1897Chancel replaced, organ chamber and vestries added.
Sedbergh School ChapelSedbergh, Cumbria
1897New chapel for the school.
St Mary's ChurchActon, Cheshire
53.0737°N -2.5512°W
1897–98Restoration, 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 ChurchDolphinholme, Lancashire
53.9739°N -2.7377°W
1897–98New church with a tower at the crossing.
St Ambrose's ChurchGrindleton, Clitheroe, Lancashire
53.9063°N -2.3632°W
1897–98Rebuilt the church, other than the tower and the south side.
St Chad's ChurchOver, Cheshire1897–98Added vestries and an organ chamber in 1897–98; in about 1906 installed heating and increased the seating.
St John the Baptist's ChurchFlookburgh, Cumbria
54.176°N -2.9737°W
1897–1900New church in Romanesque style.
St Andrew's ChurchBurnley, Lancashire
53.8021°N -2.2352°W
1898Restoration of a church by J. Medland Taylor built in 1866–67.
St Paul's ChurchBury, Greater Manchester
53.596°N -2.2829°W
1898Alterations to the interior. It has since been made redundant and has been converted for residential use.
St George's Mission ChurchLancaster, Lancashire1898New church.
St John the Baptist's ChurchBretherton, Chorley, Lancashire
53.6777°N -2.7951°W
1898The church was restored in 1898 and in 1908–09 a chancel and vestry were added.
St Anne's ChurchHindsford, Atherton, Greater Manchester
53.5188°N -2.4812°W
1898–1901New church in Decorated style. Converted into flats in 2003–04.
St Helen's ChurchWaddington, Lancashire
53.8899°N -2.4144°W
1898–1901Church rebuilt other than the tower.
St Barnabas' ChurchMorecambe, Lancashire
54.0646°N -2.8781°W
1898–1901New church in Perpendicular style.
St John the Baptist's ChurchArkholme, Lancashire
54.1406°N -2.6305°W
1899Restoration.
St Oswald's ChurchPreesall, Lancashire
53.9271°N -2.9771°W
1899New church.
St Thomas' ChurchSt Annes, Lancashire
53.7474°N -3.0245°W
1899–1900New church, completed in 1904–05.
St Anne's ChurchWoodplumpton, Lancashire
53.8039°N -2.7617°W
1899–1900Additions and restoration.
St John's ChurchMorecambe, Lancashire
54.058°N -2.8876°W
1899–1901New church.
St Alban's ChurchBroadheath,
Greater Manchester
53.4024°N -2.352°W
1900New church.
St Mary Magdalene's ChurchBroughton-in-Furness, Cumbria
54.276°N -3.2157°W
1900Addition of a southwest tower.
St Luke's ChurchSlyne-with-Hest, Lancashire
54.0877°N -2.8055°W
1900New church.
All Saints' ChurchBalterley, Staffordshire
53.0502°N -2.3577°W
1901New church.
St Mary Magdalen's ChurchRibbleton, Preston, Lancashire
53.7765°N -2.6603°W
c. 1901Additions.
St Margaret's ChurchHigh Bentham,
North Yorkshire
54.1146°N -2.5082°W
1901–02Additions.
St Michael's ChurchMiddleton,
Greater Manchester
53.5477°N -2.1906°W
1901–02New church, completed in 1911, with the tower added in 1926–31.
St Mary's ChurchWhicham, Millom, Cumbria
54.2326°N -3.3287°W
1901–02Restoration.
St Paul's ChurchConstable Lee, Rawtenstall, Lancashire
53.7102°N -2.2886°W
1901–03New church.
St Andrew's ChurchKildwick, North Yorkshire
53.9091°N -1.984°W
1901–03Chancel and nave restored.
St Helen's ChurchOverton, Lancashire
54.0113°N -2.8545°W
1902Restoration.
Lancaster PrioryLancaster, Lancashire
54.0507°N -2.8057°W
1902–12In 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 ChurchUlverston, Cumbria
54.1989°N -3.0915°W
1903–04Extended the chancel, added fittings, and built a south porch.
St John the Evangelist's ChurchWorsthorne, Lancashire
53.7878°N -2.1892°W
1903–04Added a new west tower, removed old vestries, and extended the seating.
St Paul's ChurchSkelmersdale, Lancashire
53.55°N -2.7924°W
1903–06New church in Perpendicular style.
St Chad's ChurchClaughton, Lancashire
54.0931°N -2.6641°W
1904Restoration. The church has been redundant since 2005.
St Cuthbert's ChurchRedmarshall,
County Durham
54.5844°N -1.404°W
1904Restoration.
All Saints' ChurchHertford, Hertfordshire
51.795°N -0.0757°W
1904–05The west end of the church was completed and the tower was added.
All Saints' ChurchBarnacre, Lancashire
53.9079°N -2.7431°W
1905New church.
Holy Trinity ChurchBrathay, Cumbria
54.4211°N -2.9844°W
1905Additions made to the church.
St John the Baptist's ChurchBroughton, Lancashire
53.8035°N -2.7167°W
1905–06Chancel, vestries and an organ chamber added.
St Michael and All Angels' ChurchAshton-on-Ribble, Preston, Lancashire
53.7651°N -2.7317°W
1905–08New church in Perpendicular style. It was completed in 1915.
St Leonard's ChurchBalderstone, Lancashire
53.7855°N -2.5604°W
1906–07Added a tower and a spire.
St John's ChurchEllel, Lancashire
53.9961°N -2.7855°W
1906–07New church.
Tunstall, Lancashire
54.1597°N -2.5923°W
1907Restoration.
St Mary the Virgin's ChurchWalney Island, Cumbria
54.1067°N -3.2474°W
1907–08New church to replace a church of 1853 by Sharpe and Paley.
St Mary's ChurchWidnes, Cheshire
53.3488°N -2.7329°W
1908–10New church in Perpendicular style.
St Cuthbert's ChurchOver Kellet, Lancashire
54.1195°N -2.7319°W
1909Restoration.
Holy Trinity ChurchSkipton,
North Yorkshire
53.9633°N -2.0161°W
1909Restoration, including removal of galleries, addition of new vestries, seating, and a bell ringers' loft.
St John's ChurchBirkdale, Southport, Merseyside
1909–10Addition of a north aisle and arcade, and vestries.
St Matthew's ChurchHighfield, Wigan,
Greater Manchester
1909–10Extension of the nave and south aisle to the west.
St Mary's ChurchLeigh,
Greater Manchester
53.4983°N -2.5198°W
1909–10Addition of a new vestry and refacing the tower.
St Mark's ChurchNatland, Cumbria
54.2961°N -2.7374°W
1909–10New church in Perpendicular style.
St Wilfrid's ChurchNewton Heath,
Greater Manchester
53.5059°N -2.1712°W
1909–10New church; now redundant.
St Andrew's ChurchStarbeck, Harrogate,
North Yorkshire
54.0006°N -1.4964°W
1909–10New church.
St Michael's ChurchCockerham, Lancashire
53.9601°N -2.8206°W
1910Replaced the body of the church in Perpendicular style, retaining the original Perpendicular tower.
St George's ChurchKendal, Cumbria
54.3298°N -2.7401°W
1910–14New chancel, organ loft and vestries added.
St John's ChurchGreat Harwood, Lancashire
53.7827°N -2.4066°W
1911–12New church. Demolished 2010.
St Margaret's ChurchThornbury, Bradford,
West Yorkshire
53.8611°N -1.691°W
1911–12New 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 ChurchWorksop, Nottinghamshire
53.3028°N -1.1329°W
1911–12New church in Perpendicular style.
St Margaret's ChurchHalliwell, Bolton,
Greater Manchester
53.5844°N -2.4569°W
1911–13New church.
St Thomas' ChurchLydiate, Merseyside
53.5443°N -2.9624°W
1912Added a chancel, chapel, and vestry to a church built in 1839–41.
St Thomas' ChurchMilnthorpe, Cumbria
54.2268°N -2.7702°W
1912Alterations at the west end of the church, originally built in 1835–37.
St James' ChurchArnside, Cumbria
54.2018°N -2.8317°W
1912–14Addition of a south aisle.
St Peter's ChurchLeck, Lancashire
54.1838°N -2.5484°W
1913
(or 1915)
Church rebuilt after a fire.
St Saviour's ChurchAughton, Lancashire
1913–14Added a parclose screen.
St Silas' ChurchBlackburn, Lancashire
1913–14The 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 ChurchStandish,
Greater Manchester
53.5872°N -2.6614°W
1913–14Additions, including east vestries.
Christ ChurchThornton, Lancashire
53.8774°N -3.0218°W
1913–14Chancel added.
St James' ChurchWaterloo, Pudsey,
West Yorkshire
1914New 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 ChurchHertford, Hertfordshire1914Reredos.
St John the Baptist's ChurchBlawith, Cumbria
54.2857°N -3.094°W
1914Restoration. It is now redundant and under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
St Mark's ChurchBasford, Staffordshire
53.0176°N -2.2098°W
1914–15New church.

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