List of works by E. H. Shellard explained

Edwin Hugh Shellard (usually known as E. H. Shellard) was an English architect who worked from an office in Manchester, and who flourished between 1844 and 1864. Most of his output was in the design of churches in Northwest England, and he was successful in gaining at least 13 contracts for Commissioners' churches. The Commissioners' churches in the list are denoted by †.

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GradeCriteria
Grade II*Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade IIBuildings of national importance and special interest.

Works

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NameLocationImageDateNotesGrade
St Peter's Church †Blackley,
Greater Manchester
53.5235°N -2.218°W
1844–45A Commissioners' church in Gothic Revival style, enlarged in 1880.
St James' ChurchWhitfield, Glossop, Derbyshire
53.4387°N -1.9528°W
1844–46A Gothic Revival church, later extended.
St Thomas' ChurchBiggin, Derbyshire
53.1311°N -1.7708°W
1844–48Gothic Revival church in limestone with grindstone dressings. It has a west tower.
St Thomas' Church †Lees, Oldham,
Greater Manchester
53.5367°N -2.0727°W
1844–48A Commissioners' church. The tower was added in 1885.
St John's Church †Failsworth,
Greater Manchester
53.5118°N -2.1545°W
1845–46A Gothic Revival Commissioners' church with a west steeple. Tower added 1878; restored during the 20th century.
St Stephen's Church †Audenshaw,
Greater Manchester
53.4749°N -2.1153°W
1845–47Gothic Revival with a tower. Chancel added 1900.
St Mary's Church †Droylsden,
Greater Manchester
53.4799°N -2.1432°W
1846–48Gothic Revival with a tower and spire.
St John's Church †Shuttleworth, Ramsbottom,
Greater Manchester
53.6556°N -2.3031°W
1847Gothic Revival with bell turrets.
St Mark's Church †Bredbury,
Greater Manchester
53.4241°N -2.105°W
1847–48Gothic Revival with a west tower.
Holy Trinity Church †Coldhurst, Oldham,
Greater Manchester
53.5501°N -2.1173°W
1847–48Gothic Revival with a bell tower. Enlarged 1887–91.
St John the Evangelist's Church †Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside,
Greater Manchester
53.5002°N -2.0813°W
1847–49Gothic Revival with a bell turret. Enlarged in 1862.
St John's ChurchLytham St Annes, Lancashire
53.7369°N -2.9549°W
1848–49A church in Early English style; extended by Shellard in 1856–57.
St Matthew's ChurchChadderton, Oldham,
Greater Manchester
53.5568°N -2.1516°W
1848–57Gothic Revival church with a steeple added in 1877.
St John the Evangelist's ChurchAshton Hayes, Cheshire
53.223°N -2.7397°W
1849A Gothic Revival church. Alterations were made in 1900 by Douglas and Minshull, and in 1932 by Theodore Fyfe.
St John the Baptist's Church †Godley,
Greater Manchester
53.4549°N -2.0644°W
1849Gothic Revival style. West tower added 1878.
Thorncliffe HallHollingworth, Tameside,
Greater Manchester
c. 1850A country house remodelled in Neo-Jacobean style; used as his own residence.
St Thomas' Church †Helmshore, Lancashire
53.6872°N -2.3302°W
1850–51Gothic Revival with west tower.
Christ ChurchPennington, Leigh,
Greater Manchester
53.4913°N -2.5226°W
1850–54Gothic Revival with west tower.
All Saints ChurchGlazebury, Warrington, Cheshire
53.4696°N -2.4952°W
1851A small church with a bellcote and without aisles.
St Mark's Church †Hulme,
Greater Manchester
1851–52Gothic Revival. Demolished.
Holy Trinity ChurchStalybridge, Tameside,
Greater Manchester
53.4826°N -2.0557°W
1851–52A church with a clerestory and west tower.
St Michael's ChurchWeeton, Lancashire
53.7996°N -2.9358°W
1852Enlarged a church built in 1843, extending the west end.
St Mary's ChurchPreston, Lancashire
53.7615°N -2.6866°W
1852–53Shellard added a chancel and transepts in similar style to a church built in 1836–38, which is in Romanesque Revival style. Since converted into a conservation centre.
Big SchoolRossall School, Lancashire1852–53A hall flanked by two-storey wings, one of which has a crenellated tower.
St John's ChurchPreston, Lancashire
53.7585°N -2.6962°W
1853–55Replacing an earlier church on the site, this is in Decorated style with a west steeple, and is considered to be Shellard's finest work.
St Michael and All Angels ChurchMottram in Longdendale, Tameside,
Greater Manchester
53.4544°N -2.0101°W
1854–55Shellard made alterations to a church dating from the 15th century, which included raising the roof, changing the windows in the clerestory, and remodelling the interior of the church.
St Paul's Church †Pendleton, Salford,
Greater Manchester
53.4875°N -2.2842°W
1855–56Gothic Revival with a bell turret. The church was reordered in the 1970s by Stephen Dykes Bower
Steeple of St George's ChurchCharlestown, Salford, Greater Manchester
53.4972°N -2.2824°W
1858Only the steeple remains of this church.
St Luke's ChurchPreston, Lancashire
53.7661°N -2.6835°W
1858–59Converted for residential use in the late 20th century.