Paley, Austin and Paley was the title of a practice of architects in
Lancaster,
Lancashire in the 19th century. The practice had been founded in 1836 by
Edmund Sharpe. The architects during the period covered by this list are
E. G. Paley,
Hubert Austin and E. G. Paley's son
Henry Paley. Henry Paley became a partner in 1886 and this partnership continued until the death of E. G. Paley in 1895.[1]
This list covers the works executed by the practice during the partnership of Paley, Austin and Paley. 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,
Yorkshire,
Worcestershire and the
West Midlands.[2]
A new church in red brick. Towards the east end was a
bellcote surmounted by a tall, narrow spire. The
aisles were very narrow, forming passages. It was demolished in 1978 due to
subsidence from mining. Described as a "grand church".[4][17][18]
Restoration in which the
nave was largely rebuilt,
arcades and a
clerestory were inserted, the church was reroofed and refloored, the west gallery was removed, the
box pews were replaced by modern seating, the
vestry was converted into an organ chamber, and a new vestry was built.[25][26][27]
Restoration, including heightening walls, adding an organ chamber and
vestry, reseating, reroofing, and flooring the church, and completing the tower.[46][53]
Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon:
English Heritage,
ISBN978-1-84802-049-8
Cherry, Bridget;
Pevsner, Nikolaus (1977), Hertfordshire, The Buildings of England, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, pp. 185–186,
ISBN0-14-071007-8
Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004), The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East, New Haven and London: Yale University Press,
ISBN0-300-10583-5
Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], The Buildings of England. Lancashire: North, New Haven and London: Yale University Press,
ISBN978-0-300-12667-9
Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) [1967], Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press,
ISBN978-0-300-12663-1
Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Shropshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press,
ISBN0-300-12083-4
Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, New Haven and London: Yale University Press,
ISBN0-300-10910-5
Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies,
ISBN1-86220-054-8
Paley, Austin and Paley was the title of a practice of architects in
Lancaster,
Lancashire in the 19th century. The practice had been founded in 1836 by
Edmund Sharpe. The architects during the period covered by this list are
E. G. Paley,
Hubert Austin and E. G. Paley's son
Henry Paley. Henry Paley became a partner in 1886 and this partnership continued until the death of E. G. Paley in 1895.[1]
This list covers the works executed by the practice during the partnership of Paley, Austin and Paley. 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,
Yorkshire,
Worcestershire and the
West Midlands.[2]
A new church in red brick. Towards the east end was a
bellcote surmounted by a tall, narrow spire. The
aisles were very narrow, forming passages. It was demolished in 1978 due to
subsidence from mining. Described as a "grand church".[4][17][18]
Restoration in which the
nave was largely rebuilt,
arcades and a
clerestory were inserted, the church was reroofed and refloored, the west gallery was removed, the
box pews were replaced by modern seating, the
vestry was converted into an organ chamber, and a new vestry was built.[25][26][27]
Restoration, including heightening walls, adding an organ chamber and
vestry, reseating, reroofing, and flooring the church, and completing the tower.[46][53]
Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon:
English Heritage,
ISBN978-1-84802-049-8
Cherry, Bridget;
Pevsner, Nikolaus (1977), Hertfordshire, The Buildings of England, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, pp. 185–186,
ISBN0-14-071007-8
Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004), The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East, New Haven and London: Yale University Press,
ISBN0-300-10583-5
Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], The Buildings of England. Lancashire: North, New Haven and London: Yale University Press,
ISBN978-0-300-12667-9
Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) [1967], Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press,
ISBN978-0-300-12663-1
Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Shropshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press,
ISBN0-300-12083-4
Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, New Haven and London: Yale University Press,
ISBN0-300-10910-5
Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies,
ISBN1-86220-054-8