List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1916–44)

For lists of works by the practice during other periods, and the non-ecclesiastical works by the practice after 1915, see Lists of works by Sharpe, Paley and Austin

Austin and Paley was the title of a practice of architects in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, in the first half of the 20th century. The practice was founded in 1836 by Edmund Sharpe. Between 1895 and 1914 the partners had been 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, Geoffrey, joined the practice as a partner in 1914 and for a short time the practice was known as Austin, Paley and Austin. Hubert Austin died in 1915. Geoffrey Austin was on active service during the First World War and did not return to the practice, so Henry Paley continued the business of the firm as the sole partner from this time. For a time the practice continued with the title of Austin, Paley and Austin but around 1925 it reverted to the title of Austin and Paley. Henry Paley retired in 1936 but some work continued to be done by the practice until at least 1942; it was finally wound up around 1944.^[1]

This list covers the ecclesiastical works executed by the practice after 1916. These works include new churches, restorations and alterations of older churches, additions to churches, and church fittings and furniture. The practice designed about 10 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, North Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire, and the West Midlands.^[2]

Key

Grade	Criteria[3]
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.

Works

Name	Location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
St Matthew's Church	Highfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester 53°31′45″N 2°40′21″W / 53.5292°N 2.6725°W	—	1917	Addition of a stone reredos in memory of Colonel Blundell.[4][5][6][7]	II*
Christ Church	Lancaster, Lancashire 54°02′45″N 2°47′18″W / 54.0458°N 2.7883°W		1919	War memorial in the churchyard, consisting of a cross in Derbyshire stone, 25 feet (8 m) high, costing £400.[8][9][10][11]	II
St Anne's Church	St Annes, Lancashire 53°45′23″N 3°01′21″W / 53.7565°N 3.0226°W		1919	A baptistry was added in 1919, general repairs were carried out in 1929–31, and a memorial clergy vestry was built in 1930–31.[12][13][14][15]	II
All Saints Church	Wigan, Greater Manchester 53°32′46″N 2°37′58″W / 53.5460°N 2.6328°W		1922	The lower part of the tower was refaced with Parbold stone.[16][17][18][19]	II*
St Mary's Church	Ulverston, Cumbria 54°11′56″N 3°05′29″W / 54.1989°N 3.0915°W		1923	Converted the south chancel aisle into a war memorial.[12][20][21]	II*
St Michael's Church	Pennington, Cumbria 54°11′14″N 3°07′52″W / 54.1873°N 3.1312°W		1924–26	Addition of a chancel and a porch; restoration of the tower.[22][23][24][25][26]	II
St Mary's Church	Acton, Cheshire 53°04′25″N 2°33′04″W / 53.0737°N 2.5512°W		1925	Repairs to the tower.[16][27][28]	I
Holy Trinity Church	Skipton, North Yorkshire 53°57′48″N 2°00′58″W / 53.9633°N 2.0161°W		1925	A new roof to the north transept and other repairs.[12][29]	I
St Bertoline's Church	Barthomley, Cheshire 53°04′06″N 2°20′54″W / 53.0682°N 2.3483°W		1925–26	Restoration and a new chancel added.[16][30][31]	I
All Saints' Church	Becconsall, Lancashire 53°42′10″N 2°50′24″W / 53.7027°N 2.8400°W		1925–26	New church. The tower was completed in 1935.[16][32][33]	—
St John the Baptist's Church	Earlestown, Merseyside 53°27′13″N 2°38′41″W / 53.4536°N 2.6447°W		1925–26	Addition of half a bay to the nave, and a tower base.[23][34]	—
Church of St Stephen on-the-Cliffs	Blackpool, Lancashire 53°50′27″N 3°03′05″W / 53.8407°N 3.0514°W	—	1925–27	A new church with a brick exterior and a sandstone interior. It was never completed.[22][35][36]	—
St John the Baptist's Church	Blawith, Cumbria 54°17′09″N 3°05′38″W / 54.2857°N 3.0940°W		1926	Renovation of the northwest wall and buttresses.[16][37]	—
Gatehouse	St Wilfrid's Church, Standish, Greater Manchester 53°35′13″N 2°39′41″W / 53.586840°N 2.661494°W		1926	An elaborate gatehouse built as a memorial to the First World War.[12][38][39]	II
St Hilda's Church	Bilsborrow, Lancashire 53°51′08″N 2°44′32″W / 53.8522°N 2.7421°W		1926–28	New church.[16][40][41]	—
St Luke's Church	Orrell, Greater Manchester 53°31′44″N 2°42′36″W / 53.5290°N 2.7100°W		1927–28	New church; completed in 1936–39.[42][43][44]	—
Christ Church	Wesham, Lancashire 53°47′25″N 2°53′08″W / 53.7902°N 2.8855°W		1927–28	Completed the east end of the church, added a porch, and reseated the church.[12][23][45][46]	II
St Mark's Church	Basford, Staffordshire 53°01′03″N 2°12′35″W / 53.0176°N 2.2098°W	—	1928–29	Vestries added.[16][23]	—
St Stephen's Church	Whelley, Wigan, Greater Manchester 53°33′19″N 2°36′58″W / 53.5554°N 2.6161°W	—	1928–30	New church, completed by the firm in 1937–38.[12][47][48][49]	II
Lancaster Cathedral	Lancaster, Lancashire 54°02′49″N 2°47′38″W / 54.0470°N 2.7939°W		1928–1944	Repairs.[8][50][51]	II*
St Oswald's Church	Winwick, Cheshire 53°25′51″N 2°35′52″W / 53.4308°N 2.5979°W		1929	Restoration of the Gerrard Chapel in 1929 and the tower in 1931.[12][52][53]	I
St Thomas' Church	Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester 53°29′09″N 2°38′20″W / 53.4857°N 2.6389°W		1929–30	Vestry added.[16][54][55][56]	II
St Michael and All Angels' Church	Middleton, Greater Manchester 53°32′52″N 2°11′26″W / 53.5477°N 2.1906°W		1929–30	Tower added.[57][58][59]	II
St Mary's Church	Sandbach, Cheshire 53°08′37″N 2°21′40″W / 53.1436°N 2.3610°W		1929–30	Addition of a new vestry and porch.[42][60][61]	II*
St Matthew's Church	Burnley, Lancashire 53°47′01″N 2°15′17″W / 53.7837°N 2.2546°W		1929–31	Church rebuilt after a fire.[22][54][62]	—
Church of St John the Divine	Preston, Lancashire 53°45′31″N 2°41′46″W / 53.7585°N 2.6961°W		1930	General repairs, including new ceilings to the nave, chancel and chapel. In 1932 supervised repairs to the tower and spire.[63][64][65]	II*
St Mary the Virgin's Church	Walney Island, Cumbria 54°06′24″N 3°14′51″W / 54.1067°N 3.2474°W		1930–31	Added aisles and a vestry, and completed the west end of a church built by the same practice in 1907–08.[66][54][67][68]	II
St Barbara's Church	Earlsdon, Coventry, West Midlands 52°23′50″N 1°32′20″W / 52.3971°N 1.5389°W		1930–31	New church.[22][69]	—
St Thomas' Church	Blackpool, Lancashire 53°49′17″N 3°02′23″W / 53.8215°N 3.0396°W	—	1930–32	New church.[22][70][71]	—
St John the Evangelist's Church	Crawshawbooth, Rawtenstall, Lancashire 53°43′21″N 2°17′21″W / 53.7226°N 2.2892°W		1931	Addition of Memorial Chapel.[22][72][73]	II*
All Saints' Church	Long Whatton, Leicestershire 52°48′19″N 1°17′10″W / 52.8053°N 1.2860°W		1931	Added a baptistry.[8][74][75]	II*
St Cuthbert's Church	Lytham St Annes, Lancashire 53°44′15″N 2°58′34″W / 53.7374°N 2.9762°W		1931	Addition of a chapel.[8][76][77]	II*
St Anne's Church	Worksop, Nottinghamshire 53°18′10″N 1°07′58″W / 53.3028°N 1.1329°W		1931	A memorial to Sir John Robinson, the founder of the church.[12][74][78]	II
St Thomas' Church	Halliwell, Bolton, Greater Manchester 53°35′33″N 2°26′34″W / 53.5926°N 2.4427°W		1931–32	New vestry.[16][79][80]	II*
Immanuel Church	Feniscowles, Blackburn, Lancashire 53°43′36″N 2°32′27″W / 53.7268°N 2.5408°W		1931–32	Restoration.[22][81][82]	II
Christ Church	Glasson, Lancashire 53°59′47″N 2°50′33″W / 53.9965°N 2.8426°W		1931–32	Addition of a chancel and vestry.[83][84]	II
St Nicholas' Church	Wrea Green, Lancashire 53°46′38″N 2°54′56″W / 53.7771°N 2.9155°W		1931–32	New choir floor and seats.[42][85][86]	II
St Peter's Church	Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside 53°27′22″N 2°36′52″W / 53.4560°N 2.6144°W		1932	Addition of vestries, a porch and offices.[42][87][88]	II
St Paul's Church	Scotforth, Lancaster, Lancashire 54°02′01″N 2°47′44″W / 54.0336°N 2.7955°W		1932	Redecoration and a new doorway.[42][89][90]	II
St Paul's Church	Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria 54°11′36″N 2°54′35″W / 54.1933°N 2.9098°W		1932–33	New chancel and other additions.[22][74][91][92]	II
St Barnabas' Church	Coventry, West Midlands 52°25′24″N 1°29′35″W / 52.4232°N 1.4931°W	—	1932–33	A new church, plain, and never completed.[22][93]	—
St Matthew's Church	Preston, Lancashire 53°45′49″N 2°40′33″W / 53.7636°N 2.6759°W	—	1932–33	Added a chapel and vestries and completed the chancel.[42][74][94]	—
St Christopher's Church	Bare, Morecambe, Lancashire 54°04′39″N 2°50′43″W / 54.0774°N 2.8453°W	—	1932–34	New church.[42][24][95]	—
St Michael and All Angels' Church	Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston, Lancashire 53°45′54″N 2°43′54″W / 53.7651°N 2.7317°W	—	1934	Work on the organ floor and walls.[16][96][97]	II*
St John the Evangelist's Church	Abram, Greater Manchester 53°30′35″N 2°35′37″W / 53.5096°N 2.5937°W		1935–37	New church, replacing an earlier church damaged by subsidence. The last new church to be designed by the firm.[16][98][99]	—
St Thomas' Church	Eaton, Cheshire 53°09′57″N 2°38′23″W / 53.1657°N 2.6398°W		1936	Refitting, including a new marble floor to the sanctuary, reredos, pulpit, stalls, chancel screen, and the creation of an organ chamber.[24][100]	—
St Mary Magdalene's Church	Alsager, Cheshire 53°05′46″N 2°18′26″W / 53.0961°N 2.3071°W	—	1936–37	North porch and aisles completed.[16][101][102][103]	II
Christ Church	Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire 53°46′38″N 2°42′12″W / 53.7772°N 2.7032°W		1937	Added the Chapel of Remembrance.[42][104][105]	—
St John the Baptist's Church	Atherton, Greater Manchester 53°31′26″N 2°29′25″W / 53.5239°N 2.4902°W		1938	Vestry added.[16][106][107]	II
St Anne's Church	Singleton, Lancashire 53°50′16″N 2°56′10″W / 53.8379°N 2.9360°W		1938–39	Addition of a vestry.[12][104][108][109]	II
St Mary Magdalen's Church	Ribbleton, Preston, Lancashire 53°46′35″N 2°39′37″W / 53.7765°N 2.6603°W		1938–41	Addition of a new chancel, chapel, aisles and vestries.[42][110][111]	—
St Margaret's Church	Halliwell, Bolton, Greater Manchester 53°35′04″N 2°27′25″W / 53.5844°N 2.4569°W	—	1939	Vestry and offices added.[16][104][112]	—
St James' Church	Westhead, Ormskirk, Lancashire 53°33′30″N 2°51′09″W / 53.5583°N 2.8524°W		1939	New vestries added.[8][113][114]	II

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