List of non-ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin

Paley and Austin were the surnames of two architects working from a practice in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, between 1868 and 1886. The practice had been founded in 1836 by Edmund Sharpe. The architects during the period covered by this list are E. G. Paley and Hubert Austin. E. G. Paley had joined Edmund Sharpe in partnership in 1845. This partnership continued until 1851, when Sharpe retired, and Paley ran the business as a single principal until he was joined by Hubert Austin in 1868. The partnership of Paley and Austin continued until they were joined as a partner by Paley's son, Henry Paley, in 1886.

This list covers the non-ecclesiastical works executed by the practice during the partnership of Paley and Austin; the period from 1868 to 1886. These include new houses and alterations to houses (which varied in size from large country mansions to tenement blocks), railway stations, schools and alterations to schools, banks, industrial buildings, hospitals, and a bridge. Because of the location of the practice, most of their non-ecclesiastical work was in the areas that are now Cumbria, Lancashire, and Greater Manchester, but examples can also be found in Cheshire, Yorkshire, Merseyside, County Durham, Buckinghamshire, and Wales.

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Grade CriteriaGrade 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 NameLocationPhotographDateNotesGradeKents Bank railway stationKents Bank, Cumbria1865Built for the Furness Railway.Giggleswick SchoolGiggleswick, North Yorkshire1867–69Boarding house.Town HallSt John's Chapel, County Durham1868Sedgwick HouseSedgwick, Cumbria1868–69New house in Perpendicular style. Later used as a school, and agter that converted into apartments.Bank, 68 Church StreetLancaster, Lancashire1870New bank for the Lancaster Banking Company; now National Westminster Bank.Walton HallWalton, Warrington, Cheshire1870Additions and alterations.School and school houseWinmarleigh, Lancashire1870Leighton HallYealand Conyers, Lancashire1870Added west wing and built a higher tower.Flax and jute millBarrow-in-Furness, Cumbria1870–72A large mill and warehouses to provide work for women, it was constructed in red brick, with bands of terracotta and Yorkshire stone. It closed in the early 20th century, the tower was demolished in 1930, followed by the offices in 1948.Whittington HallWhittington, Lancashire1870–90Addition and alterations, including a billiards room and a clock tower.Winmarleigh HallWinmarleigh, Lancashire1871For the 1st Baron Winmarleigh in Jacobean style.ShipworksBarrow-in-Furness, Cumbria1871–72For Ashburner.Militia BarracksSouth Road, Lancaster, Lancashire1871–72Extension. Now used as offices.VillasCavendish Park,Barrow Island, Cumbria1872Grange-over-Sands railway stationGrange-over-Sands, Cumbria1872Station rebuilt.Tenement block including mission and public houseMichaelson Street, Barrow Island, Cumbria1872–74Ermysted's Grammar SchoolSkipton,North Yorkshire1872–74Grammar school built on new site.Ulverston railway stationUlverston, Cumbria1872–74For the Furness Railway.BankRamsden Square, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria1873For the Cumberland Banking Company. Now offices.Bootle railway stationBootle, Cumbria1873The "simple but attractive weatherboarded, timber-framed waiting room" dates from 1873 and was listed in 2022.Holker HallHolker, Cumbria1873New west wing in Elizabethan style.VicarageRose Lane, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside1873Vicarage for the Church of St Matthew and St James.Morecambe railway stationMorecambe, Lancashire1873Built in Northumberland Street; some of its features removed and incorporated in Morecambe Promenade railway station when it was built in 1909 in Marine Road Central.BankRamsden Square, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria1873–74For the Lancaster Banking Company.Now the National Westminster Bank.Underley HallKirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria1874Additions, including a new wing and tower; now a school.GatewayBorough Cemetery, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria1874Built in limestone with red sandstone dressings, it consists of a central three-bay section in two storeys, containing three archways, and two lateral wings.School and school houseBolton-by-Bowland, Lancashire1874Millom railway stationMillom, Cumbria1874Oak LeaBarrow-in-Furness, Cumbria1874New house for Mr Schneider; demolished 1913 (other than the Gate Lodge and the Coach House).Witherslack HallWitherslack, Cumbria1874New house.North lodgeBorough Cemetery, Barrow-in-Furness, CumbriaNow a private house, it is built in limestone with red sandstone dressings. It has two storeys and an L-shaped plan.Pilot cottagesPiel Island, Cumbria1875Cark railway stationCark, Cumbria1875SchoolsCambridge Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria1875With additions in about 1880.Kirkby-in-Furness railway stationKirkby-in-Furness, Cumbria1875Station for the Furness Railway, now demolished.Tenement blockMichaelson Street, Barrow Island, Cumbriac. 1875Capernwray HallOver Kellet, Lancaster, Lancashire1875–76Southeast block, including a billiard room, added to the hall.Sandside railway stationSandside, Lancashire1876Station on the Furness Railway, now demolished.Colliery schoolsWhitehaven, Cumbria1876Piel CastlePiel Island, Cumbria1876–78Restoration of the turret and a staircase for the Duke of Buccleuch.Hoghton TowerHoghton, Lancashire1876–80Restoration.Askham railway stationAskham, Cumbria1877Hydraulic Engine HouseRamsden Dock, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria1877Seascale railway stationSeascale, Cumbria1874Lancaster Royal Grammar SchoolEast Road, Lancaster, Lancashire1877Extensions in 1877 and 1881.BathsAbbey Road,Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria1878Alterations.Water towerSeascale railway station,Cumbria1878Built for the Furness Railway; it has three stages and a conical slate roof with a finial.Sedbergh SchoolSedbergh, Cumbria1878Built School House in 1878 and Sedgwick House the following year.St Peter's vicarage and schoolScorton, Lancashire1878–79In association with St Peter's Church.Foxfield railway stationFoxfield, Cumbria1879Enlarged station for the Furness Railway.The KnollWestbourne Road, Lancaster, Lancashire1879A house designed by Austin for himself. Now a resource centre.St Mary's SchoolLancaster, Lancashire1879–80Hornby CastleHornby, Lancashire1879–82Additions to the west side.Thurland CastleTunstall, Lancashire1879–88A castellated house which had been almost completely destroyed by a fire; virtually a new building, partly in Elizabethan style, partly Gothic. Now divided into apartments.Newton HallNewton, Whittington, Lancashire1880New house, rebuilt on the site of a previous house.All Souls SchoolAstley Bridge, Bolton, Greater Manchester1880–81New school, now a community centre.Hampsfield HouseLindale, Cumbria1880–82A new country house for Sir John Tomlinson Hibbert, M.P.Royal Albert HospitalLancaster, Lancashire1880–83Additions to mental hospital.VicarageArnside, Cumbria1881BridgeCaton, Lancashire1881–83Road bridge over the River Lune.TenementsSteamer Street, Barrow Island, Cumbria1881–84TenementsSloop Street, Barrow Island, Cumbria1881–84TenementsBrig Street, Barrow Island, Cumbria1881–84TenementsSchooner Street, Barrow Island, Cumbria1881–84TenementsShip Street, Barrow Island, Cumbria1881–84Station and warehouseRamsden Dock, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria1882Coffee HotelBarrow Island, Cumbria1882Central railway stationBarrow-in-Furness, Cumbria1882For the Furness Railway. Destroyed in the Second World War.Rylands HouseOwen Road, Lancaster, Lancashire1883Extensions.North Lonsdale HospitalBarrow-in-Furness, Cumbria1883–87Masonic HallAbbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria1884Fawley CourtFawley, Buckinghamshire1884Addition of a new wing and terraces. Now a school.All Saints SchoolHigher Walton, Lancashire1884New school.School House, St. Bees SchoolSt Bees, Cumbria1885Home Farm and dairyWhittington, Lancashire1885Dairy and tea room added to farmhouse.St Barnabas' VicarageWest Street, Crewe, Cheshirec. 1885Vicarage for St Barbabas' Church.Additional buildings,Ripley SchoolLancaster, Lancashire1885–86St Barnabas' SchoolWest Street, Crewe, Cheshire1887Stables,Whittington HallWhittington, Lancashire1887Alterations to stables designed in the 1830s by George Webster, and later used for domestic accommodation.Lodge, Whittington HallWhittington, Lancashire1890Built as the north lodge to Whittington Hall.St Bees signal boxSt Bees, Cumbria1891Signal box built for the Furness Railway.Dale GarthHawcoat,Barrow-in-Furness, CumbriaUndatedNew house, now demolished.Drigg railway stationDrigg, CumbriaUndatedLlandovery CollegeLlandovery, Carmarthenshire, WalesUndatedAdditional buildings.Ravenglass railway stationRavenglass, CumbriaUndatedChapel Ridding HouseWindermere, CumbriaUndated

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