Alexander Joseph Cory Scoles (30 November 1844 – 29 December 1920) was an architect who designed many lancet style Gothic Revival churches in the south of England, and a Roman Catholic priest.Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z) ed. Brodie, Antonia (London, 2001), p. 552 He was the son of Joseph John Scoles, and brother of Ignatius Scoles.Slevin, Malachy St Francis Church Handsworth (Birmingham, 1994) pp.1–17
Life Alexander Scoles, like his brother Ignatius Scoles, was born in Hammersmith, London. He was the third son of the architect Joseph John Scoles, whose works included the Roman Catholic churches of the Immaculate Conception in Farm Street, London, Saint Francis Xavier in Liverpool and St Ignatius in Preston, Lancashire.Catholic Who's Who from ebooksread.com retrieved 17 April 2013
His eldest brother, Ignatius, became a Catholic, joining the Jesuits on 9 October 1860. Alexander Scoles followed him into the Catholic church, becoming a priest in the Diocese of Clifton, later becoming a canon.
He studied as an architect under the direction of his father, until the latter's death in 1863. Scoles then became a pupil of Samuel Joseph Nicholl (1826–1903). His early professional work was done in partnership with his cousin John Myrie Cory (1846–1893).
Initially he was parish priest in Bridgwater and on 26 September 1891, he became parish priest of the Church of the Holy Ghost in Yeovil.The Church from Roman Catholic Church Yeovil, retrieved 17 April 2013 He moved from Yeovil and the Diocese of Clifton in 1901 and became a parish priest in Basingstoke. He died in the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth on 29 December 1920 in London, and is buried in the grounds of Holy Ghost Church in Basingstoke.
Works His works include: St Joseph's on the Quay, Bridgwater (1882) Immaculate Conception Church, Clevedon (1887) from Clevedon Friary, retrieved 17 April 2013 St Monica's Priory, Spetisbury (1891)Life of the Community from St. Monica's Priory retrieved 17 April 2013 Holy Ghost Church, Yeovil (1891) St Joseph's Church, Weston-super-Mare (1893) extended. Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Ilfracombe (1893) St Francis of Assisi Church, Handsworth (1894) Sacred Heart and St Aldhelm Church, SherborneReport from Diocese of Plymouth retrieved 17 April 2013 St Peter-in-Chains Church, Stroud Green (1894)History from St Peter-in-Chains Stroud Green, retrieved 17 April 2013 St Peter's Church, Cirencester (1895) History from St Peter's Cirencester, retrieved 17 April 2013 St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Woodford Green (1895) St Francis Church, Ascot, Berkshire (1900)St Francis Ascot, retrieved 18 April 2013 Holy Ghost Church, Basingstoke (1901)Holy Ghost Church from St Bede's Basingstoke, retrieved 17 April 2013 Holy Redeemer Church, Keyham, Devon Our Lady Help of Christians and St Helen's Church, Westcliff-on-Sea (1903) Holy Trinity Church, Newquay (1903) Holy Ghost and St Stephen Church, Shepherd's Bush, London (1903–04)Evinson, Denis Catholic Churches of London (Sheffield, 1998), p. 128 Holy Spirit and St Edward Church, Swanage (1904) Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth (1906)Pomeroy, Stephen, History of the Archdiocese of Southwark retrieved 17 April 2013 St Joseph's Church, Brighton (1906) Our Lady of Loreto and St Winefride's Church, Kew (1906) Our Lady and St Michael Church, Dorchester, Dorset (1906–07) Holy Cross Church, Plymouth (1907) St Agatha Church, Dawlish (1907–09) Sacred Heart and St Ia Church, St Ives, Cornwall (1908) Our Lady of Lourdes with St Swithun Church, Southsea (1908) St Edward the Confessor Church, Plymouth (1910) Church of the Immaculate Conception, Liphook (1911) St James the Less and St Helen Church, Colchester, church hall (1911)Hall from St James the Less and St Helen, retrieved 17 April 2013 Holy Ghost Church, Exmouth (1915) St Joseph Church, Newton Abbot (1915)
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See also Joseph John Scoles Ignatius Scoles
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