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British architect and priest (1844–1920)
Alexander Scoles
Born 30 November 1844 Died 29 December 1920(1920-12-29) (aged 76) Occupation architect Parent
Alexander Joseph Cory Scoles (30 November 1844 – 29 December 1920) was an
architect and
Roman Catholic
priest .
[1] He designed many
lancet style
Gothic Revival
churches in the south of
England and was the son of
Joseph John Scoles and brother of
Ignatius Scoles .
[2]
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 .
[3]
[4]
His eldest brother, Ignatius, became a Catholic, joining the
Jesuits on 9 October 1860. Alexander Scoles followed him in becoming a priest, but not a Jesuit, instead he joined the
Diocese of Clifton , later becoming a
canon .
[2]
He studied as an architect under the direction of his father, until the latter's death in 1863. After that Scoles 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).
[1]
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 .
[5] 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.
[6]
Works
His works include:
St Joseph's on the Quay,
Bridgwater (1882)
[7]
Immaculate Conception Church, Clevedon (1887)
[2]
[8]
St Monica's Priory, Spetisbury (1891)
[9]
Holy Ghost Church,
Yeovil (1891)
[5]
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,
Sherborne
[10]
St Peter-in-Chains Church,
Stroud Green (1894)
[11]
St Peter's Church,
Cirencester (1895)
[12]
St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Woodford Green (1895)
St Francis Church,
Ascot, Berkshire (1900)
[13]
Holy Ghost Church, Basingstoke (1901)
[6]
Holy Redeemer Church,
Keyham, Devon
[10]
Our Lady Help of Christians and St Helen's Church, Westcliff-on-Sea (1903)
Holy Trinity Church,
Newquay (1903)
[10]
Holy Ghost and St Stephen Church ,
Shepherd's Bush , London (1903–04)
[14]
Holy Spirit and St Edward Church,
Swanage (1904)
Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth (1906)
[15]
St Joseph's Church, Brighton (1906)
[15]
Our Lady of Loreto and St Winefride's Church, Kew (1906)
Our Lady and St Michael Church,
Dorchester, Dorset (1906–07)
[10]
Holy Cross Church,
Plymouth (1907)
[10]
St Agatha Church,
Dawlish (1907–09)
[10]
Sacred Heart and St Ia Church,
St Ives, Cornwall (1908)
[10]
Our Lady of Lourdes with St Swithun Church,
Southsea (1908)
[15]
St Edward the Confessor Church,
Plymouth (1910)
[10]
Church of the Immaculate Conception,
Liphook (1911)
[16]
St James the Less and St Helen Church, Colchester , church hall (1911)
[17]
Holy Ghost Church,
Exmouth (1915)
[18]
St Joseph Church,
Newton Abbot (1915)
[10]
Gallery
Church of the Holy Ghost, Yeovil
St Peter in Chains Church, Stroud Green
St James the Less and St Helen Church hall, Colchester
St Agatha Church, Dawlish
Holy Ghost Church, Exmouth
St Joseph Church, Newton Abbot
St Francis Church, Ascot
See also
References
^
a
b
Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z) ed. Brodie, Antonia (London, 2001), p. 552
^
a
b
c Slevin, Malachy St Francis Church Handsworth (Birmingham, 1994) pp.1–17
^ Nicholl, Samuel Joseph (1897). "
Scoles, Joseph John ". In
Lee, Sidney (ed.).
Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 51. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^
Catholic Who's Who from ebooksread.com retrieved 17 April 2013
^
a
b
The Church
Archived 11 February 2013 at the
Wayback Machine from Roman Catholic Church Yeovil, retrieved 17 April 2013
^
a
b
Holy Ghost Church from St Bede's Basingstoke, retrieved 17 April 2013
^
"St Joseph's on the Quay, Bridgwater" (PDF) .
^
History
Archived 21 July 2011 at the
Wayback Machine from Clevedon Friary, retrieved 17 April 2013
^
Life of the Community from St. Monica's Priory retrieved 17 April 2013
^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
Report [
permanent dead link ] from
Diocese of Plymouth retrieved 17 April 2013
^
History
Archived 30 June 2013 at
archive.today from St Peter-in-Chains Stroud Green, retrieved 17 April 2013
^
History
Archived 10 January 2011 at the
Wayback Machine from St Peter's Cirencester, retrieved 17 April 2013
^
St Francis Ascot , retrieved 18 April 2013
^ Evinson, Denis
Catholic Churches of London (Sheffield, 1998), p. 128
^
a
b
c Pomeroy, Stephen,
History of the Archdiocese of Southwark
Archived 3 November 2012 at the
Wayback Machine retrieved 17 April 2013
^ Bullen, Michael; Crook, John; Hubbuck, Rodney;
Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010). Hampshire: Winchester and the North .
The Buildings of England . London:
Yale University Press . pp. 373–374.
ISBN
978-0-300-12084-4 .
^
Hall from St James the Less and St Helen, retrieved 17 April 2013
^
"A Guided Tour – Parish of the Holy Family" . holyghostexmouth.org.uk . Retrieved 8 June 2021 .