Alexander Scoles

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:

  • Church of the Holy Ghost, Yeovil
  • St Francis Church, Handsworth
  • Franciscan Friary in Clevedon
  • 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
  • Holy Ghost Church, Basingstoke

See also

References
  1. Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z) ed. Brodie, Antonia (London, 2001), p. 552
  2. Slevin, Malachy St Francis Church Handsworth (Birmingham, 1994) pp.1–17
  3. Nicholl, Samuel Joseph (1897). "Scoles, Joseph John". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 51. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  4. Catholic Who's Who from ebooksread.com retrieved 17 April 2013
  5. The Church Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine from Roman Catholic Church Yeovil, retrieved 17 April 2013
  6. Holy Ghost Church from St Bede's Basingstoke, retrieved 17 April 2013
  7. "St Joseph's on the Quay, Bridgwater" (PDF).
  8. Life of the Community from St. Monica's Priory retrieved 17 April 2013
  9. Report from Diocese of Plymouth retrieved 17 April 2013
  10. History Archived 2013-06-30 at Archive.today from St Peter-in-Chains Stroud Green, retrieved 17 April 2013
  11. History Archived 2011-01-10 at the Wayback Machine from St Peter's Cirencester, retrieved 17 April 2013
  12. St Francis Ascot, retrieved 18 April 2013
  13. Evinson, Denis Catholic Churches of London (Sheffield, 1998), p. 128
  14. Pomeroy, Stephen, History of the Archdiocese of Southwark Archived 2012-11-03 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 17 April 2013
  15. History Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine from Clevedon Friary, retrieved 17 April 2013
  16. Hall from St James the Less and St Helen, retrieved 17 April 2013
  17. "A Walk Through the History of Holy Ghost Church, Exmouth
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