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In Victorian times the fortunes of the Church of England revived after a century of neglect. (The Catholic and Non-Conformist Churches also gained a freedom in one case and respectability in the other which allowed them to build grandly for the first time). This led to a frenzy of building, much of it in the revived Gothic style of the Middle Ages. Among the architectural practices which developed to take advantage of this activity was a Lancaster-based firm which passed under various names in over a hundred years of existence but which is best known today as Paley & Austin. It became a by-word for the quality of its buildings.
Text and research by Jim Price, Head of Geography, St. Martin's College, Lancaster. |
