Alexander Scoles Explained

Alexander Scoles
Birth Date:30 November 1844
Birth Place:Hammersmith, London
Occupation:architect
Father:Joseph John 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 Catholicchurches 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.

Works

His works include:

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. Scoles, Joseph John. Nicholl. Samuel Joseph . 51. 1.
  4. Catholic Who's Who from ebooksread.com retrieved 17 April 2013
  5. http://rc-churchyeovil.org/the-church.php The Church
  6. Web site: St Joseph's on the Quay, Bridgwater.
  7. http://www.clevedon.friary.info/Parish_History/frame_1_History.htm History
  8. Life of the Community from St. Monica's Priory retrieved 17 April 2013
  9. http://www.plymouth-diocese.org.uk/_assets/admin/summary%20report.pdf Report
  10. http://stpeterinchains.com/parish/parish-histories/st-peters-the-first-60-years/ History
  11. http://www.stpeterscirencester.org/history.htm History
  12. http://www.stfrancisascot.co.uk/history.htm St Francis Ascot
  13. http://www.stbedesbasingstoke.org.uk/our-churches/holy-ghost-church/ Holy Ghost Church
  14. Evinson, Denis Catholic Churches of London (Sheffield, 1998), p. 128
  15. Pomeroy, Stephen, History of the Archdiocese of Southwark retrieved 17 April 2013
  16. Book: Bullen. Michael. Crook. John. Hubbuck. Rodney. Pevsner. Nikolaus. Nikolaus Pevsner. Hampshire: Winchester and the North. The Buildings of England. 2010. Yale University Press. London. 978-0-300-12084-4. 373–374.
  17. http://www.stjamesthelessandsthelen.org/hall.html Hall
  18. Web site: A Guided Tour – Parish of the Holy Family. 8 June 2021. holyghostexmouth.org.uk.

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