Stiffleaf's photos with the keyword: scoles

west end by scoles, 1906

west doorway by scoles 1906

built by scoles in 1841-3, this church is somewhat of a red brick blot on this elegant regency area behind the angel, being ugly, cheap and badly proportioned. the new river once flowed down this street: it must have seemed even more of an affront and an intrusion then, and it's no surprise that pugin called it the most original combination of modern deformity that has been executed for some time. f.w.tasker finished the uneven towers in 1877, they don't help. . .

built in 1841-3 by j.j.scoles, this is one of those barn like bleak catholic churches with ham-fisted design and paintwork that reveal the lack of finance in these areas of town at the time: pugin hated this church with a vengeance, describing it as a modern deformity. there was a seeming catholic desire to always build in as un-english a style as possible, the mass-produced simpering saints , overpowering smell of cabbage and carbolic, and the layers of cheap gloss paint slapped onto every surface have hardly improved the place since his day either. mind you, this church may not be a thing of beauty, but it is the only one hereabouts that's always open. . .

detail of gloucester gate, 1827 by nash, with additions by j.j.scoles

detail of gloucester gate, 1827 by nash, with additions by j.j.scoles

this is the "east" end of the church, showing scoles' copy of carlisle's tracery from 1844-9. the doorway from mount st. gardens was ornamented with a strange mixture of garden centre cupids and mediaeval beasts in 1913, with a frenchy mary and cherubs on the tympanum

grotesque overlooking the entry from mount st. gardens, prob. of the date of the original building by j.j.scoles in 1844-9

chancel of 1844-9, built by j.j.scoles, with reredos by pugin 1848. the altar is a copy of pugin's made in 1992, in 1864 the walls were lined with marble by george goldie.

canopy of 1868 by ignatius scoles, the architect's jesuit son, from the statue of mary by the sanctuary entrance

view to "west" of nave of 1844-9 by scoles. the "western" glass is by evie hone, from the 1950s, popular with some but gaudy , childish and unsubtle.

view to the "east" of the nave built by scoles in 1844-9

view of the "west" front by scoles, based on beauvais and built in 1844-9

view of the "west" front by scoles, based on beauvais and built in 1844-9