Edmund Sharpe
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Edmund Sharpe was an English architect, architectural historian, railway engineer and sanitary reformer. Born in Knutsford, Cheshire, he was educated first by his parents and then at schools locally a
Sharpe, c. 1860
William Whewell, Professor of Mineralogy when Sharpe was studying at Cambridge
St Mark's Church, Witton, one of Sharpe's earliest churches
St Michael's Church, Kirkham showing Sharpe's steeple
Edward Graham Paley
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Edward Graham Paley, usually known as E. G. Paley, was an English architect who practised in Lancaster, Lancashire, in the second half of the 19th century. After leaving school in 1838, he went to Lan
Edmund Sharpe
…southern France. In 1835 he established an architectural practice in Lancaster, initially working on his own. In 1845 he entered into partnership with Edward Paley, one of his pupils. Sharpe's main focus was on churches, and he was a pioneer in the use of terracotta as a structural material in church building…
E. G. Paley in 1868
Lancaster Cathedral
St. George's Church, Barrow-in-Furness
Royal Albert Asylum, Lancaster, showing the tower with its French features