List of ecclesiastical works by E. G. Paley

He was born in Easingwold, North Yorkshire, and moved to Lancaster in 1838, when he was aged 15, to join Edmund Sharpe as a pupil.

[2] During the following years, Sharpe developed outside interests, and from 1847 Paley was responsible for most of the firm's work, carrying out commissions independently from at least 1849.

During the time Paley was being trained by Sharpe the practice was involved mainly with ecclesiastical work, although it also undertook commissions for country houses and smaller projects.

In almost all his designs, Paley used the Gothic Revival style, initially with Early English or Decorated features.

[10] Paley also used the Neo-Norman style for St Michael's Chapel at Lancaster Moor Hospital.