Joseph Ireland

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Joseph Ireland (c.1780-1841) was an English architect who designed Roman Catholic Church buildings in the early nineteenth century. He specialized in Romanesque revival architecture and worked with Joseph John Scoles.

Architect

He primarily worked for the Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District, John Milner. From 1812 until 1819, he employed Joseph John Scoles, a relative, as an apprentice.[1]

From 1816 to 1818, he was the architect of All Saints Church in Hassop. It was originally a private chapel for nearby Hassop Hall and its owner Francis Eyre.[2] In 1821, he built a Greek-style chapel beside Houghton Hall for Charles Langdale who had inherited the estate.[3]

In 1824, he was behind the initial plans for St Austin's Church in Wakefield. In 1826, the plans came to fruition when the Society of Jesus set up a mission there and started the building work the following year.[4] For the next two years, he worked on a chapel for the Dominican Order in Hinckley. The priory there was the centre for the Dominicans in Britain and the chapel was dedicated to St Peter. It was demolished in 1976.[5]

Other works included Holy Cross Chapel in Leicester from 1817 to 1819, St Mary's Chapel in Walsall in 1825, Saints Peter and Paul Chapel in Wolverhampton in 1826 and St John the Baptist Church in Great Haywood in 1828.[6]

Gallery

  • St John the Baptist Church, Great Haywood

  • All Saints Church, Hassop

  • St Austin's Church, Wakefield

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nicholl, Samuel Joseph (1897). "Scoles, Joseph John". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography 51. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 
  2. ↑ Derbyshire Heritage retrieved 5 February 2014
  3. ↑ 'Langdale Family' from National Archives retrieved 5 February 2014
  4. ↑ 'Parish History' in StMartinsWakefield.org.uk retrieved 5 February 2014
  5. ↑ History of Hinckley retrieved 5 February 2014
  6. ↑ Hinckley Architects retrieved 5 February 2014
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