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e. g. paley in 1868 23 january 1895 lancaster , lancashire , england easingwold , north yorkshire , england 03 september 1823 a head-and-shoulders photograph of a formally dressed middle-aged man edward paley.jpg edward graham paley
 edward graham paley architect
edward graham paley

edward graham paley , usually known as e. g. paley -lrb- 3 september 1823 -- 23 january 1895 -rrb- , 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 lancaster to become a pupil of edmund sharpe , and in 1845 he joined sharpe as a partner .
sharpe retired from the practice in 1851 , leaving paley as the sole principal .
in 1868 hubert austin joined him as a partner , and in 1886 paley 's son henry -lrb- who was usually known as harry -rrb- also became a partner .
this partnership continued until edward paley 's death in 1895 .
paley 's major work was the design of new churches , but he also rebuilt , restored , and made additions and alterations to existing churches .
his major new ecclesiastical design was that of st peter 's church , lancaster , which became lancaster cathedral .
he also carried out secular commissions , mainly on country houses in the north-west of england .
his largest and most important secular work was the royal albert asylum in lancaster .
when designing churches , paley mainly used the gothic revival style , but in his secular works he employed a greater variety of styles , including tudor revival and scottish baronial as well as gothic revival .
paley played little part in the political life of lancaster , but he was involved with cultural events and sports in the town .
his interests included music and archaeology , and he was involved in archery and rowing .
in addition to designing the royal albert asylum , he served on its committee , as well as being on the committees of local schools and the mechanics ' institute .
his work tended to be eclipsed in the later part of his career by austin , and paley is regarded as having been a competent architect , rather than a great one .
