List of works by Thomas Taylor
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Thomas Taylor (1777/78–1826) was an English artist and architect. He first worked in the London office of James Wyatt, and later moved to Leeds, West Yorkshire, where he established an architectural practice. His major works were the design of churches in the vicinity of his office, in Yorkshire and Lancashire. Taylor was a pioneer in the use of the Gothic Revival style for church architevcture, and received seven commissions for Commissioners' churches.[1]
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Key
| Grade | Criteria[2] |
|---|---|
| Grade I | Buildings of exceptional interest. |
| Grade II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. |
| Grade II | Buildings of special interest. |
Works
| Name | Location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds Parish Church | Leeds, West Yorkshire 53.7952°N 1.5360°W |
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1808–1812 | Rebuilt the south side in Gothic Revival style, including a large window in the transept. The church was replaced by the current church in 1837–41.[3] | — |
| Stables, Woolley Hall | Woolley, West Yorkshire 53.6135°N 1.5058°W |
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c. 1810 | Later used as accommodation for a residential college.[4] | II |
| Court House | Leeds, West Yorkshire | — |
1811–1813 | In Neoclassical style, incorporating a portico with four Corinthian columns.[5] | — |
| Christ Church | Liversedge, West Yorkshire 53.7118°N 1.6942°W |
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1812–1816 | Taylor's first church, large with a west tower, aisles, a clerestory, and chancel relatively large for the time.[6][7] | II |
| Christ Church | Bradford, West Yorkshire | — |
c. 1813–1815 | A church with a smaller chancel than Liversedge. It was demolished in 1878.[8] | — |
| St Bartholomew's Church | Colne, Lancashire 53.8573°N 2.1703°W |
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1815 | Repairs.[9][10][11] | I |
| St Chad's Church | Rochdale, Greater Manchester 53.6147°N 2.1577°W |
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1815–16 | Repairs.[9][12][13] | II* |
| Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin | Luddenden, West Yorkshire 53.7324°N 1.9388°W |
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1815–1817 | A new church replacing an earlier church on the site.[8][14] | II |
| Church of St Anne in the Grove | Southowram, West Yorkshire 53.7093°N 1.8191°W |
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1815–1818 | A new church, the chancel being added later.[8][15] | II |
| Holy Trinity Church | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire 53.6499°N 1.7929°W |
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1816–1819 | A new church with a prominent west tower.[16][17] | II* |
| Holy Trinity Church | Littleborough, Greater Manchester 53.6443°N 2.0939°W |
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1818–1820 | Rebuilt the church, replacing a chapel of ease dating from 1471. Taylor added a new gallery in 1822–23. The chancel was added in 1889 by J. S. Crowther.[18][19][20] | II |
| Holy Trinity Church | Ossett, West Yorkshire 53.6860°N 1.5828°W |
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1821 | Extended a church that had been built in 1806. This church was demolished and replaced in 1862–65.[9][21] | — |
| Gildersome Chapel | Gildersome, West Yorkshire 53.7607°N 1.6356°W |
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1821–22 | Added a new gallery to a chapel dating from 1707. The chapel was replaced in 1866.[9][22] | — |
| St Lawrence's Church | Pudsey, West Yorkshire 53.7934°N 1.6668°W |
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1821–1824 | A Commissioners' church built to replace a former chapel of ease.[23][24][25][26] | II |
| Christ Church | Attercliffe, Sheffield, South Yorkshire |
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1821–1826 | A Commissioners' church with a tower. Bombed in 1940; demolished other than the tower 1950.[27][24][28] | — |
| St Philip's Church | Shalesmoor, Sheffield, South Yorkshire |
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1821–1828 | A Commissioners' church with a tower. Demolished in 1952.[27][24] | > — |
| Christ Church | Woodhouse Hill, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire 53.6675°N 1.7693°W |
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1823–24 | A new church with transepts and a west tower surmounted by a broach spire.[29][30] | II |
| St Paul's Church | Hanging Heaton, Batley, West Yorkshire 53.7044°N 1.6091°W |
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1823–1825 | A Commissioners' church, altered in 1894, damaged by fire in 1916, and restored the following year.[24][31] | II |
| St Mary's Church | Quarry Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire |
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1823–1825 | A Commissioners' church with a tower. Demolished in the late 1970s.[24] | — |
| St John's Church | Dewsbury, West Yorkshire 53.6920°N 1.6508°W |
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1823–1827 | A Commissioners' church with a west tower, crenellated parapets and lancet windows.[27][24][32] | II |
| School | Attercliffe, Sheffield, South Yorkshire 53.3955°N 1.4304°W |
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1824 | Built as a girls' national school; later a clubroom.[33] | II |
| St Peter's Church | Birstall, West Yorkshire 53.7316°N 1.6702°W |
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1824 | Alterations to a medieval church, which was demolished and replaced in 1863–70.[9][34] | II* |
| St John's Church | Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire 53.8305°N 1.4895°W |
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1824–1826 | A small church with a west tower surmounted by a broach spire with lucarnes. The churchyard walls, gates and gatepiers are listed separately, also at Grade II.[35][36][37][38] | II |
| St Peter's Church | Earlsheaton, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire |
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1825–1827 | A Commissioners' church with transepts, tower and spire. Demolished in 1971.[35][24] | — |
| Holy Trinity Church | Ripon, North Yorkshire 54.1380°N 1.5285°W |
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1826–27 | A new church, with a cruciform plan and a tall steeple. Alterations were made later in the 19th century.[35][39][40] | II |
| School and almshouses | Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire 53.8297°N 1.4891°W |
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Undated | For Stephen Nicholson of Roundhay Park.[41] | II |