Walter Brierley

Walter Henry Brierley (1862–1926) was a York architect who practised in the city for 40 years. He is known as "the Yorkshire Lutyens"[5] or the "Lutyens of the North".[1] He is also credited with being a leading exponent of the "Wrenaissance" style - incorporating elements of Christopher Wren.[6]

For the novelist, see Walter Brierley (writer).

Walter Henry Brierley
Born1862
Died22 August 1926(1926-08-22) (aged 63–64)[1]
NationalityBritish
OccupationArchitect
PracticeAtkinson Brierley[2]
Demaine and Brierley[3]
Brierley & Rutherford[4]
Brierley Groom
County Hall, Northallerton, 1914

Brierley's works include civic buildings, churches, schools and private houses (including his own home, Bishopsbarns) and are located mainly in York, North Yorkshire and the north of England. He was responsible for over 300 buildings between 1885 and the time of his death in 1926.[7] He was the architect for the York Diocese.

The Borthwick Institute in York holds an archive of the Atkinson Brierley architectural practice,[2] a practice that lives on as Brierley Groom, the oldest architectural firm in the UK having continuously practised since 1750.[8] In 2013 Pocklington School unveiled a clock based on plans drawn up by Brierley 116 years earlier and found at the Borthwick in 2006.[9]

A celebration of Brierley's life and architecture in 2007 unearthed the fact that he had designed and built many of the houses and other buildings (such as the Church of St Mary) in Goathland. Simon Groom, current co-owner of architects Brierley Groom, noted that the opening credits of the popular ITV programme Heartbeat displayed large amounts of Brierley's work on screen.[10]

Brierley Buildings
Building Location Date Built List Entry Notes
Welburn Hall (remodelling)Welburn, Kirkbymoorside1890-31149212the Jacobean west wing was demolished and replaced by a much bigger wing in the gothic style. Brierley's work was extensively damaged in the fire of 1931.
The Mallan Hotel[11]Goathland18921316154By Demaine and Brierley, part demolished, rebuilt and extended c.1935
Church of St. Mary[11]Goathland1894-961174270
Park Grove School[8]York18951257012
Fishergate School[8]York18951257012
Nesfield and Mulgrave Cottage[11]Goathland18961174262
Scarcroft School[8]York18961256667Generally regarded as his masterpiece[7]
The Jubilee, Balfour Street[12][13]York1897Public house: closed 2016
King's Manor: Headmaster's House[8]York18991257853Built as the house of the Headmaster of the Yorkshire School for the Blind
Bereton Lodge[11]Goathland19021174313
St Oswald's ChurchSowerby19021151342North aisle built and original north wall replaced with columns.[14]
Thorpe Underwood HallThorpe Underwood, North Yorkshire1902-31315423
Haxby Road School[8]York1903-41257673
Poppleton Road School[8]York1903-41256903Bomb damaged and restored 1942
Dringhouses Primary School[15]Dringhouses, York1904
BrackencliffeScarborough19051243700
Burrough Court[16]Leicester1906In the 1940s the main historic house was destroyed by a fire[17]
Bishopsbarns, YorkYork19061256793Home of Walter Brierley
Haworth Art GalleryAccrington1908-91205787Originally known as Hollins Hill
County Hall [8]Northallerton1904-141150967
Malton Grammar School buildings[18]Malton1911
Sledmere HouseSledmere19111083802Major restorations by Brierley following a fire (original building c.1751).[19]
Acklam HallMiddlesbrough19121136868Alterations by Brierley (original building c.1680). Restaurant is named 'The Brierley'.[20]
Sion Hill Hall
and Lodge		Kirby Wiske near Thirsk19131281486
1150972		A private residence. Some similarities with Malton School are evident - the high pitch roof and tall chimneys, for example. The drainpipe is almost identical to the one in Malton School quad. (The white one is on Sion Hill Hall, the black is Malton School.)
Water TowerIngleby Arncliffe19151294509"Sir Hugh Bell built this tower as part of a water supply to Arncliffe and Rounton, AD 1915."[21]
Dringhouses War Memorial[22]York1922Located outside Church of St Edward the Confessor
St. Chad's ChurchYork1925-61391178
Goddards House and Garden
and Carriage Entrance		York1926-71256461
1256505		Built for Noel Terry of the Terry's chocolate manufacturing family. It was Brierley's last building.[23]

The "List Entry" number is a unique number assigned to each listed building and scheduled monument by Historic England (This is left blank if the building is not listed)

References
  1. "One Vision". The Garden. Royal Horticultural Society. 121: 328–331. 1996. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  2. "Borthwick Institute: what we hold". www.york.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  3. Historic England. "Church of St Peter (Newton-le-Willows) (1343245)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  4. Historic England. "St Clements Church Hall (1390532)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  5. Paul Chrystal (2015). "5". York in the 1960s: Ten Years that Changed a City. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445640969. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  6. James Stevens Curl; Susan Wilson (2015). The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture. OUP. p. 116. ISBN 9780199674985. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  7. "Borthwick spotlight for Brierley's architectural gems". www.york.ac.uk. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  8. "Walter H. Brierley (1862-1926)". two.archiseek.com. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  9. "116 year wait over as the cogs turn on school's new clock". Pocklington Post. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  10. Stirling, Tom (1 February 2007). "Celebration of architect". York Press. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  11. "Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan: Goathland (November 2017)" (PDF). North York Moors National Park. p. 42. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  12. "York pub to be turned into flats after 119 years". York Press. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  13. Alex Ross (9 August 2016). "New hope for York pub campaigners as famous designer is revealed". York Press. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  14. "How St Oswald's grew from a chapel to a church - and how it grew lop-sided". St Oswald's Church, Sowerby. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  15. MacRae, Claire (2013). "Character area 75: Dringhouses and Tadcaster Road" (PDF). City of York Council. p. 2. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  16. "1906 – Burrough Court, Leicester, Leicestershire". archiseek.com. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  17. "History of Burrough Court". www.burroughcourt.com. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  18. "Malton Grammar School 1911-1937" (PDF). www.maltonschool.org. p. 4. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  19. "Sledmere House: Rising from the Ashes". Borthwick Institute Blog. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  20. "Acklam Hall in Middlesbrough reopens following renovation". ITV. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  21. Chris Lloyd (15 June 2015). "Surprises in store as tower reveals secrets". Darlington & Stockton Times. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  22. "The Terry Trail" (PDF). dlhg.weebly.com. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  23. "The Art of Design" (PDF). www.nationaltrust.org.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

See also
  • Exhibition celebrating 60 years of York Civic Trust
  • P. Nuttgens, Brierley in Yorkshire: The Architecture of the Turn of the Century (York Georgian Society, 1984)
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