Harry Sutton Chorley (1869-1939)
Moorville Cottages, Burley Woodhead
Harry Sutton Chorley was born at his mother's family home in Congleton, Cheshire, on the 14th April 1869. The Chorley family were residents of Ashwood Villas, Headingley Hill, Leeds.
1878 - From the age of 9, like his brothers he was educated at Leeds Grammar School at its site on Woodhouse Moor (built 1859).
The school had less than 100 pupils, all boys. 1888 Harry S. Chorley at aged 19 went to Trinity College, Oxford University, where he read history, becoming B.A. with second class honours in 1891 and M.A. in 1902.
1891 After he obtained his B.A. degree in history, Harry Chorley entered his father's architecture & surveying practice of Chorley and Connon in Leeds, as a pupil / apprentice architect & surveyor.
To understand Harry Chorley's career & interests, it helps to know quite a bit about his father's career & the profession we now call architecture.
Architecture as a registered profession with qualifications only really came into existence in the late 1800s & the early years of the 1900s. Previously anybody could & did call themselves architects.
Architects in the 19th & early 20th centuries can also be surveyors, civil engineers, builders & estate agents.
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Harry Sutton Chorley family tree:
Thomas Chorley (snr) (1769-1834) surgeon & obstetrician to the General Infirmary Leeds 1794 to 1833. Eloped to Gretna Green to marry Mary Hill in 1794. They had 4 children, their son Thomas Chorley (jnr) was Harry's grandfather.
Thomas Chorley (snr) was the surgeon, who in 1809, helped convict the "Yorkshire Witch" Mary Bateman of the murder of Rebecca Perigo. Proving that she had been poisoned and that a bottle found in Mary's possession and the pudding she made for Rebecca contained rum, oatmeal and arsenic.
Thomas Chorley (jnr) (1799-1834)
In 1825 married Margaret Sarah Roberts (1794-1862). They had two sons Charles Roberts Chorley (1829-1912) & Rev. Francis Weeks Chorley (1831-1900). Charles Roberts Chorley - architect (1829-1912) m1866 Mary Hannah Sutton (c1842-1929) they had 6 children:
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Charles Roberts Chorley (1829-1912)
1847 - At the age of 18 he was indentured to become an architect & surveyor with William Belton Perkin (d. 1874) and Elisha Backhouse (1810-1894) for 5 years.
1852-55 Remained for 3 years, as assistant and then as chief assistant to the partnership. 1854 - In the research came across this Bonhams auction lot for a book by John Jackson - The Practical Fly-Fisher owned by Charles R Chorley. Originally the book would have cost Charles Chorley 7s 6d. In 2012 it sold for £375.00
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During the period of Charles Chorley's apprenticeship 1847 to 1855, the Perkin & Backhouse partnership were responsible for the design & construction of Ripon Workhouse, Armley Gaol & the rebuilding in 1850 of Oulton Hall, Leeds, amongst many others.
1855 - At the age of 26, Charles began trading on his own account from premises in Leeds.
1856 - After a year he was the junior partner in an architecture & surveying practice with a John (or Jeremiah) Dobson from Leeds, as Dobson & Chorley (1856-1870). Their offices were at 19 Park Row, Leeds.
Their practice encompassed churches, industrial buildings, schools & private residences. 1856 St Peter's Parish Church Schools, Leeds
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1859 St Stephen's National School, Burmantofts, Leeds
1862 Two houses De Grey Road, Woodhouse, Leeds
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1862/3 - Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society. Its title dates back to the time of its foundation in 1819, when the word "philosophical" meant scientific.
Charles R. Chorley was a member. The Philosophical Hall, Park Row, Leeds was built in 1821 to a neo-classical design by Leeds architect R. D. Chantrell. It contained a library, meeting rooms & a museum. The society & its museum became so popular it required enlargement. Dobson & Chorley carried out the changes which doubled the size of it. Included: a new lecture hall, a zoology gallery, library and kitchens, and also remodelled the facades of the whole building in the Italianate style. |
1865 Oakwood House, Roundhay, Leeds
In 1865 John Kitson Snr., (the owner of the Airedale Foundry and Monk Bridge Iron Co Ltd., Leeds) bought a property called Roundhay Lodge, Leeds. Then in the grounds built Elmet(e) Hall to the designs of Dobson & Chorley.
Its quite possible that there was already a building on the plot that was incorporated into the design. This would explain some of the oddities of the finished structure. |
1870 The Dobson & Chorley partnership was dissolved when Dobson retired. Charles R. Chorley continued as a sole trader at 19 Park Row, Leeds with a number of articled pupils under his supervision.
1873 Holy Trinity Church, Rothwell, Leeds
1874-6 Arthur Wilson (1836–1909) Hull shipping magnate, commissioned Charles R Chorley to design and build Tranby Croft at Anlaby near Hull.
1879 - The Lupton family commissioned Charles R. Chorley with the surveying & the layout of Newton Park Estate, Leeds.
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John Wreghitt Connon (1849-1921) born Whitehaven, Cumbria.
(Married Rhoda Anne Howe 1872 - Rhoda Anne Connon (1854-1943))
The following biographical information courtesy of the Directory of British Architects 1834 to 1914 A-L Education and training: Attended Wolverhampton and Newcastle Schools of Art 1863-4. From 1865 pupil of Henry Holtom (1837-1901) and George Bertram Butler (1851-1915) of Dewsbury. Travelled in France 1869. Managing clerk to Henry Holtom. 1870-1881 Holtom & Connon partnership, Dewsbury & Leeds. |
1881 - Charles R Chorley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA).
Chorley & Connon architecture & surveying practice (1881 to 1897)
3 Park Place, Leeds & later 15 Park Row, Leeds. Partners: Charles R. Chorley and John Wreghitt Connon (1849-1921). Their practice encompassed churches, industrial buildings, business premises - shops & bank branches, schools, hospitals & private residences. 1881/2 Newton Park Estate, Chapel Allerton, Leeds - design & construction of a large number of new properties including semi-detached houses & villas (1881/2) & large terrace houses.
Eltonhurst, Oakfield & Rockland built in the Victorian Arts and Crafts or Domestic Revival style.
Rockland was the home of Francis Martineau Lupton (1848–1921), known as Frank, & his family. Frank Lupton was a director of Wm Lupton & Co who had textile mills on Whitehall Road in Leeds.
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1881 Church of the Holy Name, Woodhouse, Leeds
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1882 - Charles R. Chorley elected as one of the two, Diocesan Surveyors of Dilapidations for the Diocese of Ripon under the provisions of the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Act.
1883 Publication: Dangers to health : a pictorial guide to domestic sanitary defects by Thomas Pridgin Teale (1831-1923)
Danger to Health by T Pridgin Teale - archive.org website link
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In 1885 John Kitson, Jr., purchased Gledhow Hall, Roundhay, Leeds. Chorley & Connon were commissioned to alter & extend the hall including incorporating the elaborate Burmantofts Faience (glazed architectural terracotta) bathroom before a visit from the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII).
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1885 St Michael and All Angels Church, Old Farnley, Leeds
1885 St Johns Church, Crossens, Southport
1886 Askham Grange
1886 The Oaklands, Adel, Leeds
1886 Endowed School, Long Preston
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1886 Monk Bridge Iron Co. Ltd, Leeds
1887 Beckett Home for Girls, Meanwood, Leeds
The Beckett Home for Girls (& later for babies as well), was opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1887, purpose built to a design by Chorley & Connon.
Between 1940 to 1947 the home was evacuated to West Lodge, Moor Lane, Burley in Wharfedale, part of the complex of Scalebor Park Hospital. 1887 Women & Children's Hospital, Leeds
1887 Ida Convalescent Hospital, Cookridge, Leeds
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1888 Beckett's Banking Premises, Retford
1888 Residence near Leeds
1888-91 Oulton Hall, Leeds
1890 Askham Grange stables, laundry & electric power house.
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1891 At the age of 22, Harry Sutton Chorley joins the Chorley & Connon practice as a pupil.
1891 The Leeds & County Liberal Club on Quebec Street, Leeds was designed & the construction supervised by Chorley & Connon. The terracotta for the building was made by J. C. Edwards of Ruabon near Wrexham.
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By 1896, Harry S. Chorley had progressed to being an Assistant Architect with Chorley & Connon (by passing a qualification exam) and an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA).
1896 Yorkshire Post Offices, Albion Street, Leeds
In 1897 Harry S. Chorley was made a partner. The business then became known as Chorley, Connon & Chorley (1897-1902).
One of the first buildings designed by Chorley, Connon & Chorley was the Hotel Metropole on King Street, Leeds.
One of the first buildings designed by Chorley, Connon & Chorley was the Hotel Metropole on King Street, Leeds.
In a nod to the past, the stone cupola on top of the Hotel Metropole, comes from the original White Cloth Hall, Leeds, that was replaced by the hotel.
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The terracotta used on the Hotel Metropole, Leeds was made by J. C. Edwards of Ruabon near Wrexham.
1898 Hotel Metropole, West Cliff, Whitby
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In October 1897 Harry Chorley rented Moorville Cottage, Burley Woodhead on a 5 year lease from Peter Garnett (owner of Moorville, Burley Woodhead).
In 1900 plans were drawn up to divide the estate of Peter Garnett into plots to be sold off for housing.
The full sale as such, never took place, but it appears that Harry & Mary Chorley bought Lots 4 and 5. This would explain how they came to own the frontage on Moor Road & Moor Lane, Burley Woodhead that Harry later sold in 1936 after the death of Mary. |
In 1898 Harry S. Chorley married Mary Kimber (1865-1936) in London. How they came to meet is still a mystery. They went to live at Moorville Cottage, Burley Woodhead in the same year.
1899-1900 Cast Iron Gallery at The Leeds Library.
1900-1903 Leopold Hotel (Grand Hotel), Sheffield
The Leopold Hotel in Sheffield that Chorley Connon & Chorley designed & oversaw the building of, from 1900 to 1903, was renamed the Grand Hotel when it opened.
The Grand Hotel, Sheffield was demolished in 1973.
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1901 Manston St James Church and School designed by Harry Chorley.
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1901-03 Northern Police Convalescent Hospital, Harrogate.
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1902 - Harry S. Chorley achieves an M.A. in history.
At the end of 1902, Charles R. Chorley retired & moved to Colwall, Herefordshire. The partnership reformed as Connon and Chorley (1903-1921) at 16 Park Place, Leeds .
Partners: John Wreghitt Connon & Harry Sutton Chorley.
Partners: John Wreghitt Connon & Harry Sutton Chorley.
1904-05 Office conversion The Grange or Burley Grange, Burley in Wharfedale to designs by Harry Chorley.
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1905-06 St Aidans Church, Hellifield.
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1906 - 1908 Harry S Chorley elected president of the Leeds & Yorkshire Architectural Society, having previously been the honorary secretary for some years.
1906 St John's Church, Ben Rhydding. Originally built without a tower, just nave & chancel. The builders were Messrs. Dean Brothers, Ilkley, masons; Mr T. Smith, Ilkley, joiner; Fred Myers, Ben Rhydding, plumber and Messrs Watson & Worsnop, Leeds, slaters.
Broadway Avenue Unitarian Church was founded in 1906 in a 'temporary' building designed by Connon & Chorley. After exactly one hundred years in the same 'temporary' structure the congregation sold the building and became part of Bradford Unitarians.
1908 St John's Church, Ben Rhydding - added tower, extended nave & added porch entrance.
1909 Ripon Girls High School.
1910 Greenholme Mansion, Burley in Wharfedale
Refurbishment including new drainage requested by Arthur Greenwood. The Burley Archive has the original plan drawn up by Connon & Chorley. See here.
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1906 Leeds Girls High School
1908-09 St Hugh's Church and School, Armley
1913 St James the Great Church, Manston, Cross Gates to designs by Harry Chorley.
1913 Organ casework & screen by Harry Chorley at All Saints Church, Spofforth.
1914 Swinegate Tram depot, Leeds - extensions.
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1919 Leeds War Memorial scheme
The image from the Yorkshire Evening Post on the 17th May 1919, is the recommended Leeds (Great) War memorial scheme by a committee of three architects - G. F. Bowman, G. W. Atkinson and Harry S. Chorley.
The shaded area in front of the Town Hall was intended to be cleared of all buildings & an appropriate piece of sculpture or memorial building placed within it. Their report was submitted to the Memorial Executive Committee, who in turn would submit the proposal to the Leeds Corporation. The other two schemes proposed were: a) A Temple of Fame, Art Gallery & Museum on available land at the corner of Cookridge Street and Guildford Street. b) The conversion of the area behind the Town Hall into a suitable environment for the erection of a memorial. |
None of the proposed plans were executed. The actual Leeds War Memorial was sited in City Square, Leeds. It was later moved to the front of the Art Gallery in Victoria Square on the Headrow. The memorial is by Henry Charles Fehr (1867-1940).
1920-21 Church of St Mary, Hutton Magna War Memorial Lych Gate designed by Harry Chorley.
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1921 St Aidans Church, Hellifield, War Memorial.
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Chorley & Gribbon (c1922 - c1925)
Partners: Harry Sutton Chorley & Blakeley Rinder Gribbon (1884-1944)
Offices: 3 Park Place, Leeds.
Partners: Harry Sutton Chorley & Blakeley Rinder Gribbon (1884-1944)
Offices: 3 Park Place, Leeds.
1923 Burley District War Memorial in front of The Grange, Burley in Wharfedale. Designed by Harry S Chorley.
Chorley, Gribbon & Foggitt (c1925-1930)
Partners: Harry Sutton Chorley, Blakeley Rinder Gribbon & George Herbert Foggitt (1887-1975).
Offices: 3 Park Place, Leeds.
Offices: 3 Park Place, Leeds.
1927 The Lodge, East Carlton
1929 Wesleyan Church School, Pool in Wharfedale
1929 Yorkshire Penny Bank, Darlington
1930 Leeds & Holbeck Building Society, The Headrow, Leeds
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1927 Yorkshire Penny Bank, Harrogate
1928 Weetwood Hall extensions, Leeds
1928 Oxley Hall extensions, Leeds
1929-30 St Andrews Vicarage, Yeadon, Leeds
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In 1930 the partnership agreement between Chorley, Gribbon and Foggitt, was dissolved as Harry S. Chorley retired. But Gribbon & Foggitt carried on the practice using Harry Chorley's name & Harry himself continued doing consultancy work with the practice from his home in Burley Woodhead.
1931 Matthias Robinsons department store, Briggate, Leeds. Now Debenhams.
1931 Arthington Nunnery restoration
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1933 Blacksmiths Arms, Hartoft
1936 Pump House, Wackhouse Lane, Yeadon, Leeds
1936 Harehills Roman Catholic Church, Leeds
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There are three undated images of buildings attributed to Chorley Gribbon and Foggitt on the Aireborough Historical Society website. A family home at Micklethwaite, Rawdon; the Filter House at Hawkesworth Waterworks & Windy Brae, a family home at Rawdon.
Harry Sutton Chorley (1869-1939)
1939 - The Chorley Gift to Yorkshire Archaeological Society Library
"The Society's Library has been enriched through the gift by the representatives of our late member, Mr H. S. Chorley, of some fifty to sixty volumes, largely architectural works, a branch of study in which it was not too strongly represented. Among the books are included Gotch's Renaissance Architecture in England, in 2 vols. (containing magnificent plates of Domestic architecture of the Jacobean period, some of them of Yorkshire buildings); An Essay on the History of English Church Architecture, by George Gilbert Scott; Pugin's Examples of Gothic Architecture, three vols; Architectural Drawings of Henry VII's Chapel, by L. N. Cottingham; The Life & Works of Andrea Palladio by Banister F. Fletcher; Wheatley's edition of Pepys' Diary, ten vols; and Folk Lore of the Northern Counties of England by William Henderson. Also about 30 O.S. Maps and some plans including two of Leeds. The Library Committee is most grateful for these accessions." |
In the proud possession of Penelope Verity nee Chorley - Harry Sutton Chorley's monogrammed briefcase.
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