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Walter Henry Brierley (1862–1926) was a York architect who practised in the city for 40 years. He is known as "the Yorkshire Lutyens". He is also credited with being a leading exponent of the "Wrenaissance" style - incorporating elements of Christopher Wren.
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. He was the architect for the York Diocese.
The Borthwick Institute in York holds an archive of the Atkinson Brierley architectural practice, a practice that lives on as Brierley Groom, the oldest architectural firm in the UK having continuously practised since 1750. In 2013 Pocklington School unveiled a clock based on plans drawn up by Brierley 116 years earlier and found at the Borthwick in 2006.
Brierley Buildings
| Building | Location | Date Built | List Entry | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welburn Hall (remodelling) | Welburn, Kirkbymoorside | 1890-3 | 1149212 | the 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. |
| Park Grove School | York | 1895 | 1257012 | |
| Fishergate School | York | 1895 | 1257012 | |
| Scarcroft School | York | 1896 | 1256667 | Generally regarded as his masterpiece |
| The Jubilee, Balfour Street | York | 1897 | Public house: closed 2016 | |
| King's Manor: Headmaster's House | York | 1899 | 1257853 | Built as the house of the Headmaster of the Yorkshire School for the Blind |
| St Oswald's Church | Sowerby | 1902 | 1151342 | North aisle built and original north wall replaced with columns. |
| Thorpe Underwood Hall | Thorpe Underwood, North Yorkshire | 1902-3 | 1315423 | |
| Haxby Road School | York | 1903-4 | 1257673 | |
| Poppleton Road School | York | 1903-4 | 1256903 | Bomb damaged and restored 1942 |
| Dringhouses Primary School | Dringhouses, York | 1904 | ||
| Brackencliffe | Scarborough | 1905 | 1243700 | |
| Burrough Court | Leicester | 1906 | In the 1940s the main historic house was destroyed by a fire | |
| Bishopsbarns, York | York | 1906 | 1256793 | Home of Walter Brierley |
| Haworth Art Gallery | Accrington | 1908-9 | 1205787 | Originally known as Hollins Hill |
| County Hall | Northallerton | 1904-14 | ||
| Malton Grammar School buildings | Malton | 1911 | ||
| Sledmere House | Sledmere | 1911 | 1083802 | Major restorations by Brierley following a fire (original building c.1751). |
| Acklam Hall | Middlesbrough | 1912 | 1136868 | Alterations by Brierley (original building c.1680). Restaurant is named 'The Brierley'. |
| Sion Hill Hall and Lodge | Kirby Wiske near Thirsk | 1913 | 1281486 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.) [1] |
| Water Tower | Ingleby Arncliffe | 1915 | 1294509 | “Sir Hugh Bell built this tower as part of a water supply to Arncliffe and Rounton, AD 1915.” |
| Dringhouses War Memorial | York | 1922 | Located outside Church of St Edward the Confessor | |
| St. Chad's Church | York | 1925-6 | 1391178 | |
| Goddards House and Garden and Carriage Entrance | York | 1926-7 | 1256461 1256505 | Built for Noel Terry of the Terry's chocolate manufacturing family. It was Brierley's last building. |
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)