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English architect E. G. Paley designed nearly 50 new, rebuilt, and restored churches. Paley partnered with Edmund Sharpe in 1845, and by 1847 Paley was responsible for most of the firm's work, carrying out commissions independently from at least 1849. During the time Paley was being trained by Sharpe the practice was involved mainly with ecclesiastical work, although it also undertook commissions for country houses and smaller projects. When Paley became sole principal in 1856, he continued to work mainly on churches, designing new ones and restoring, rebuilding, and making additions and alterations to existing churches. In almost all his designs, Paley used the Gothic Revival style, initially with Early English or Decorated features. During the early 1860s he introduced Perpendicular features. Paley was an Anglican and most of his ecclesiastical work was carried out on Church of England churches: exceptions include St Mary and St Michael, Bonds (pictured), and St Peter, Lancaster, both Roman Catholic, and Clark Street Congregational Church, Morecambe. (Full list...)