Kirk and Parry were an architectural and civil engineering practice in Sleaford that specialised in the design of public buildings, housing and the construction of Railways. The practice was initially founded by Charles Kirk (senior) (1791–1847). Thomas Parry, (1818-1879) was an articled clerk to Charles Kirk. Parry married Henrietta, daughter of Charles Kirk in 1841 and formed a partnership with Charles Kirk. Following the death of Charles Kirk in 1847, his son, Charles Kirk (junior) (1825-1902), then became a partner with Thomas Parry. Charles Kirk Junior was the architect in the practice and Parry probably acted as an administrator. Thomas Parry was a Liberal Party politician from who sat in the House of Commons for three short periods between 1865 and 1874. By 1903 the firm had changed its name to Kirk, Knight and Co. This article surveys the work of Kirk and Parry and its successor firm, from 1847 until it ceased trading in 1906.
Kirk and Parry
Offices of Kirk and Parry, Jermyn Street, Sleaford.
Sleaford Corn Exchange 1859. Sleaford Corn Exchange occupied the 19 Market Place. It was built by Kirk & Parry in 1857 and comprised the main exchange building at ground floor level, an extensive basement butter market and other ancillary accommodation. It was demolished in 1964.[1]
Northgate Almshouses, Northgate Street, Sleaford. Built as an extension for the Carre's Almhouse in 1857.
The Old Trustee Saving Bank, Northgate Street, Sleaford. Built adjacent to the Northgate Almshouses, possibly in 1857.
SchoolsEdit
Former St Botolph's Primary School, Sleaford
Alvey's School, Eastgate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire. 1851. Stone faced with shaped gables.
The Manor House, Sleaford. A concoction of Victorian masonry and medieval stone fragments, which presumably had been gathered by Charles Kirk during his church restoration. It has been listed as Grade II*[6]
No. 21. Northgate. Formerly the lodge to Westhome. Stone house described as "French Gothic" in style.
Sleaford Vicarage. Red brick extension of 1861.
Dr Bissell's House, Sleaford Market Place 1853.
ChurchesEdit
New Churches or very largely rebuiltEdit
St John the Baptist Church, HunsingoreSt.Lucia's church, Dembleby
Hunsingore. St John the Baptist Yorkshire. Built in 1867-8 by Kirk and Parry of Sleaford, Lincolnshire at the cost of Joseph Dent of Ribston Hall.
The Church of St Andrew, Burton Pedwardine 1870
St Lucia, Dembleby. Rebuilt on new site in Romanesque Revival Style in 1867-8. Twin bellcote. The chancel arch is a Romesque arch from the ordinal church.[8]
St. Andrew's church, Burton Pedwardine, Lincolnshire. The original 14th century church largely collapsed in 1802. Charles Kirk built this church in 1870 incorporating some of the medieval masonry and part of the north aisle.
Restored ChurchesEdit
St Botolph, Quarrington
St Martin, Ancaster, Lincolnshire. (1859) Restoration work to North Arcade.[9]
St Catharine, Houghton on the Hill, Leicestershire. (1859-1860) restoration of chancel and nave.
St Botolph, Quarrington. The tower was built about 1325 and apart from the replacement of four pinnacles in 1887 restoration has been minimal. The Perpendicular styled font dates from the late 14th-century; however its cover is dated 1856. The raised quinquangular apse with its unusual style was designed and built by Charles Kirk (1825-1902), in 1862. Charles Kirk was a devout churchman and churchwarden of Quarrington and the tall candlesticks commemorate him.
St.Mary's church, Marston, Lincs. 1880. Restored by Charles Kirk
St Andrew, Sempringham. 1897. Added new South porch, which re-used a Romanesque archway from the church that had been incorporated into a dovecote at Spanby.[12]
Commercial and Industrial BuildingsEdit
No 13 Market Square, Boston. A Tudor building that was re-faced by Charles Kirk in the 1870s and later converted into the Scala Cinema. (now Poundland).[13]
Old Savings Bank, Northgate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire
Kirk and Parry's Offices and Builders Yard, Sleaford
‘’The Martello tower, off the Spit Isle of Grain, erected by Messrs. Kirk and Parry, of Sleaford, Lincolnshire, is completed....(for)... the Ordnance authority at Sheerness. The tower has been nearly two years in erection..... The peculiar construction of this tower gives it the facility of firing the guns (which are to be of the largest calibre) on traversing centre pivots, ...(into the).....Thames and Medway ...this tower forms a crossfire with the Sheerness Battery guns, sufficient to sink any ships attempting to pass. The tower is struck from seven different centres, in order to get stability to the available parts. The average thickness of the solid masonry is 12 feet. The outer dimensions are 63 feet by 71 feet, underneath is a barrack room capable of accommodating 30 gunners, and an officers private room. The basement story contains the following rooms; viz, ordnance store, provision store, barrack store, regimental store and magazine, the latter being encased with an entire coat of asphalt. ........ The estimated cost of this tower is about £14,000,.....The extreme height of the tower is 41 feet 6 inches. From the exposed situation of the tower, which is subject to the sea and weather, great difficulties were experienced during the winter months in proceeding with the work.’’ [14]
Work as Building ContractorsEdit
Wanstead Hospital. Architect G Somers Clarke. Building contractors Kirk and Parry
By the 1850s Kirk and Parry had become a major firm of Building Contractors and by the mid-1860 one of the largest building and contracting firms in England. Sir John Summerson, in his analysis of contracting firms working in London, places them in the top seven largest firms in the 1860s, on the basis of the number of contracts they won. These included a printing works for the Printing and Publishing Company in Smithfield and the Merchant's Seaman's Orphanage, which became Wanstead Hospital.[15] Other projects for which they were responsible were Lincoln Prison (1869-72), Whitehaven Docks (1865) and the Scarborough Aquarium (1878)
Railway Engineering.Edit
It is noted that Kirk and Parry were active as railway contractors in the Derby, Leeds, Liverpool and London areas.[16] Specific stations for which they acted as contractors for were Liverpool Central
In Lincolnshire the company built two railway linesEdit
The Lincoln to Honington Junction railway for Great Northern Railway. This opened in 1867.
Steam Power Flour Mill, Jermyn Street Sleaford. Powered 15 Milstones.
Parry was proprietor of the colliery in Strafford, near Barnsley, Yorkshire.[17]
Bracebridge Brickworks, Lincoln.c.1872. Kirk and Parry appear to have initially developed the Bracebridge Brickworks to supply bricks for the Lincoln to Honington Junction Railway but may have developed it before it became the Bracebridge Brick Company.[18]
Antram N (revised), Pevsner N & Harris J, (1989), The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, Yale University Press.
Squires S.E. (1996) "The Lincoln to Grantham Line via Honington", The Oakwood Press, Locomation Papers no 195.
Pawley S. (1996) Kirk and Parry [Sleaford builders & architects] Lincolnshire Past and Present, Number 24, Summer 1996, 3-4.
External linksEdit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kirk and Parry.
Sleaford and District Civic Trust: Sleaford Historic Buildings. Kirk and Parry.[2]
October 21, 2023
kirk, parry, were, architectural, civil, engineering, practice, sleaford, that, specialised, design, public, buildings, housing, construction, railways, practice, initially, founded, charles, kirk, senior, 1791, 1847, thomas, parry, 1818, 1879, articled, clerk. Kirk and Parry were an architectural and civil engineering practice in Sleaford that specialised in the design of public buildings housing and the construction of Railways The practice was initially founded by Charles Kirk senior 1791 1847 Thomas Parry 1818 1879 was an articled clerk to Charles Kirk Parry married Henrietta daughter of Charles Kirk in 1841 and formed a partnership with Charles Kirk Following the death of Charles Kirk in 1847 his son Charles Kirk junior 1825 1902 then became a partner with Thomas Parry Charles Kirk Junior was the architect in the practice and Parry probably acted as an administrator Thomas Parry was a Liberal Party politician from who sat in the House of Commons for three short periods between 1865 and 1874 By 1903 the firm had changed its name to Kirk Knight and Co This article surveys the work of Kirk and Parry and its successor firm from 1847 until it ceased trading in 1906 Kirk and ParryOffices of Kirk and Parry Jermyn Street Sleaford Practice informationPartnersCharles Kirk junior and Thomas ParryFounded1847Dissolved1908LocationSleaford Contents 1 Public Buildings 2 Schools 3 Houses 4 Churches 4 1 New Churches or very largely rebuilt 4 2 Restored Churches 5 Commercial and Industrial Buildings 5 1 Military Engineering 6 Work as Building Contractors 7 Railway Engineering 7 1 In Lincolnshire the company built two railway lines 7 2 In Yorkshire they built 8 Industrial Interests 9 References 10 External linksPublic Buildings Edit nbsp Sleaford Corn Exchange 1859 nbsp Northgate Almshouses SleafordSleaford Corn Exchange 1859 Sleaford Corn Exchange occupied the 19 Market Place It was built by Kirk amp Parry in 1857 and comprised the main exchange building at ground floor level an extensive basement butter market and other ancillary accommodation It was demolished in 1964 1 Northgate Almshouses Northgate Street Sleaford Built as an extension for the Carre s Almhouse in 1857 The Old Trustee Saving Bank Northgate Street Sleaford Built adjacent to the Northgate Almshouses possibly in 1857 Schools Edit nbsp Former St Botolph s Primary School SleafordAlvey s School Eastgate Sleaford Lincolnshire 1851 Stone faced with shaped gables 2 St Botolphs Primary School Sleaford Cowley s School Donington Lincolnshire Single storied ranges added in 1861 in Tudor style Kirby La Thorpe Primary School Quarrington Primary School 1867 Fleckney Leicestershire 1872 3 Heighington Lincolnshire 1878 School built for Washingborough School Board 4 Houses EditWestholme House Sleaford Built for Thomas Parry to designs by Charles Kirk junior c1847 5 nbsp Manor House Northgate Sleaford nbsp Lafford Terrace SleafordThe Manor House Sleaford A concoction of Victorian masonry and medieval stone fragments which presumably had been gathered by Charles Kirk during his church restoration It has been listed as Grade II 6 Lafford Terrace Eastgate A speculative terrace built by Kirk and Parry in 1856 which later became the Kesteven County Council Offices 7 No 21 Northgate Formerly the lodge to Westhome Stone house described as French Gothic in style Sleaford Vicarage Red brick extension of 1861 Dr Bissell s House Sleaford Market Place 1853 Churches EditNew Churches or very largely rebuilt Edit nbsp St John the Baptist Church Hunsingore nbsp St Lucia s church DemblebyHunsingore St John the Baptist Yorkshire Built in 1867 8 by Kirk and Parry of Sleaford Lincolnshire at the cost of Joseph Dent of Ribston Hall nbsp The Church of St Andrew Burton Pedwardine 1870St Lucia Dembleby Rebuilt on new site in Romanesque Revival Style in 1867 8 Twin bellcote The chancel arch is a Romesque arch from the ordinal church 8 St Andrew s church Burton Pedwardine Lincolnshire The original 14th century church largely collapsed in 1802 Charles Kirk built this church in 1870 incorporating some of the medieval masonry and part of the north aisle Restored Churches Edit nbsp St Botolph QuarringtonSt Martin Ancaster Lincolnshire 1859 Restoration work to North Arcade 9 St Catharine Houghton on the Hill Leicestershire 1859 1860 restoration of chancel and nave St Botolph Quarrington The tower was built about 1325 and apart from the replacement of four pinnacles in 1887 restoration has been minimal The Perpendicular styled font dates from the late 14th century however its cover is dated 1856 The raised quinquangular apse with its unusual style was designed and built by Charles Kirk 1825 1902 in 1862 Charles Kirk was a devout churchman and churchwarden of Quarrington and the tall candlesticks commemorate him St Thomas a Becket Northaw Stroxton Lincolnshire Rebuilt chancel 1874 5 Holy Trinity Barrow upon Humber Lincolnshire 1868 70 Restoration includes a new north aisle 10 All Saints Wellingore Lincolnshire Restored by Charles Kirk 11 All Saint s Coleby Lincolnshire St Mary s church Marston Lincs 1880 Restored by Charles Kirk St Andrew Sempringham 1897 Added new South porch which re used a Romanesque archway from the church that had been incorporated into a dovecote at Spanby 12 Commercial and Industrial Buildings EditNo 13 Market Square Boston A Tudor building that was re faced by Charles Kirk in the 1870s and later converted into the Scala Cinema now Poundland 13 Old Savings Bank Northgate Sleaford Lincolnshire Kirk and Parry s Offices and Builders Yard SleafordMilitary Engineering Edit Spit of Grain Martello Tower Kent 1856 nbsp Grain Tower at low tide with later modifications The Martello tower off the Spit Isle of Grain erected by Messrs Kirk and Parry of Sleaford Lincolnshire is completed for the Ordnance authority at Sheerness The tower has been nearly two years in erection The peculiar construction of this tower gives it the facility of firing the guns which are to be of the largest calibre on traversing centre pivots into the Thames and Medway this tower forms a crossfire with the Sheerness Battery guns sufficient to sink any ships attempting to pass The tower is struck from seven different centres in order to get stability to the available parts The average thickness of the solid masonry is 12 feet The outer dimensions are 63 feet by 71 feet underneath is a barrack room capable of accommodating 30 gunners and an officers private room The basement story contains the following rooms viz ordnance store provision store barrack store regimental store and magazine the latter being encased with an entire coat of asphalt The estimated cost of this tower is about 14 000 The extreme height of the tower is 41 feet 6 inches From the exposed situation of the tower which is subject to the sea and weather great difficulties were experienced during the winter months in proceeding with the work 14 Work as Building Contractors Edit nbsp Wanstead Hospital Architect G Somers Clarke Building contractors Kirk and ParryBy the 1850s Kirk and Parry had become a major firm of Building Contractors and by the mid 1860 one of the largest building and contracting firms in England Sir John Summerson in his analysis of contracting firms working in London places them in the top seven largest firms in the 1860s on the basis of the number of contracts they won These included a printing works for the Printing and Publishing Company in Smithfield and the Merchant s Seaman s Orphanage which became Wanstead Hospital 15 Other projects for which they were responsible were Lincoln Prison 1869 72 Whitehaven Docks 1865 and the Scarborough Aquarium 1878 Railway Engineering EditIt is noted that Kirk and Parry were active as railway contractors in the Derby Leeds Liverpool and London areas 16 Specific stations for which they acted as contractors for were Liverpool Central In Lincolnshire the company built two railway lines Edit The Lincoln to Honington Junction railway for Great Northern Railway This opened in 1867 Sleaford to Ruskington Railway also built for the Great Northern Railway which opened in 1882 In Yorkshire they built Edit Scarborough and Whitby Railway in 1872Industrial Interests EditSteam Power Flour Mill Jermyn Street Sleaford Powered 15 Milstones Parry was proprietor of the colliery in Strafford near Barnsley Yorkshire 17 Bracebridge Brickworks Lincoln c 1872 Kirk and Parry appear to have initially developed the Bracebridge Brickworks to supply bricks for the Lincoln to Honington Junction Railway but may have developed it before it became the Bracebridge Brick Company 18 References Edit Sleaford Corn Exchange Sleaford and District Civic Trust Sleaford Historic Buildings Eastgate 1 Leicester Journal Friday 31 May 1872 Stamford Mercury Friday 12 April 1878 Antram 1989 655 Antram 1989 657 Antram 1989 654 Antram 1989 pg 250 Antram pp 100 Antram 1989 pg 120 Lincoln Gazette Saturday 15 December 1877 Sheffield Daily Telegraph Wednesday 14 July 1897 pg 5 Minnis J et al 2015 Boston Lincolnshire Historic North Sea Port and Market Town English Heritage ISBN 9781848022706 From the Launceston Examiner Aus 16 February 1856 Summerson J 1973 The London Building World of the Eighteen Sixties Thames amp Hudson pg 10 and pls 12 and 41 Squires 1996 pg 11 Interment of a noted South Yorkshire coal owner Sheffield Independent 7 February 1880 Squires 1996 pg 23 Antram N revised Pevsner N amp Harris J 1989 The Buildings of England Lincolnshire Yale University Press Squires S E 1996 The Lincoln to Grantham Line via Honington The Oakwood Press Locomation Papers no 195 Pawley S 1996 Kirk and Parry Sleaford builders amp architects Lincolnshire Past and Present Number 24 Summer 1996 3 4 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kirk and Parry Sleaford and District Civic Trust Sleaford Historic Buildings Kirk and Parry 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kirk and Parry amp oldid 1107580736, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
