 In 1815 he built St Thomas's Anglican Church at Seaforth, the rector of which, the Reverend William Rawson, established a school in the parsonage for educating the sons of local gentlemen, including the Gladstone boys.He also built St Andrew's Episcopal Church in Renshaw Street, with a school attached to it for educating poor children.After sixteen years of operations, the partnership of "Corrie, Gladstone & Bradshaw" was dissolved in 1801 and its business was continued by John Gladstone under the name of "John Gladstone & Company".