 Hubert Austin died on 22 March 1915 leaving Harry Paley as the sole principal , but the practice continued to be known as Austin and Paley . Helped by assistants and clerks Paley continued to work until the 1940s , but without appointing another partner . He continued to work on churches , repairing and restoring older churches , and designing new ones . His new churches include All Saints , Becconsall ( 1925 – 26 ) , St Stephen on @-@ the @-@ Cliffs , Blackpool ( 1925 – 27 ) , St Hilda , Bilsborrow ( 1926 – 27 ) , St Luke , Orrell ( 1927 – 28 and 1938 ) , St Stephen , Whelley ( 1928 – 30 and 1937 – 38 ) , St Barbara , Earlsdon , Coventry ( 1930 – 31 ) , St Thomas , Blackpool ( 1930 – 32 ) , and his last church , St John , Abram ( 1935 – 37 ) . A major source of commissions following the First World War was the design of war memorials and monuments . Two of Paley 's war memorials are considered to be sufficiently notable to have been designated as Grade II listed buildings . They are both in villages in Cumbria , Beetham and Great Salkeld , both in sandstone in the form of a Celtic cross , and were constructed in or about 1919 . Work continued to be carried out at Sedbergh , Giggleswick , and Leeds Grammar Schools , and on the Royal Lancaster Infirmary . The practice continued to be active until the 1940s . It is uncertain when Harry Paley retired , and it is possible that some work was carried out by his assistants after his retirement . The practice had certainly closed by 1945 , when the offices were sold to Lancaster Corporation and the records of the firm were destroyed . Harry Paley died on 19 April 1946 . 
