Ignatius Scoles

Ignatius Scoles SJ (1 December 1834 – 15 July 1896) was a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, architect and writer. He designed churches and civic buildings and was the son of Joseph John Scoles.

Early life He was born in Hammersmith in London. His father was the noted architect Joseph John Scoles, who was working on St Ignatius Church in Preston, Lancashire when Ignatius was born.

His early education was at two Jesuit schools, Hodder Place and Stonyhurst College. In 1856, he was elected as an associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects. and helped with the construction of Brickdam Cathedral. He recorded his time in Guyana by writing Sketches of African and Indian Life in British Guiana (Kessinger, 1885). He returned in England in 1874, but went back to Guyana in 1880 and died there in 1896. Interior of Brickdam Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana in 1871 (burnt down in 1913). Remodeling of St Wilfrid's Church, Preston, Lancashire, England in 1880. Georgetown City Hall in 1889.

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