William Ingle

William Ingle (1828 – 25 March 1870) was an architectural sculptor in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. He specialised in delicately undercut bas relief and small stand-alone stone sculptures of natural and imaginary flora and fauna on churches and on civic, commercial and domestic buildings. He was apprenticed to his uncle Robert Mawer. After Mawer's death in 1854 he worked in partnership with his aunt Catherine Mawer and his cousin Charles Mawer in the company Mawer and Ingle. Notable works by Ingle exist on Leeds Town Hall, Endcliffe Hall, Sheffield and Moorlands House, Leeds. He sometimes exhibited gentle humour in his ecclesiastical work, such as faces peering through greenery, and mischievous humour on secular buildings, such as comic rabbits and frogs among foliage. He died of tuberculosis at age 41 years, having suffered the disease for two years.

William Ingle
Portrait of William Ingle aged about 24 years, by Robert Mawer, in St James' Church, Boroughbridge
Born1828
Bishop Thornton
Died25 March 1870, aged 41 years
Leeds
NationalityBritish
Notable work
Architectural sculpture on:
Mill Hill Chapel, 1848
Moorlands House, Leeds, 1854
Leeds Town Hall, 1854
30 Park Place, Leeds, 1865
Endcliffe Hall, Sheffield, 1865
Commercial Bank, Bradford, 1868
StyleGothic Revival
Neoclassical
MovementAesthetic movement
Romanticism
Gothic Revival
Neoclassicism
Spouse(s)Ann Elizabeth Agar

Blue plaque in Leeds
Blue plaque for William Ingle

At the Henry Moore Institute on 11 July 2019, Leeds Civic Trust unveiled two blue plaques in recognition of the Mawer Group. One of them commemorates the work of William Ingle on 30 Park Place, Leeds. It was scheduled to be affixed to the building at a later date.[18][19]

Works for Robert Mawer
Main article: Robert Mawer
Sheep's head symbolising the Fleece, or Leeds' source of income (1855) by William Ingle, on Moorlands House

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Works for Catherine Mawer
Main article: Catherine Mawer
Capital (1859), in faux Romanesque style, featuring green man-animal among natural foliage, in St Peter, Barton upon Humber
  • Susannah Blesard monument, St Mark, Woodhouse, 1856.[37] Flora and fauna on memorial.
  • Former St Mark's, Low Moor, Bradford, 1855−1857.[38] Foliage on capitals, tympanum of south porch, drainpipe gargoyle, foliage on interior capitals, pulpit and font (interior no longer accessible to public)
  • New Hall for Halifax Mechanics Institution, 1855−1857.[39] Most of the foliage is by Ingle, while Catherine carved the heads.
  • Church of the Holy Innocents, Thornhill Lees 1858.[40] Gargoyles on exterior (interior carving has not yet been examined).
  • Town Hall, Leeds, 1853–1858.[41] Foliage and ram's heads on front door panels, arch over front door tympanum, roof pinnacles, sheep on clock tower, Corinthian capitals.
  • Memorial tablet, John the Baptist Knaresborough, 1859–1860.[42][43] All carving of foliage is by Ingle.
  • St Peter, Barton-upon-Humber, restoration 1859.[44] Foliage and fauna on capitals and font, animal heads on colonnade in nave.
  • St Stephen's Church, Bowling Old Lane, Bradford 1859–1860.[45] Gargoyles.

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Works for Mawer and Ingle
Main article: Mawer and Ingle
  • Former Barnsley Cemetery chapels, lodges and gateway, 1860–1861.[46] On remaining entrance archway and colonnade: foliage on capitals and label stops. Includes the only insect carved by the Mawer group. Both chapels demolished.
  • Warehouses, Bradford, 1862.[47] (Demolished)
  • Church of St Mary, Lower Dunsforth, Boroughbridge, 1861.[48] (The carving has yet to be examined)
  • Former St Bartholomew's, Armley, Leeds, 1861.[49] (Demolished)
  • Church of St Ricarius, Aberford, 1862.[50] Interior corbels, font.
  • Former St Matthews, Chapel Allerton, 1861–1863.[51] (Demolished)
  • Reredos at Christ Church, High Harrogate, 1861–1862.[52] Removed and destroyed. Ingle may have carved the "flowery capitals" on it.
  • Albert Memorial, Queensbury, 1863.[53] Stone panels with foliage and hidden birds, diapering, crocketing.
  • Church of St Peter, Bramley, 1861–1863.[54] Nave demolished and replaced in 20th century, tower remains. Ingle possibly carved gargoyles, pinnacles and capitals on tower.
  • Hepper & Sons auctioneers sales rooms and offices, East Parade, Leeds 1863.[55] Natural foliage on some capitals.
  • Warehouses, 30 Park Place, Leeds, 1865.[56] All carving on this building: natural foliage and hidden animals, birds and frogs.
  • Endcliffe Hall, Sheffield, 1863–1865.[57] Naturalistic carving of foliage and animals, including hidden detail throughout.
  • Former St John the Evangelist, Wortley, Leeds, 1864–1865.[58] (Demolished)
  • Former Holy Trinity, Louth, 1866.[59] Natural foliage on label stops and capitals.
  • Memorial tablet at Holy Trinity, Low Moor, Bradford, 1866.[60] One of Ingle's foremost works: he executed all carving except the roundel portrait and the dedication panel. Humour is shown in an over-large albatross nest on a delicate pinnacle, the bird imitating a pelican vulning. There are quirky hidden sirens, supposed to bring luck if seen, but requiring a ladder to view.
  • Wool Exchange, Bradford, 1864–1867.[61] Naturalistic foliage on interior capitals.
  • Statues of Sweep and Shoeblack, originally in Peel Park, Bradford, 1867.[61] (Statues now lost)
  • Former Church of St Peter, Dewsbury Road, Hunslet Moor, 1866–1868.[62] (Demolished)
  • Commercial Bank, Bradford, 1867–1868.[63] Ingle's last major work, the same building featuring a portrait of him with feather in cap by Catherine Mawer. He carved label stops and small stand-alone sculptures featuring natural and fanciful marine animals, including ships' rats and cats.
  • Former Church of St Clement, Chapeltown Road, Leeds, 1867–1868.[64] (Demolished)
  • St John the Evangelist, Lepton 1866–1868.[65] (The carving is as yet unexamined)
  • Former Unitarian Chapel, Chapel Lane, Bradford, 1869.[66] (Demolished)
  • Scottish Widows insurance building, Park Row, Leeds, 1869.[67] Only one portico remains; Ingle's original contribution is unknown.
  • United Free Methodists day and infant schools, Farsley, 1869.[68] (Sculpture is as yet unexamined)
  • Christ Church, Windhill, Shipley, 1868–1869.[69] (The sculpture is as yet unexamined)
  • Former Church of St Silas, Hunslet, 1868–1869.[70] (Demolished)
  • Church of St John the Evangelist, Dewsbury, 1869.[71] (The sculpture is as yet unexamined, but Ingle may have contributed to the pulpit and font)
  • Former Church of All Saints, Woodlesford, 1869–1870.[72] (Sculpture as yet unexamined. However Ingle died in 1870 after two years' severe illness, so his contribution is unknown)
  • Panel with swan hidden in foliage (1863) on the Albert Memorial, Queensbury
  • Hidden frog (1865) on 30 Park Place, Leeds
  • Comical albatross nest on pinnacle (1866) on memorial tablet, Holy Trinity, Low Moor
  • Imaginary creature (1868) on Old Commercial Bank, Bradford

Media related to Mawer and Ingle at Wikimedia Commons

See also

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