This is the first published account of all the work of this major architectural practice. From the late 1830s to the start of the Second World War, the great Lancaster dynasty of Sharpe, Paley and Austin dominated the architectural profession in the north west of England. This book has been commissioned as part of a series of books on Twentieth Century Architects by RIBA Publishing, English Heritage and the Twentieth Century Society. (English Heritage for the Royal Institute of British Architects 2011)