Kelly & Birchall

Kelly & Birchall
St Patrick's Church, Soho Square, central London, built by Kelly & Birchall in 1891–93
Key architects	John Kelly Edward Birchall
Founded	1886
Dissolved	1904
Location	Leeds
Buildings	St Patrick's Church, Soho Square (Grade II* listed)

Kelly & Birchall, a partnership between Edward Birchall (1839–6 March 1903) and John Kelly (1840–1904), was an architectural practice based in Leeds, England, from 1886 to 1904 and specialising in churches in the Italianate and Gothic Revival styles.

The partnership between Edward Birchall, who had practised in Leeds since the early 1860s, and John Kelly, who had previously been in partnership with Richard Life Adams (1840–83), was established in 1886.

The church of St Mary of Bethany, New Wortley, Leeds was one of Kelly & Birchall's earliest projects. Initially worked on by Adams & Kelly, Kelly & Birchall took it to completion. Built in 1885 at a cost of £5,600, it featured a spire of 135 feet and a brick-lined interior. St Mary of Bethany was demolished in 1975. Two more of Kelly & Birchall's Leeds buildings have also since been demolished. The original All Hallows Church, on the corner of Hyde Park Road and Regent Terrace, Leeds, built in 1876 at an estimated cost of £10,585, was destroyed by fire on 27 April 1970, though the vicarage remains. The Roman Catholic church of St Francis of Assisi, Manor Road, Holbeck, built in 1896, was closed and demolished in 1979.

Kelly & Birchall designed the Grade II listed St Luke's Church on Gibbon Road in Kingston upon Thames, built between 1886 and 1887 and the Grade II* listed St Patrick's Church, Soho Square (a Roman Catholic church in central London), built between 1891 and 1893.

In Leeds they also designed the Central Higher Grade School (later known as Leeds Higher Grade School) in Woodhouse Lane; this was built in 1889, with an attic added in 1890 by William Landless, who had been clerk of works at Kelly & Birchall, executing designs on their behalf. The building was converted to Council offices in 1994–95.