BIRLEY, Studley Patrick (1904-1962), a native of Birmingham, Engl., was born on 17 March 1904 and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, but did not receive a formal education in architecture. He emigrated to Canada in November 1931 and settled in Victoria where he articled with Spurgin & Johnson, and later with J. Graham Johnson. He practiced under his own name from 1936 and is credited with the design of a significant Art Deco landmark, the Sussex Apartment Hotel, completed in 1938. He was briefly in partnership with David C. Frame in 1941-42, but left Victoria to serve with the Royal Canadian Navy during WWII. Upon his return, he invited John H. Wade and C.D. Stockdill to form a partnership in Victoria in 1946. Their firm executed a number of important post-war buildings in Victoria designed in a progressive modernist style. In June 1952 their firm was dissolved and Birley continued to practise in a new partnership with Ian Simpson from 1955. Birley died in Victoria on 29 July 1962 (obit. Victoria Daily Times, 30 July 1962, 13; Daily Colonist [Victoria], 31 July 1962, 5; biog. Who's Who in British Columbia, 1947-48, 18; inf. Architectural Inst. of British Columbia; inf. Dexter Stockdill, Vancouver; D. Luxton, Building the West: The Early Architects of British Columbia, 2003, 454, 493)
S.P. BIRLEY (works in Victoria unless noted)
UPLANDS, residence for A. Gordon Wodehouse, Upper Terrace Road near Cardigan Road, 1937 (Victoria Daily Times, 13 March 1937, 1, descrip.; Larry McCann, Imagining Uplands, 2016, 289, illus.)
UPLANDS, residence for Ernest W. Paitson, Cotswold Road at Uplands Road, 1937 (Victoria Daily Times, 13 March 1937, 1)
QUALICUM BEACH, B.C., Qualicum College, a private boy's school for R. Ivan Knight, begun in 1934 by Karl B. Spurgin, completed by S.P. Birley in 1937; school closed 1970; demol. 2021 (Victoria Daily Times, 24 March 1937, 15, descrip.; Nanaimo Free Press, 26 March 1937, 2, descrip.)
SAANICH, B.C., residence at Christmas Hill & Lake Hill for Montague A.W. Bridgman, near Swan Lake, 1937 (Victoria Daily Times, 17 July 1937, 1)
OAK BAY, residence for A. Clyde Savage, Byng Street near Central Avenue, 1937; still standing in 2023 (Victoria Daily Times, 17 July 1937, 1)
CURRIE & GILLESPIE ANTIQUES, Fort Street, east of Vancouver Street, new facade and alterations, 1937; still standing in 2023 (Victoria Daily Times, 23 Sept. 1937, 11)
SUSSEX APARTMENT HOTEL, Douglas Street at Broughton Street, 1937-38; partly demol. 1997, with facade retained; still standing in 2023 (Victoria Daily Times, 6 Nov. 1937, 1, detailed descrip.; and 13 Aug. 1938, 10-11, illus. & detailed descrip.; C.R., li, 16 Feb. 1938, 29; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 108, illus.; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 238, illus. & descrip.)
OAK BAY, The Duroid Model Home, for the Sidney Roofing & Paper Co., at 520 Falkland Road at Beach Drive, 1938; still standing in 2023 (Victoria Daily Times, 26 Feb. 1938, 9, illus. & detailed architectural descrip.)
SAANICH, B.C., residence for Dr. Russell Robertson, Landsdowne Road, 1939 (Donald Luxton & Jennifer Barr, Saanich Heritage Structures, 2008, 167, illus. & descrip.)
LANGHAM COURT, south of Rockland Avenue, a triplex house at 815-817 Langham Court, for A.P. Johnson, 1940 (Victoria Daily Times, 14 Aug. 1940, 13)
LANGHAM COURT, south of Rockland Avenue, a duplex house at 809-811 Langham Court, 1940 (Victoria Daily Times, 14 Aug. 1940, 13)
OAK BAY, Redfern Gospel Hall, Oak Bay Avenue at Davie Street, 1940; still standing in 2023 (Victoria Daily Times, 20 Aug. 1940, 12)
BIRLEY & FRAME (works in Victoria)
BARTLE & GIBSON LTD., Yates Street, office, 1941 (M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 79, illus.)
VICTORIA PHOENIX BREWING CO., Government Street near Discovery Street, a large one storey addition to industrial building, 1942 (Victoria Daily Times, 9 Jan. 1942, 13)
BIRLEY, WADE & STOCKDILL (Educational and Institutional works in Victoria unless noted)
SALVATION ARMY CITADEL, Pandora Avenue, 1947 (Victoria Daily Times, 27 May 1947, 1; C.R., lx, July 1947, 110; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 80, illus.)
MACDONALD PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL, 1947 (Victoria Daily Times, 8 April 1947, 8, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxiv, Oct. 1947, 364, illus.)
VICTORIA HIGH SCHOOL, a new outdoor Memorial Stadium, 1948 (Victoria Daily Times, 31 July 1948, 20)
VICTORIA LAWN TENNIS CLUB, Amphion Street, a new clubhouse and offices, 1948 (Victoria Daily Times, 2 Nov. 1948, 15)
VICTORIA & ISLAND PUBLICITY BUREAU, The Causeway, 1949 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxvii, Sept. 1949, 303, illus.)
VIEW ROYAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Helmcken Road at Midwood Road, 1949 (Victoria Daily Times, 17 March 1949, 25, t.c.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxvii, Sept. 1949, 290, illus.)
S.J. WILLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL, Topaz Street, 1949-50 (Victoria Daily Times, 17 March 1949, 25, t.c.; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 201)
VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY, Yates Street at Blanchard Street, major addition to the Carnegie Library building, 1950 (Victoria Daily Times, 31 Oct. 1949, 22, t.c.; and 3 Dec. 1949, 27; C.R., xlxiii, Jan. 1950, 154)
CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY, welfare centre, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, May 1950, 146)
FIRE HALL, Oswego Street at Superior Street, 1950 (Victoria Daily Times, 2 June 1950, 25, t.c.)
OAK BAY, Aged Men's Home, Cadboro Bay Road, a residence for the Superintendent of the Home, 1950 (Victoria Daily Times, 2 June 1950, 25, t.c.)
SPENCER FOUNDATION WELFARE CENTRE, Cook Street at Pembroke Street, 1950-51 (Victoria Daily Times, 14 July 1950, 23, t.c.; Nanaimo Free Press, 13 Sept. 1950, 1)
VICTORIA COLLEGE [now called Camosun College], Richmond Road at Lansdowne Road, a new Library Building, and addition for classrooms, 1950-51 (Victoria Daily Times, 31 August 1950, 1; and 11 Dec. 1950, 7)
CADBORO BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 1950-51 (Victoria Daily Times, 11 Dec. 1950, 7)
SAANICH, B.C., St. George's Anglican Church, St. George's Lane, 1950-51 (Donald Luxton & Jennifer Barr, Saanich Heritage Structures, 2008, 30, illus. & descrip.)
BIRLEY, WADE & STOCKDILL (Commercial and Industrial works in Victoria unless noted)
MEDICAL OFFICE BLOCK, Douglas Street at Courtenay Street, a 6 storey block of medical offices, south of the Strathcona Hotel, with retail shops on the ground floor, 1946 (Victoria Daily Times, 4 May 1946, 3, descrip.)
EDWARD LIPSETT LTD., Bastion Street, west of Langley Street, extensive renovations to existing 4 storey warehouse, with new facade, 1946 (Victoria Daily Times, 26 July 1946, 14, descrip.)
TURNER'S CONFECTIONERY, Birch Street, stores and offices, 1946 (inf. Donald Luxton, Vancouver)
BLACK BALL FERRY TERMINAL, Belleville Street at Oswego Street, in the Inner Harbour, for the Puget Sound Navigation Co.,1946-47 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 27 Sept. 1946, 19, descrip.; Victoria Daily Times, 11 Jan. 1947, 18, descrip.; C.R., lx, May 1947, 130)
STANDARD FURNITURE CO., View Street, a large 3 storey addition to existing retail store, 1947 (Victoria Daily Times, 15 March 1947, 3, illus. & descrip. in advert.)
MUNDAY'S SHOE STORE, Douglas Street, 1947 (Hallmark Society, Capitol Regional District Art Deco and Moderne, 1986)
B.C. ELECTRIC RAILWAY, Gorge Road at Garbally Road, offices, garage, and bus storage yard, 1947 (Victoria Daily Times, 21 July 1947, 7, descrip.; C.R., lx, Aug. 1947, 262)
PORT ALBERNI, B.C., Pacific Hotel, for Pacific Coast Hotels Ltd., Third Avenue at Burde Street, 1947-48 (Victoria Daily Times, 13 Sept. 1947, 11, descrip.; C.R., lx, Oct. 1947, 188)
VIEW STREET, at Blanchard Street, s.e. corner, a 1 storey commercial block for Brown Brothers Ltd. and other commercial tenants, 1947 (Victoria Daily Times, 7 Feb. 1948, 6)
THE WEDGEWOOD SHOP, Government Street near Humboldt Street, retail store, 1948 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxv, Aug. 1948, 267, illus.)
VANCOUVER ISLAND COACH LINES LTD., Humboldt Street near Douglas Street, bus coach garage, 1948-49 (Victoria Daily Times, 2 December 1948, 23; and 17 March 1949, 25, descrip.)
ROYAL TRUST CO., Government Street at View Street, extensive interior alterations for new bank offices, inside the old Union Building, 1948-49 (Victoria Daily Times, 15 Jan 1949, 11, illus. & descrip.)
FOX THEATRE, Quadra Street, 1948-49 (Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House: Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 3, 2007, 49, illus.)
VICTORIA DAILY TIMES NEWSPAPER CO., Douglas Street near Kings Road, office and printing plant, 1949 (C.R., lxii, Aug. 1949, 226)
BEVAN HOTEL, Belleview Street, 1949 (C.R., lxii, Sept. 1949, 164)
FORT STREET, east of Vancouver Street, a retail china shop at 1015 Fort Street, 1950 (Victoria Daily Times, 7 March 1950, 11)
BIRLEY, WADE & STOCKDILL (Residential works in Victoria unless noted)
OAK BAY, residence for Fred Manning, Ripon Road, 1946 (inf. Donald Luxton & Valda Vidners, Vancouver, letter dated 17 July 1987)
FAIRFIELD ROAD, opposite Shotbolt Road, summer house and large gardens for Peggy Carter, called 'Abkhazi Garden', 1946-48 (Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House: Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 4, 2009, 171-72, illus.)
ALBERTA APARTMENTS, Vancouver Street, 1946-48 (Hallmark Society, Capitol Regional District Art Deco and Moderne, 1986)
ATHLONE APARTMENTS, Academy Close, 1947-48 (M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 80, illus.; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 150, illus. & descrip.)
CAMROSE APARTMENTS, Bay Street at Prior Street, 1948; still standing in 2023 (Victoria Daily Times, 26 Feb. 1948, 1; Hallmark Society, Capitol Regional District Art Deco and Moderne, 1986)
FOWLER MANSIONS APARTMENTS, Fort Street at Bank Street, for H.E. Fowler and H.O. Fowler, 1949-50 (Victoria Daily Times, 24 Oct. 1949, 15)
LUXOR MANOR, Richardson Street, 1949-51 (Hallmark Society, Capitol Regional District Art Deco and Moderne, 1986)
FORT STREET, at Fernwood Road, apartment block at 1309 Fort Street, with 12 units, for T. Lambie & Son, 1950 (Victoria Daily Times, 21 Feb.1950, 2)
CRAIGWOOD APARTMENTS, Craigdarroch Road, 1950-51 (Hallmark Society, Capitol Regional District Art Deco and Moderne, 1986)