Joseph John Lish [also known as Joseph J. Lish, and as J. J. Lish] was born in Beamish, Durham, England in c.1841. He was articled to Thomas Oliver (1824-1902) in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and remained as his assistant,. He subsequently established his own practice. He was for many years a member of the Northern Architectural Association, and one of the founders of the Society of Architects, and a Past-President, and Gold Medallist of the Society. He was the author of articles on Reinforced Concrete and Portland Cement. His address was given as Scottish Chambers, West Granger Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1896, and "Fencote", Wingrove Road, Feltham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1914. He died in Ormskirk Lancashire in 1922
Churches, schools, parsonages, commercial and domestic buildings, cemetery works, banks, colliery ventilating structures, estate, and arbitration work
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001