1862 – Manchester and Salford Bank, Lancashire
From The Building News, September 19, 1862: The engraving on the opposite side represents the Manchester and Salford Bank which is just being erected. Tho frontage in Mosley Street, as seen in the...
View Article1862 – Congregational Chapel, Lytham, Lancashire
Architect: W. F. Poulton “This building was completed in 1862. It is constructed of Longridge stone coarse with rough face. All the dressings are also of Longridge stone, worked fair. The tower and...
View Article1862 – Church of St. Paul, Hooton, Cheshire
Architect: James K. Colling The church was built between 1858 and 1862 to a design by James K. Colling for the Liverpool banker R.C. Naylor at a cost of £5,000 (£350,000 as of 2013). Designated by...
View Article1861 – St. Luke’s Church, Heywood, Lancashire
Architect: Henry Sumners Published in The Building News, May 10, 1861: “The old chapel, after repeated additions, being galleried all round, became at last too small for the wants of the inhabitants,...
View Article1861 – St. Alban’s Church, Rochdale, Lancashire
Architect: Joseph Clarke “The church of which a view of the interior appears in our present number, was erected two or three years ago; but through the liberality of Mr. Jonathan Nield, of Dunster...
View Article1861 – New Barracks, Chester, Cheshire
Architect: T.M. Penson Published in The Building News, April 12 1861. A barracks for the Cheshire Militia built in the early 1860s on the west side of Castle Esplanade on the site of the nunnery, an...
View Article1861 – Marine Residences at Waterloo, Liverpool
Architect: Henry Sumners From The Building News, May 31 1861: “These newly erected residences are situate upon the shore at the above fashionable watering place, and are in the Gothic style of...
View Article1858 – St. Francis Xavier Church, Liverpool, Lancashire
Architect: S.J. Nicholl Design for Altar & Reredos published in The Building News, January 1st. 1858. Related Posts: 1879 – Chapel for The Catholic Cemetery, Clitheroe, Lancashire 1872 – Church of...
View Article1858 – Crypt Chambers, Eastgate St., Chester, Cheshire
Architect: T.M. Penson Published in The Building News, 1860. Constructed to continue the famous Chester Rows within the design, Penson’s Crypt Chambers is a Grade I listed building. It was built as a...
View Article1857 – Art Treasures Exhibition Building, Manchester, Lancashire
Architect: Francis Fowke & Edward Salomons A temporary exhibition structure built to hold the ‘Art Treasures of Great Britain” from 5 May to 17 October 1857. The idea for an exhibition in...
View Article1855 – Holy Cross Church, Croston, Lancashire
Architect: E.W. Pugin Built as an estate chapel, it served as a Chapel of Ease to Ss Peter & Paul, Mawdesley for the first 26 years of its history, after which it fell into disuse. Later bequeathed...
View Article1846 – Platt Church, Manchester, Lancashire
Architect: Edmund Sharpe The architect’s second “pot church”, so-called because the main building material used in the construction of the church is terracotta. Terracotta is used as the facing...
View Article1839-46 Albert Dock, Liverpool
Architects: Jesse Hartley The Albert Dock in Liverpool, England, was opened in 1846 and was based on plans submitted in 1839 by the architect Jesse Hartley for a combined dock and warehouse system....
View Article1813 – Eaton Hall, Cheshire
Architect: William Porden / William Burn When Robert Grosvenor, then the 2nd Earl Grosvenor, and later the 1st Marquess of Westminster, inherited the Eaton estate in 1802, it was decided that the...
View Article1590 – Borwick Hall, Borwick, Lancashire
Borwick Hall is a 16th century manor house at Borwick, Lancashire. It is a Grade I listed building and is now used as a residential outdoor education and conference centre by Lancashire County Council....
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