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Douglas' first major patron was [[Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere|Lord Delamere]]. Douglas enlarged his seat [[Vale Royal Abbey]] in 1860&ndash;61 and built for him St John's Church, Over, in 1860&ndash;63. In 1865 he started to work for the Grosvenor family of [[Eaton Hall (Cheshire)|Eaton Hall]] when he was commissioned by the [[Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster|second Marquess of Westminster]] to design the architectural works for Grosvenor Park, Chester and to build [[St John the Baptist's Church, Aldford]]. Another early patron was R. E. Egerton-Warburton of [[Arley Hall]]. Later Douglas was to carry out a great variety of works for the [[Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster|first Duke of Westminster]] on his Eaton estate and in his properties in North Wales. These included farms, lodges, school, cottages and churches and large houses. He also carried out many commissions for individual clients and built some properties at his own expense. These included 6&ndash;11 Grosvenor Park Road, Chester and the east side of St Werburgh Street, Chester. The Werburgh Street development is in Douglas' black and white half-timbered style and this, together with his [[Eastgate Clock]], are probably his most popular works.<ref name=dnb/>
Douglas' first major patron was [[Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere|Lord Delamere]]. Douglas enlarged his seat [[Vale Royal Abbey]] in 1860&ndash;61 and built for him St John's Church, Over, in 1860&ndash;63. In 1865 he started to work for the Grosvenor family of [[Eaton Hall (Cheshire)|Eaton Hall]] when he was commissioned by the [[Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster|second Marquess of Westminster]] to design the architectural works for Grosvenor Park, Chester and to build [[St John the Baptist's Church, Aldford]]. Another early patron was R. E. Egerton-Warburton of [[Arley Hall]]. Later Douglas was to carry out a great variety of works for the [[Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster|first Duke of Westminster]] on his Eaton estate and in his properties in North Wales. These included farms, lodges, school, cottages and churches and large houses. He also carried out many commissions for individual clients and built some properties at his own expense. These included 6&ndash;11 Grosvenor Park Road, Chester and the east side of St Werburgh Street, Chester. The Werburgh Street development is in Douglas' black and white half-timbered style and this, together with his [[Eastgate Clock]], are probably his most popular works.<ref name=dnb/>


Much of Douglas' work involved churches, either restoring older churches or building new ones. His restorations included [[St Mary's Church, Whitegate]], [[St Paul's Church, Boughton]], Chester and the [[parish church]] of [[Maentwrog]], [[Gwynedd]]. His building materials included half-timber, on occasions for a whole church such as at St Michael's, Altcar, Lancashire, or stone, as at [[Halkyn]], [[Flintshire]]. Many of his new churches have broad naves, narrow aisles and a raised chancel. Other churches have [[Crossing (architecture)|crossing]] towers. These include St Paul's, [[Colwyn Bay]], St John's, [[Barmouth]] and Christ Church, Bryn-y-Maen, [[Conwy]]. He also designed large country houses of which the largest was Abbeystead House in [[Abbeystead]] for the [[Earl of Sefton]]. His outstanding public building was [[St Deiniol's Library]], [[Hawarden]] which was built in memory of [[William Gladstone|W. E. Gladstone]].<ref name=dnb/>
Much of Douglas' work involved churches, either restoring older churches or building new ones. His restorations included [[St Mary's Church, Whitegate]], [[St Paul's Church, Boughton]], Chester and the [[parish church]] of [[Maentwrog]], [[Gwynedd]]. His building materials included half-timber, on occasions for a whole church such as at [[St Michael and All Angels Church, Altcar|St Michael's, Altcar]], Lancashire, or stone, as at [[Halkyn]], [[Flintshire]]. Many of his new churches have broad naves, narrow aisles and a raised chancel. Other churches have [[Crossing (architecture)|crossing]] towers. These include St Paul's, [[Colwyn Bay]], St John's, [[Barmouth]] and Christ Church, Bryn-y-Maen, [[Conwy]]. He also designed large country houses of which the largest was Abbeystead House in [[Abbeystead]] for the [[Earl of Sefton]]. His outstanding public building was [[St Deiniol's Library]], [[Hawarden]] which was built in memory of [[William Gladstone|W. E. Gladstone]].<ref name=dnb/>


Edward Hubbard wrote a biography of Douglas entitled ''The Work of John Douglas''. In this he stated: {{quote|He was a first rate church architect and in great demand as a designer of county houses. Douglas was influenced by the timber framing of Cheshire and the Welsh border and the late medieval brick architecture of Germany and the Low Countries, but his buildings were anything but copyist and bear a highly individual and nearly always recognisable stamp. They are marked by sure proportions, picturesque effects of massing and outline, careful detailing, and a superb sense of craftsmanship and feeling for materials.<ref>Quoted in King, p.&nbsp;2</ref>| ''quoted in King, p. 2''}}
Edward Hubbard wrote a biography of Douglas entitled ''The Work of John Douglas''. In this he stated: {{quote|He was a first rate church architect and in great demand as a designer of county houses. Douglas was influenced by the timber framing of Cheshire and the Welsh border and the late medieval brick architecture of Germany and the Low Countries, but his buildings were anything but copyist and bear a highly individual and nearly always recognisable stamp. They are marked by sure proportions, picturesque effects of massing and outline, careful detailing, and a superb sense of craftsmanship and feeling for materials.<ref>Quoted in King, p.&nbsp;2</ref>| ''quoted in King, p. 2''}}
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Revision as of 14:33, 21 March 2008

John Douglas
John Douglas in late middle age
Born11 April 1830
Sandiway, Cheshire, England
Died23 May 1911
Walmoor Hill, Dee Banks, Chester
Resting placeOverleigh old cemetery, Chester
NationalityEnglish
EducationArticled to Edward Graham Paley, Lancaster
OccupationArchitect
SpouseElizabeth Edmunds
ChildrenJohn Percy (1862)
Colin Edmunds (1864)
Mary Elizabeth (1866)
Sholto Theodore (1867)
Jerome (1869)
Parent(s)John Douglas
Mary Swindley

John Douglas (11 April 1830–23 May 1911) was an English architect who was trained in Lancaster and who set up his practice in Chester. He was responsible for the design of many buildings in Cheshire, North Wales and northwest England, in particular in the estate of Eaton Hall. He restored old churches, built new churches and large houses, and many smaller properties. His most popular designs are those for the black and white half-timbered buildings on the east side of St Werburgh Street, Chester and the nearby Eastgate Clock.[1] Pevsner described him, without qualification, as "the best Cheshire architect".[2]

Biography

John Douglas was born at Park Cottage, Sandiway, Cheshire, the only son of John Douglas (c.1798–1862) and his wife Mary née Swindley (1792–1863).[1] His father had started his working life as a labourer, then became a joiner, a builder and finally a surveyor. His mother had been born and brought up in the Eaton estate in Cheshire.[3] Around 1846 Douglas was articled to Edmund Sharpe and Edward Graham Paley architects in Lancaster. After completing his articles he remained with Paley as his chief assistant.[1] It is likely that he had also begun to practise independently by about 1855, when he was still in Paley's office. In 1860 he set up his own practice at 6 Abbey Square, Chester which was initially both his home and his office.[3]

In 1860 Douglas married Elizabeth Edmunds, the daughter of a farmer from Bangor-is-y-Coed, Flintshire. They had five children, two of whom died in infancy and another at the age of 12. The surviving sons were Colin Edmunds, who was born in 1864, and Sholto Theodore, born in 1867.[1] Colin trained as an architect and joined his father's practice around 1880. However he developed tuberculosis and died in 1887. When Colin became ill and was no longer able to practice, Daniel Fordham (born 1845/6) joined Douglas as a partner in 1884. Fordham had been a draughtsman in Douglas' office since at least 1872 but he too developed tuberculosis and retired in 1898. He was replaced as a partner by Charles Minshall (born in 1858). Minshall had been articled to Douglas in 1874 and then remained with him as an assistant. This partnership was dissolved in 1909 when Minshall joined E. J. Muspratt.[3]

In the mid 1870s the Douglas family had moved to Great Boughton but in 1878 Elizabeth Douglas died.[4] In the mid 1890s Douglas built a large Tudor-style house, Walmoor Hill at Dee Banks, Chester, for himself and Sholto, who was by then an alcoholic.[3] This house acquired the local nicknames of "Douglas' Castle' and Douglas' Folly'.[4] Douglas died in Walmoor Hill in 1911, leaving an estate of over £32,000 and in addition a number of properties. His practice was absorbed by Minshall and Muspratt under the title of Douglas, Minshall & Muspratt.[3] John Douglas was buried in Overleigh old cemetery, Chester.[1]

Architectural styles and practice

From his training with Paley, Douglas learned to design in a Decorated Gothic style. He was influenced by Pugin and the Cambridge Camden Society[1] and his early buildings were in High Victorian style.[2] By the time Douglas moved to Chester the half-timbered revival was well under way and Douglas came to use this style in his buildings in Chester and elsewhere.[5] From the mid 1860s he became influenced by architectural styles on the Continent including Italian Gothic and Renaissance and styles from France, Germany and the Netherlands. By the later 1880s and 1890s he had returned to English styles such as Tudor and neo-Jacobean.[3]

Douglas' first major patron was Lord Delamere. Douglas enlarged his seat Vale Royal Abbey in 1860–61 and built for him St John's Church, Over, in 1860–63. In 1865 he started to work for the Grosvenor family of Eaton Hall when he was commissioned by the second Marquess of Westminster to design the architectural works for Grosvenor Park, Chester and to build St John the Baptist's Church, Aldford. Another early patron was R. E. Egerton-Warburton of Arley Hall. Later Douglas was to carry out a great variety of works for the first Duke of Westminster on his Eaton estate and in his properties in North Wales. These included farms, lodges, school, cottages and churches and large houses. He also carried out many commissions for individual clients and built some properties at his own expense. These included 6–11 Grosvenor Park Road, Chester and the east side of St Werburgh Street, Chester. The Werburgh Street development is in Douglas' black and white half-timbered style and this, together with his Eastgate Clock, are probably his most popular works.[1]

Much of Douglas' work involved churches, either restoring older churches or building new ones. His restorations included St Mary's Church, Whitegate, St Paul's Church, Boughton, Chester and the parish church of Maentwrog, Gwynedd. His building materials included half-timber, on occasions for a whole church such as at St Michael's, Altcar, Lancashire, or stone, as at Halkyn, Flintshire. Many of his new churches have broad naves, narrow aisles and a raised chancel. Other churches have crossing towers. These include St Paul's, Colwyn Bay, St John's, Barmouth and Christ Church, Bryn-y-Maen, Conwy. He also designed large country houses of which the largest was Abbeystead House in Abbeystead for the Earl of Sefton. His outstanding public building was St Deiniol's Library, Hawarden which was built in memory of W. E. Gladstone.[1]

Edward Hubbard wrote a biography of Douglas entitled The Work of John Douglas. In this he stated:

He was a first rate church architect and in great demand as a designer of county houses. Douglas was influenced by the timber framing of Cheshire and the Welsh border and the late medieval brick architecture of Germany and the Low Countries, but his buildings were anything but copyist and bear a highly individual and nearly always recognisable stamp. They are marked by sure proportions, picturesque effects of massing and outline, careful detailing, and a superb sense of craftsmanship and feeling for materials.[6]

— quoted in King, p. 2
St. Paul's Church, A landmark of Boughton, Chester. The church was redesigned by John Douglas, who also lived near by.
Walmoor Hill
John Douglas' gravestone, in Overleigh Cemetery, Chester

Major works

This list excludes the many farms, schools, lodges and other estate buildings designed for the Eaton estate and similar work for other patrons, as well as numerous church restorations. It includes work designed in partnership with Daniel Fordham and Charles Minshall.

1860s

St John the Baptist's Church, Aldford
St Ann's Church, Warrington
Works Location Comments Dates Ref. Listing
Vale Royal Abbey Cheshire Enlargement for 2nd Lord Delamere 1860–61 [1][7][8] II*[9]
St. John the Evangelist's Church Over, Winsford, Cheshire For 2nd Lord Delamere 1860–63 [1][10][11] II[12]
Kennels Croxteth Hall, Merseyside In High Victorian Gothic style 1861–70 [13] II[14]
Boteler Grammar School School Brow, Warrington, Cheshire New building, demolished 2003 1862–64
Congregational Church Over, Winsford, Cheshire Now United Reformed Church 1864–65 [1][10][11] II[15]
St John the Baptist's Church Aldford, Cheshire For 2nd Marquess Of Westminster 1865–66 [1][16] II[17]
Architectural works for Grosvenor Park Chester For 2nd Marquess Of Westminster 1865–67 [1]
St. Bartholomew's Church Sealand, Flintshire 1865–67
Burford Lane Farmhouse Lymm, Cheshire 1866 [18] II[18]
Witton Grammar School Northwich, Cheshire Altered; now Local Authority Offices 1866–71
Oakmere Hall Cheshire Built for John and Thomas Johnson but first occupied by John Higson 1867 [1][19][20] II[21]
Soughton Hall Northop, Flintshire Attributed, remodelling for John Scott Bankes
Lower Lodge and alterations to Stables 		1867–69
1868
St. Ann's Church Warrington New church. Now an indoor climbing centre 1868–69 [1][22] II*[23]
St. Paul's Church Helsby, Cheshire New church 1868–70 [24] II[25]
St Dunawd's Church Bangor-on-Dee Restorations and additions 1868–77 [26]
31–33 Dee Banks Chester Pair of houses, one of which was for himself 1869 [27] II[28]
St Chad's Church Farndon, Cheshire Southeast chapel 1869 [29]
St. Alban's Church Tattenhall, Cheshire Restored and remodelled former church 1869–70 [30] II*[31]

1870s

St Mary's Church, Dodleston
St Werburgh Street,Chester
St Mary's Church, Whitegate
George and Dragon,
Great Budworth
File:St John's Church, Hartford.jpg
St John the Baptist's Church, Hartford
St Stephen's Church, Moulton
St Mary's Church, Weaverham
St Michael's Church, Altcar
Works Location Comments Dates Ref. Listing
St. Mary’s Church Dodleston, Cheshire Almost complete rebuilding, retaining lower part of tower, the lychgate and churchyard wall for 3rd Marquess Of Westminster 1870 [32] II[33]
Head gamekeepers's cottage Croxteth Park, Merseyside 1870s [34] II[34]
The Elms Pulford, Cheshire Remodelling for Capt. Scotland and Eaton Estate 1871
St Chad's Church Holt, Wrexham Remodelling with Ewan Christian 1871–73 [26]
Dutch Tea House Eaton Hall, Cheshire 1872 [35] II[36]
Plas Tan-Y-Bwlch Maentwrog, Merionethshire Additions for W.E. Oakeley 1872
Vicarage Frodsham, Cheshire Enlarged and renovated 1872 [37] II*[38]
Green Paddocks Pulford, Cheshire House for the 1st Duke of Westminster 1872 [39] II[40]
Colwyn Bay Hotel Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire Now demolished c.1872
Shotwick Park Saughall, Cheshire House and stables for Thornycroft Vernon, rebuilt after fire in 1907, now old peoples' home 1872–75 [41] II[42][43]
Manor House Great Barrow, Cheshire Attributed, alterations and additions for George Okell 1873
Ruloe House Crowton, Cheshire Agent's house for Wilbraham Estate 1873 [7] II[44]
Park Keeper's Cottage Eaton Hall, Cheshire For the 1st Duke of Westminster 1873 [45] II[46]
Broxton Higher Hall
(or Old Hall) 		Broxton, Cheshire Wings added and lodge built. For Sir Philip De M. Grey Egerton[citation needed] (Remodelled again in 1961)[citation needed] c.1873 [47] II[48][49]
St. Paul's Church Marston, Cheshire Now demolished 1874
Market House Northwich, Cheshire Now demolished 1874 [50]
Grammar School Bunbury, Cheshire Now a primary school 1874 [51] II[52]
15–27 St Werburgh Street Chester For George Hodgkinson 1874 [53][54] II[53][54]
St. Mary's Church Whitegate, Cheshire Remodelling for 2nd Lord Delamere 1874–75 [1][7][55] II[56]
St. John's Church Hartford, Cheshire Replaced earlier church 1874–75 [50][57] II[58]
Witton Grammar School Northwich, Cheshire More alterations 1874–78 [50]
Overdale Tarporley Rd., Cuddington, Cheshire Attributed for G.F. Wilbraham 1875
Presbyterian Chapel Rossett, Denbighshire 1875
West Lodge to Bryn-y-Pys Overton-on-Dee 1875 [26]
Lea Hall Farm Aldford, Cheshire 1875 [59]
Hill Bark Farm Frankby, Wirral, Merseyside Model farm 1875 [60] II[61]
George and Dragon Great Budworth, Cheshire For R. E. Warburton 1875 [62] II[63]
Morris Oak Eccleston, Cheshire Cottages for servants of the 1st Duke of Westminster c1875 [64] II[65]
Cilcain Hall Flintshire New house and entrance lodge for W.R. Buddicom 1875–77
Dunsdale Frodsham, Cheshire For Charles Broadbent 1876
St Paul's Church Boughton, Chester 1876 [1] II*[66]
St John the Baptist's Church Chester Reredos (built by Morris & Co.) 1876 [67]
St. Stephen's Church Moulton, Cheshire New church and vicarage 1876–77 [68][69] II[70][71]
St. Peter's Church Northop, Flintshire Restoration 1876–77
Aldford Hall Aldford, Cheshire Farmhouse for the 1st Duke of Westminster 1876–81 [59] II[72]
Christ Church Chester Rebuilding in separate stages 1876–1900 [73] II[74]
Sessions House Northop, Flintshire For John Scott Bankes 1877
Tallarn Green Flintshire The Gelli, For The Hon. Georgiana and Henrietta Kenyon 1877
Vale Royal Abbey Cheshire Oriel window and porch, and remodelling of the library for the 2nd Lord Delamere 1877 [7][8] II*[9]
St Mary's Church Weaverham, Cheshire Restoration adding porch and vestry 1877 [75] I[76]
School and schoolmaster's house Waverton, Cheshire For 1st Duke of Westminster 1877 [77] II[78]
Newbold (or Lea Newbold) Farm Bruera, Cheshire Farmhouse for 1st Duke of Westminster c1877 [79] II[80]
Church of St. Mary the Virgin Halkyn, Flintshire 1877–78 [1]
Cottage Hospital Gwernaffield Road Mold, Flintshire 1877–78
Tai Cochion Nannerch, Flintshire For W.R. Buddicom 1877–78
St. Mary's Vicarage Whitegate, Cheshire Paid for by Lord Delamere 1878 [81]
St. Michael's Church Great Altcar,
West Lancashire 		For 4th Earl Of Sefton 1878–79 [1] II*[82]
Welsh Church of St. John the Evangelist Mold, Flintshire 1878–79
Llannerch Panna
(now Tudor Court) 		Penley, Flintshire For The Hon. George T. Kenyon, uncompleted 1878–79
Baptist Chapel, Grosvenor Park Road Chester Now Zion Chapel 1879–80 [83] II[84]
6–11 Grosvenor Park Road Chester Built at own expense 1879–80 [1] II*[85]

1880s

St Mary's Church, Pulford
St John the Baptist's Church, Chester
St John the Baptist's Church, Hartford
St Peter's Church, Waverton
Friar's School, Bangor
Works Location Comments Dates Ref. Listing
Town Hall Bootle, Merseyside Competition designs 1880
St. Oswald's Vicarage Chester, Cheshire Now English Department of Chester College 1880 II[86]
Wrexham Road Farm Eccleston, Cheshire Model farm for the 1st Duke of Westminster 1880 [64] II[87]
St. Chad's Church Hopwas, Staffordshire 1881 II[88]
Exchange Station Liverpool Competition designs with C.F. Findlay 1881
Rowden Abbey Bromyard, Herefordshire New house for H.J. Bailey 1881
Yew Tree Farm and cottages
Coffee house 		Rossett, Wrexham For Alexander Balfour 1881 [26]
Eccleston Hill Lodge Eccleston, Cheshire New House, Stables and Cottage for Eaton Estate 1881–82 [89] II*[90]
Grosvenor Club
and North & South Wales Bank 		Eastgate St, Chester, Cheshire
Additions 		1881–83
1908
St. Mary's Church Pulford, Cheshire Rebuilding at the partial expense of the 1st Duke of Westminster 1881–84 [91] II*[92]
Barrowmore Hall Barrow Court Great Barrow, Cheshire New house for H. Lyle Smith (destroyed in Second World War) 1881 [93]
Forest Hey Sandiway, Cheshire Attributed, remodelling of house, stables and cottage,
the house was probably designed originally by Douglas, N.D 		1882
St John the Baptist's Church Chester North porch, rebuilt after collapse of tower 1882 [67]
Wigfair Cefn Meiriadog, Denbighshire Rebuilding for Rev. R.H. Howard 1882–84
The Paddocks Eccleston, Cheshire House for the agent of the Duke of Westminster 1882–83 [1][94] II*[95]
Danefield Largs, Ayrshire New house for W.G. Crum 1883 [3]
Plas-Yn-Balls
(now Plas Y Mynydd) 		Flint, Flintshire Attributed, new house 1883
Plas Mynach Barmouth, Merionethshire New house for W.H. Jones 1883
Peers Memorial Fountain
and Clocktower 		Ruthin, Denbighshire 1883
Stud Lodge Eaton Hall, Cheshire For the 1st Duke of Westminster 1883 [45] II[96]
St Bartholomew's Church Great Barrow, Cheshire Restoration of nave 1883 [93] II*[97]
Holywell Workhouse Flintshire Chapel and vagrants' wards 1883–84
St. Werburgh's New Church Warburton, Greater Manchester For R. E. Egerton-Warburton 1883–85 II[98]
Cornist Hall Flintshire Remodelling or rebuilding for Richard Muspratt, unfinished 1884
St. Deiniol's Church Hawarden, Flintshire Improvements to Whitley Chancel 1884
Hield House Farm Great Budworth, Cheshire For Second Lord Tabley 1884 [99]
Chapel, Carlett Park Eastham, Merseyside For Rev. W.E. Torr 1884–85 [100] II[101]
St. Deiniol's Church Criccieth, Caernarvonshire Closed, 1988 1884–87
Bronwylfa St. Asaph Reconstruction after a fire for T.B. Watts c.1884
Jodrell Hall (now Terra Nova School) Twemlow, Cheshire Additions to House 1885 [102] II[103]
Abbeystead House Abbeystead, Lancashire New Mansion and two lodges for 4th Earl of Sefton 1885–87 [1] II[104]
Institute and Baths Tamworth, Staffordshire For Rev. William Macgregor - Demolished c.1885–86
Halkyn Castle Flintshire Additions 1886
St John the Baptist's Church Chester Northeast belfry 1886 [105] I[105]
Baptist Church Bridge Lane Frodsham, Cheshire Enlarged, 1912-15 1886–87
Christ Church Rossett, Wrexham Replaced earlier church 1886–92 [26]
Coetmor Bryn Goodman, Ruthin, Denbighshire New House for Col. Cornwallis West c.1886
Dedwyddfa Bryn Goodman, Ruthin, Denbighshire Attributed, new house c.1886
Acton Park Lodge Acton, Wrexham 1887 [26]
St Paul's Church Colwyn Bay, Conwy 1887–88 [1]
St. John's the Baptist's Church Hartford, Cheshire Added tower 1887–88 [57] II[58]
St Peter's Church Waverton, Cheshire Restoration, including rebuilding of clerestory 1888 II*[106]
Saighton Lane Farm Saighton, Cheshire With Fordham
Model Farm for the 1st Duke of Westminster 		1888 [107] II[108]
Friars School Bangor, Caernarvonshire Winning competition design
Executed 		1888
1898–1900
Home Farm Abberley, Worcestershire New buildings for John Joseph Jones, converted into housing c.1888
Gloddaeth
(now St. David's College) 		Caernarvonshire West wing for Lady Augusta Mostyn 1889
Memorial to Sir Richard Brooke of Norton Priory St Mary's Church,Halton, Runcorn, Cheshire With Fordham 1889 [109]
Hawarden Castle Flintshire Porch for W.E. Gladstone 1889–90
Holy Trinity Church Capenhurst, Cheshire Tower and much of the interior 1889–90 [110] II[110]
St Andrew's Church West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside With Fordham. Completed 1907–09 with Minshull 1889–91 [111] II[112]
St. James' Church Haydock, Merseyside With Fordham 1889–91 [113]
Grammar School Ruthin, Denbighshire 1889–92
Church of St. John the Divine Barmouth, Merionethshire 1889–95 [1]

1890s

St Michael's Church, Marbury
St Wenefrede's Church, Bickley
Wardley Hall
Walmoor Hill
St John the Evangelist's Church, Weston, Runcorn
Eastgate clock
Front entrance to
St. Deiniol's Library
Works Location Comments Dates Ref. Listing
Abbotsford Warrington Rd., Cuddington, Cheshire New house for Jabez Thompson 1890 [114]
Ford Lane Farm Aldford, Cheshire With Fordham 1890 [59]
Obelisk Eaton Hall, Cheshire With Fordham. For the 1st Duke of Westminster 1890 [115] II[115]
Cottage Hospital
(now St. John's Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases) 		Droitwich, Worcestershire For Dyson Perrins 1891
Stables and adjoining cottages Abbeystead House, Abbeystead, Lancashire For 4th Earl of Sefton 1891–92 II[116]
St Michael's Church Marbury, Cheshire Re-gothicized. With Fordham 1891–92 [117] II*[118]
Bolehall Manor Tamworth, Staffordshire Remodelling for Rev. William Macgregor c.1891
St. Wenefrede's Church Bickley, Cheshire With Fordham
For the 4th Marquess of Cholmondeley 		1892 [119] II[120]
Cottages Port Sunlight, Merseyside for Lord Leverhulme 1892–99 [121]
The Wern Tremadoc, Caernarvonshire Remodelling for R.M. Greaves 1892
Glangwna, Caernarvonshire New house for J.E. Greaves 1892–93
St. David's Welsh Church Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire 1892–93
Over Wyresdale Church Lancashire Remodelling for 4th Earl of Sefton 1892–94
Brocksford Hall Derbyshire New house for C.W. Jervis-Smith 1893
Llety Dryw Hall Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire New house and remodelling of earlier building to form stables;
(stables now altered) 		1893
All Saints Church Higher Kinnerton, Cheshire 1893
Eccleston Lodge and Gates Eaton Hall, Cheshire With Fordham 1894 [122] II[123][124]
Dell Bridge Port Sunlight Pedestrian bridge. With Fordham 1894 [125] II[126]
Wardley Hall Wardley,
Greater Manchester 		Restoration, and new lodge 1894 [127] I[128]
Worsley Old Hall Worsley,
Greater Manchester 		Estate buildings 1894–95 [129]
Lyceum Port Sunlight With Fordham. School and church, now social centre 1894–96 [130] II[131]
2–18 St. Werburgh's Street Chester, Cheshire Rebuilding of East side of street, for himself 1895–99 [1][132] II*[133]
Walmoor Hill Dee Banks, Chester New house for himself 1896 [1][134] II*[135]
Maentwrog Church Merionethshire Remodelling 1896
Christ Church, Bryn-Y-Maen Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire For Mrs. Eleanor Frost 1896–99
Thornton Manor Thornton Hough, Merseyside With Fordham
Additions for Lord Leverhulme, later demolished 		c.1896 [136]
Congregational Church Great Crosby, Merseyside With Fordham. Now United Reformed church 1897–98 [137] II[138]
St John the Evangelist's Church Weston, Runcorn, Cheshire With Fordham. New church and school and restoration of village cross 1897–98 [139] II*[140]
All Saints Church Deganwy,Caernarvonshire For Lady Augusta Mostyn 1897–99
Christ Church Bryn-y-Maen, Denbighshire 1897–99 [1]
7 Grosvenor St. Chester, Cheshire For 1st Duke of Westminster as home and centre for midwives 1898 [141] II[141]
Bryn-Y-Maen Vicarage Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire For Mrs. Eleanor Frost 1898
Henllys Hall Manafon, Montgomeryshire For Rev. & Mrs. T.J. Williams 1898
St Oswald's Chambers St Werburgh's Street, Chester 1898 II[142]
St. Ethelwold's Church Shotton, Flintshire 1898–1902
Eastgate Clock Eastgate, Chester Built to celebrate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee 1899 [1] I[143]
St Deiniol's Library Hawarden, Flintshire For Gladstone family
first stage including library and wardens' rooms
as part of Gladstone National Memorial 		1899–1902
(completion
1904–06) 		[1]
St. John the Baptist Church Old Colwyn, Denbighshire 1899–1903

1900s

St Paul's Church, Boughton
Works Location Comments Dates Ref. Listing
St John the Evangelist's Church Ashton Hayes, Cheshire With Minshull. Vestry added and chancel altered 1900 [144] II[145]
1–7 Charing Cross Birkenhead, Merseyside With Minshull. Bank, shops and offices 1901 [146] II[147]
All Saints Episcopal Church Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire 1901–03 [3]
St. Matthew's Church Buckley, Flintshire Remodelling and partial rebuilding c.1901–04
St. Deiniol's Church Hawarden, Flintshire Restoration and addition of Gladstone Memorial Chapel
and South African War Memorial Cross
Further minor alterations and additions,
Addition of vestries
c.1901–05
1905–06;
1908–09
Rayner Memorial Clock Tower Llangefni, Anglesey 1902
Bridgewater Hotel Worsley, Lancashire For Earl of Ellesmere 1902
St Paul's Church Boughton, Chester South aisle added 1902 [1][148]
St. David's Welsh Church Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire 1902–03
St John's Church Sandiway, Cheshire Partly at his own expense
tower added to his design after his death 		1902–03 [149][20] II[150]
Prudential Assurance Building Foregate St./Bath St., Chester 1903
Colshaw Hall Over Peover, Cheshire 1903 II[151]
Bear's Paw Frodsham, Cheshire With Minshull
House, now a public house, remodelled 		1903–04 [60] II[152]
St Chad's Church Over, Winsford, Cheshire Widening of north aisle 1904 [11] II*[153]
St Paul's Church Boughton, Chester Spirelet added 1906 [148]
Congregational Church Hoylake, Wirral, Merseyside With Minshull. Now United Reformed Church
Flèche damaged in war, not replaced 		1905–06 [154] II[155]
Longden Manor Shropshire Alterations and additions, and new stables
for William Swire (now demolished) 		1905–07
The Homestead
(now Red Walls Children's Home) 		Sandiway, Cheshire Attributed, house and stables for B.J. Sanby 1906–07
Church of the Resurrection and All Saints Caldy, Wirral With Minshull
Extensive alterations, including adding tower 		1906–07 [156] II[157]
All Saints Episcopal Church St Andrews, Fife Chancel and belltower
Nave added by Paul Waterhouse 		1906–07
1923 		[3]
Shotwick Hall Great Saughall, Cheshire Rebuilding after fire and enlargement, for Thorneycroft Vernon 1907
St. Paul's Church Helsby, Cheshire With Minshull. South aisle and chapel added 1909 [24] II[25]
St. Matthew's Church Saltney Ferry, Flintshire Possibly to a Douglas & Minshull design of 1905 1910–11

Undated

Works Location Comments Ref. Listing
Abberley Hall Worcestershire Attributed, estate buildings including the Corner House, North Lodge, and a pair of cottages
for John Joseph Jones and William Jones 		II*[158]
Appleton Hall Cheshire Remodelling for Thomas Henry Lyon, now demolished, (perhaps c.1860)
The Hollins Darcy Lever, Bolton, Greater Manchester For The Fletcher Family
Glossop Hall Derbyshire Additions

References

Notes

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