Cheshire

1813 – Eaton Hall, Cheshire

Architect: William Porden / William Burn

When Robert Grosvenor, then the 2nd Earl Grosvenor, and later the 1st Marquess of Westminster,

1858 – Crypt Chambers, Eastgate St., Chester, Cheshire

Published in The Building News, 1860. Constructed to continue the famous Chester Rows within the design,

1861 – New Barracks, Chester, Cheshire

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,

1862 – 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.

1862 – The Queen Railway Hotel, Chester, Cheshire

Architect: T.M. Penson

From The Building News, January 17, 1862: This building illustrated in our present Number is approached by a covered arcade from the station.

1863 – Borough Hospital, Birkenhead, Cheshire

Architect: Walter Scott

“The design is in the Italian style of architecture. The site selected is a piece of land fronting a hospital in Hamilton-street,

1866 – Grosvenor Hotel, Chester, Cheshire

Architect: T.M. Penson

Designed and built between 1863 and 1866 by the Chester architect Thomas Mainwaring Penson – it his last major work.

1867 – Albert Memorial Industrial Schools, Birkenhead, Cheshire

Architect: David Walker

In 1864 Sir William Jackson donated land for the building of the Birkenhead industrial school. The school was to stand in the centre of the poorest area of Birkenhead –

1869 – New Wesleyan Chapel, Alsager, Cheshire

Architect: George B. Ford

Now known as Wesley Place Methodist Church. Published in The Building News, April 8th 1870.

1869 – Restoration of Chester Cathedral, Cheshire

Architect: George Gilbert Scott,

From The Building News: “WE give this week two views of Chester Cathedral as it will appear when restored.