1870 – Proposed Infirmary, Wigan, Lancashire
Image published in The Building News, March 4th 1870. “WE this week publish a plan and view of a design by Mr.
Thomas Worthington was an eminent 19th-century English architect, particularly associated with public buildings in his native Salford. Worthington was the fourth of six sons of a Salford Unitarian cotton merchant. He left school, aged 15, and was articled to Henry Bowman, architect. After completing his articles in 1847, he went, in 1848, on an eight-month study tour to Italy. The following year, he returned to Manchester and established his own architectural practice in King Street, though he subsequently undertook a second tour to Italy in 1858. Worthington was strongly influenced by his Unitarian upbringing, becoming committed to social reform and improvement, and joining numerous learned societies, including the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, the Portico Library and the Royal Manchester Institution. Partly as a result of his social concerns, Worthington was often commissioned to design public buildings, ranging from public baths and hospitals to workhouses and Unitarian churches. These were often designed in a Gothic style, not dissimilar to that of his contemporary and rival Alfred Waterhouse.
Image published in The Building News, March 4th 1870. “WE this week publish a plan and view of a design by Mr.
Designed for John Edward Taylor, owner of the Manchester Guardian, but sold in 1874 to the engineer,
Elevations, Sections & Plans published in The Building News, February 2nd 1877. “The residence shown on the accompanying sheets of drawings has been recently erected as an addition to an old homestead at Ayres End,
A selection of the 136 entries into a competition to design a new town hall for Manchester.
Designed to be erected on the South Nab near Bolton Abbey. Elevation of Tower including ground plan published in The Architect,
Perspective published in The Architect, January 27th 1887.
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