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1873 – Proposed New Buildings, Kings School, Chester, Cheshire

Architect: Arthur W. Blomfield View of proposed new buildings published in The Architect, June 28th 1873. Related Posts: 1885 – Restoration of Chester Cathedral, Cheshire 1883 – St. John’s Schools,...

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1873 – Helsby Church, Cheshire

Architect: John Douglas Related Posts: 1870 – St. Alban’s Church, Tattenhall, Cheshire 1875 – St. Mary’s Church, Whitegate, Cheshire 1873 – Agents House, Ruloe, Cheshire 1873 – Church of St. Peters,...

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1873 – Church of St. Peters, Outrington, Cheshire

Architect: R.H. Carpenter Perspective published in The Building News, July 18th 1873. Related Posts: 1873 – The Digby Mortuary Chapel, Sherbourne, Dorset 1873 – Helsby Church, Cheshire 1862 – Church of...

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1873 – Agents House, Ruloe, Cheshire

Architect: John Douglas Perspective view including ground plan of design for G.F. Wilbraham esq. and published in The Building News, November 14th 1873. Related Posts: 1873 – Helsby Church, Cheshire...

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1870 – St. Alban’s Church, Tattenhall, Cheshire

Architect: John Douglas It is believed that a church has existed on this site since the time of the Norman conquest. Although the tower and parts of the present church date from the early 16th centur,...

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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. Tradition, in this as in so many other cases, ascribes to the...

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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. “THIS chapel (with which it will be seen a school is combined) occupies a...

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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 – on...

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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. It was completed after his death by his son’s firm R.K....

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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, and which has been found totally inadequate to...

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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. It is built of red brick with...

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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. Naylor at a cost of £5,000 (£350,000 as of 2013). Designated by...

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1861 – 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...

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1858 – 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...

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1813 – 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...

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