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King Street, showing the Gaskell Memorial Tower Knutsford is a market town in Cheshire East, England. Historically, its two main streets are Princess Street and King Street, which still contain 17th and 18th-century houses and shops, and Georgian buildings. The prosperity of the town grew with the arrival of the railway, and this resulted in the building of large houses to the south of the ...
He described Watt's buildings in Knutsford as a "monstrous desecration of a small and pleasant country town", yet conceded that younger critics might call him the "Gaudí of England". [14] Referring specifically to the tower and former coffee house he criticised its "remorseless imposing of crazy grandeur on poor Knutsford". [ 10 ]
Richard Harding Watt (1842–1913) was an English designer who worked with four professional architects to create large houses and associated buildings in the town of Knutsford, Cheshire. Key [ edit ]
It was built for the governor of Knutsford Gaol, and has later been used as a Tourist Information Centre. It was built in 1844 and designed by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe. [1] [2] [3] It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. [4] The house is constructed in red brick in Georgian ...
The town hall was latterly mainly used as an events venue. Knutsford Urban District Council, formed in 1895, [4] was initially based at offices in King Street but after Knutsford Prison closed in 1913, [5] moved its main departments to the former Governor's House, just 200 yards (180 m) to the south of the town hall on Toft Road. [6]
Richard Harding Watt (1842–1913) was an English designer who worked with four professional architects to create large houses and associated buildings in the town of Knutsford, Cheshire. Biography [ edit ]
Brook Street Chapel, is in the town of Knutsford, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. [1] The chapel was built in soon after the passing of the Toleration Act 1688. [2] It is built in red brick with a stone-flagged roof in two storeys with two external staircases.
The county of West Yorkshire is divided into five metropolitan boroughs. The metropolitan boroughs of West Yorkshire are Leeds, Wakefield, Kirklees, Calderdale and Bradford. As there are 413 Grade II* listed buildings in the county they have been split into separate lists for each borough. Grade II* listed buildings in Leeds