George Woodhouse (architect)

House, Green Lane, Bolton (now public house) 1859
Bliss Mill, 1872
Bolton Town Hall 1866–1873
Former Mansion for the Mellor Family, Chorley Road (later Woodside Junior School, now Clevelands Nursery and Preparatory School) 1877

George Woodhouse (29 July 1829 – 3 September 1883) was an English architect who practised from offices in Bolton, and Oldham, then in the county of Lancashire.[1] He collaborated with William Hill on the designs for Bolton Town Hall.

Career

He was born on 19 July 1829 at Lindley, near Huddersfield, the son of John Woodhouse (1788–1862) and Sarah Moor (1788–1875), and baptised on 13 August 1829 in Zion Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Lindley. At age 15 he was apprenticed to James Whittaker of Silverwell Yard of Bradshawgate and later John Williamson Whittaker with whom he entered into partnership. This partnership lasted until 1852.[2]

In independent practice, he had offices at St George's Road, Bolton (from 1860), and Clegg Street, Oldham in Greater Manchester. [citation needed]

He worked in partnership with Edward Potts (1839–1909) from 1861 until 1872 and was later in partnership with William James Morley (1847–1930) around 1883.[citation needed]

He was a prominent Wesleyan Methodist, and was for many years organist of Park Street Chapel.[citation needed][where?]

He was married three times:[citation needed]

  • Firstly to Emma Crosland (1833–1860) of Yew Tree, Lindley at Highfield Independent Chapel on 17 December 1851.[3]
  • Secondly to Ellen Piggott (1834–1867) on 19 June 1862 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. The children from this marriage were:
    • George Herbert Woodhouse (1863–1925)
    • Emma Woodhouse (1865–1907)
    • John Arthur Woodhouse (1866–1949)
  • Thirdly to Harriett Knowles (1849–1894), daughter of Robert Knowles of West Bank, Bolton in the Parish Church at Lytham on 20 April 1871. The children from this marriage were:
    • Robert Knowles Woodhouse (1872–1955)
    • Noel Woodhouse (1873–1946)
    • Henry Basil Woodhouse (1877–1951)
    • William Gilbert Woodhouse (1879–1963)
    • Alfred Victor Woodhouse (1881–1911)

He died on 3 September 1883 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire[4] and was interred in the graveyard of St Peter's Church, Halliwell.[citation needed]

Notable works

  • Heaton Grange ca. 1850 (for John Knowles Esq J.P.)
  • Gilnow New Mills 1854 (damaged by fire in 1868)
  • Fletcher Street Wesleyan Chapel, Bolton (demolished)
  • Sunnyside Institute, Daubhill Street, Bolton
  • Astley Bridge Wesleyan Chapel and Schools, Seymour Road, Bolton (demolished 2015)
  • Lee Chapel, Lee Lane, Horwich 1856[5]
  • Independent Chapel, Bolton Cemetery 1856[6]
  • Bank Street Unitarian Chapel, 1856[7]
  • Organ screen, Wesley Chapel, Bolton 1857.[8]
  • New General Post Office, Market Square, Bolton 1857 (alterations)[9]
  • Bolton Union Workhouse, Fishpool 1858–59[10]
  • House, Green Lane, Bolton (now public house) 1859[11]
  • Mr. Luke Boardman's New Ragged School, Bark Street 1860
  • Atlas Company Cotton Mill, Halliwell 1862
  • Coventry Cotton Company Mill 1862
  • Newton Moor Cotton Spinning Company Mill 1862[12]
  • Park Street Wesleyan Chapel, Bolton 1862–63[13] (demolished)
  • Wesleyan New Chapel, Walkden, Little Hulton. 1863
  • Wesleyan Schools, Regent Road, Salford 1864
  • Independent Sunday School, Rose Hill 1865
  • Wesleyan Chapel, Earlestown 1865
  • St Paul's Schools, Deansgate 1866[14]
  • New Wesleyan Chapel (Oakes Chapel), Lindley, Huddersfield 1867–68[15]
  • New Baptist Chapel, St George's Road, Bolton 1868–69[16]
  • Victoria Mill, Lower Vickers Street Miles Platting Manchester 1869
  • Wesleyan Chapel, Halliwell Road, Bolton 1869[17]
  • Wesleyan Chapel, Dale Street, Leamington Spa 1869[18]
  • Bradford Buildings, 25 and 27 Mawdsley Street, Bolton ca. 1870[19]
  • Bliss Tweed Mill 1872[20]
  • Belper Congregational Church 1872[21]
  • Baptist Chapel and School, Blackburn Road, Haslingden 1872[22]
  • Bolton Town Hall (with William Hill of Leeds) 1866–1873[23]
  • Wyclif Congregational Church, Bewsey Road, Warrington 1873[24]
  • Sunnyside Mills, Daubhill (extensions) 1872-1874
  • Methodist New Connexion Schools, Lindley, Huddersfield 1874
  • Former Mansion for the Mellor Family, Chorley Road (later Woodside Junior School, now Clevelands Nursery and Preparatory School) 1877[25]
  • Trinity Methodist Church, Harrogate 1879[26]

References

  1. ^ Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914: Vol 2 (L-Z). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 1053. ISBN 082645514X.
  2. ^ "Partnerships dissolved". Globe. England. 8 September 1852. Retrieved 12 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Marriages". Huddersfield Chronicle. England. 20 December 1851. Retrieved 12 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Death of Mr. George Woodhouse". Bolton Evening News. England. 4 September 1883. Retrieved 12 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Lee Chapel, Horwich". Bolton Chronicle. England. 21 June 1856. Retrieved 12 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Opening of the Bolton Cemetery Yesterday". Bolton Chronicle. England. 27 December 1856. Retrieved 12 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004). Buildings of England: Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East. Yale University Press. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-30010-583-4.
  8. ^ "Opening of the New Organ at Wesley Chapel". Bolton Chronicle. England. 26 September 1857. Retrieved 12 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "The removal of the Post Office". Bolton Chronicle. England. 6 June 1857. Retrieved 12 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1969). The Buildings of England. South Lancashire. Penguin Books. p. 111. ISBN 0140710361.
  11. ^ Historic England, "The Brooklyn, Green Lane (1388046)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 January 2019
  12. ^ "Newton Moor Cotton Spinning Company Limited. Grand Festival opening of the Mill". The Ashton Weekly Reported, and Stalybridge and Dukinfield Chronicle. England. 13 September 1862. Retrieved 11 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ "Opening of the New Wesleyan Chapel, Park Street". Bolton Chronicle. England. 7 March 1863. Retrieved 11 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ "St Paul's New Schools". Bolton Chronicle. England. 10 March 1866. Retrieved 11 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ^ "New Wesleyan Chapel at Lindley". Bolton Chronicle. England. 8 January 1867. Retrieved 11 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ "Laying the corner stone of the New Baptist Chapel". Bolton Chronicle. England. 11 July 1868. Retrieved 11 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. ^ "Opening of a New Wesleyan Chapel". Bolton Chronicle. England. 20 August 1869. Retrieved 11 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  18. ^ "Wesleyan Birmingham District Meeting". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 20 May 1869. Retrieved 11 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. ^ Historic England, "Numbers 25 and 27 including wall and railings, 25 and 27, Mawdsley Street (1388122)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 January 2019
  20. ^ Historic England. "Bliss Tweed Mill (Grade II*) (1198094)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  21. ^ "Belper. New Independent Chapel". Glossop Record. England. 8 January 1870. Retrieved 11 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  22. ^ "New Baptist Chapel and School". Manchester Evening News. England. 30 March 1872. Retrieved 11 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  23. ^ Historic England, "Town Hall (1388295)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 September 2012
  24. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1969). The Buildings of England. South Lancashire. Penguin Books. p. 418. ISBN 0140710361.
  25. ^ Historic England, "Woodside (Woodside Junior School) Chorley New Road (1387955)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 January 2019
  26. ^ "New Wesleyan Chapel at Harrogate". Leeds Mercury. Leeds. 12 April 1879. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
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