George Woodhouse (architect)

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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.{{cite book |last=Brodie |first=Antonia |date=20 December 2001 |title=Directory of British Architects 1834–1914: Vol 2 (L-Z) |location= |publisher=Royal Institute of British Architects |page=1053 |isbn=082645514X |author-link= }} 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.{{cite news |title=Partnerships dissolved |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001652/18520908/009/0001 |newspaper=Globe |location=England |date=8 September 1852 |access-date=12 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}

In independent practice, he had offices at St George's Road, Bolton (from 1860), and Clegg Street, Oldham in Greater Manchester. {{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

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|date=February 2019}}

He was a prominent Wesleyan Methodist, and was for many years organist of Park Street Chapel.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}{{where|date=February 2019}}

He was married three times:{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

Firstly to Emma Crosland (1833–1860) of Yew Tree, Lindley at Highfield Independent Chapel on 17 December 1851.{{cite news |title=Marriages |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000167/18511220/020/0005 |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=England |date=20 December 1851 |access-date=12 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
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{{cite news |title=Death of Mr. George Woodhouse |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000645/18830904/079/0003 |newspaper=Bolton Evening News|location=England |date=4 September 1883 |access-date=12 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} and was interred in the graveyard of St Peter's Church, Halliwell.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

Notable works

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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{{cite news |title=Lee Chapel, Horwich |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001293/18560621/045/0005 |newspaper=Bolton Chronicle |location=England |date=21 June 1856 |access-date=12 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
Independent Chapel, Bolton Cemetery 1856{{cite news |title=Opening of the Bolton Cemetery Yesterday |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001293/18561227/098/0008 |newspaper=Bolton Chronicle |location=England |date=27 December 1856 |access-date=12 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
Bank Street Unitarian Chapel, 1856{{cite book |title=Buildings of England: Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East |first1=Clare |last1=Hartwell |first2=Matthew |last2=Hyde |first3=Nikolaus |last3=Pevsner |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-30010-583-4 |page=139 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fLJSTdnCgqUC&pg=PA139}}
Organ screen, Wesley Chapel, Bolton 1857.{{cite news |title=Opening of the New Organ at Wesley Chapel |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001293/18570926/096/0005 |newspaper=Bolton Chronicle |location=England |date=26 September 1857 |access-date=12 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
New General Post Office, Market Square, Bolton 1857 (alterations){{cite news |title=The removal of the Post Office |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001293/18570606/054/0005 |newspaper=Bolton Chronicle |location=England |date=6 June 1857 |access-date=12 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
Bolton Union Workhouse, Fishpool 1858–59{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |date=1969 |title=The Buildings of England. South Lancashire |location= |publisher=Penguin Books |page=111 |isbn=0140710361 |author-link= }}
House, Green Lane, Bolton (now public house) 1859{{NHLE |num=1388046 |desc=The Brooklyn, Green Lane |access-date=12 January 2019 |mode=cs2}}
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{{cite news |title=Newton Moor Cotton Spinning Company Limited. Grand Festival opening of the Mill |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000967/18620913/103/0003 |newspaper=The Ashton Weekly Reported, and Stalybridge and Dukinfield Chronicle |location=England |date=13 September 1862 |access-date=11 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
Park Street Wesleyan Chapel, Bolton 1862–63{{cite news |title=Opening of the New Wesleyan Chapel, Park Street |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001293/18630307/110/0007 |newspaper=Bolton Chronicle |location=England |date=7 March 1863 |access-date=11 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} (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{{cite news |title=St Paul's New Schools |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001293/18660310/066/0008 |newspaper=Bolton Chronicle |location=England |date=10 March 1866 |access-date=11 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
New Wesleyan Chapel (Oakes Chapel), Lindley, Huddersfield 1867–68{{cite news |title=New Wesleyan Chapel at Lindley |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000076/18670108/016/0006 |newspaper=Bolton Chronicle |location=England |date=8 January 1867 |access-date=11 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
New Baptist Chapel, St George's Road, Bolton 1868–69{{cite news |title=Laying the corner stone of the New Baptist Chapel |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001293/18680711/109/0005 |newspaper=Bolton Chronicle |location=England |date=11 July 1868 |access-date=11 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
Victoria Mill, Lower Vickers Street Miles Platting Manchester 1869
Wesleyan Chapel, Halliwell Road, Bolton 1869{{cite news |title=Opening of a New Wesleyan Chapel |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001974/18690820/110/0008 |newspaper=Bolton Chronicle |location=England |date=20 August 1869 |access-date=11 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
Wesleyan Chapel, Dale Street, Leamington Spa 1869{{cite news |title=Wesleyan Birmingham District Meeting |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000033/18690520/025/0007 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=England |date=20 May 1869 |access-date=11 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
Bradford Buildings, 25 and 27 Mawdsley Street, Bolton ca. 1870{{NHLE |num= 1388122 |desc=Numbers 25 and 27 including wall and railings, 25 and 27, Mawdsley Street |access-date=12 January 2019 |mode=cs2}}
Bliss Tweed Mill 1872{{NHLE| num=1198094 |desc=Bliss Tweed Mill |grade=II* |access-date=22 February 2015}}
Belper Congregational Church 1872{{cite news |title=Belper. New Independent Chapel |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001108/18700108/062/0003 |newspaper=Glossop Record |location=England |date=8 January 1870 |access-date=11 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
Baptist Chapel and School, Blackburn Road, Haslingden 1872{{cite news |title=New Baptist Chapel and School |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000272/18720330/004/0002 |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |location=England |date=30 March 1872 |access-date=11 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
Bolton Town Hall (with William Hill of Leeds) 1866–1873{{NHLE |num= 1388295|desc= Town Hall|access-date= 12 September 2012 |mode=cs2}}
Wyclif Congregational Church, Bewsey Road, Warrington 1873{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |date=1969 |title=The Buildings of England. South Lancashire |location= |publisher=Penguin Books |page=418 |isbn=0140710361 |author-link= }}
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{{NHLE |num=1387955 |desc=Woodside (Woodside Junior School) Chorley New Road |access-date=12 January 2019 |mode=cs2}}
Trinity Methodist Church, Harrogate 1879{{cite news |title=New Wesleyan Chapel at Harrogate |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000076/18790412/029/00107/008/0002 |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=12 April 1879 |access-date=14 June 2015 }}

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References

External links

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