List of non-ecclesiastical and non-residential works by John Douglas

A highly ornate structure in wrought iron, with a railing at the base. It carries a clock with Roman numerals; this has a red frame bearing the date "1897" in gold, and under it is a plate with an inscription in gold lettering. Above the clock are the initials "VR" in gold, and at the summit is a green cupola with a weather vane.
Eastgate Clock designed by Douglas and erected on Chester's Eastgate in 1899 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee

John Douglas (1830–1911) was an English architect based in Chester, Cheshire. His designs included new churches, alterations to and restoration of existing churches, church furnishings, new houses and alterations to existing houses. He also designed a variety of other buildings, including shops, banks, offices, schools, memorials and public buildings.[1] His architectural styles were eclectic, but as he worked during the period of the Gothic Revival, much of his work incorporates elements of the English Gothic style.[2] Douglas is probably best remembered for his incorporation of vernacular elements in his buildings, especially half-timbering.[3] Of particular importance is Douglas' use of joinery and highly detailed wood carving.[4]

Douglas was born in the Cheshire village of Sandiway and was articled to the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley, later becoming his chief assistant. He established an office in Chester in either 1855 or 1860, from where he practised throughout his career.[1][5] Initially he ran the office himself but in 1884 he appointed a former assistant, Daniel Porter Fordham, as a partner. When Fordham retired in 1897, he was succeeded by Charles Howard Minshull. In 1909 this partnership was dissolved and Douglas ran the office alone until his death in 1911.[6] As his office was in Chester, most of his work was carried out in Cheshire and North Wales, although some was further afield in regions including Merseyside, Greater Manchester, and Shropshire.[7]

From an early stage in his career, Douglas attracted commissions from wealthy and powerful patrons, the first of which came from Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere. His most important patrons were the Grosvenor family of Eaton Hall, namely Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, and Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster. Douglas designed a large number and variety of buildings in the family's Eaton Hall estate and the surrounding villages. Other important patrons were William Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton, Rowland Egerton-Warburton of Arley Hall, George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley, and Francis Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere. Later in his career Douglas carried out commissions for W. E. Gladstone and his family, and for W. H. Lever.[7]

This list consists of the major, or more unusual, works carried out by Douglas, excluding his work on or related to churches or houses.[8] It contains a great variety of buildings, including schools, shops, offices, hotels, public houses, banks, model farms, cheese factories and a gentlemen's club. More utilitarian buildings include public baths and a public convenience. Other commissions undertaken by Douglas included in the list include a commemorative clock, memorials, a bridge, park gates and walls, a canopy over a well, a temporary triumphal arch, and an obelisk in the drive of a stately home. Many of these have been recognised as listed buildings. Listed buildings are divided into three grades according to their importance (see key).[9] The details have been taken from the Catalogue of Works in Edward Hubbard's biography.[7] Works attributed to Douglas by Hubbard on stylistic grounds together with evidence of a local association, even though they are not confirmed by other reliable evidence, are included.[10] Where this is the case, it is stated in the Notes column. Unexecuted schemes are not included.

Key

Grade Criteria[9]
Grade I Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
Grade II* Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade II Buildings of national importance and special interest.
"—" denotes a work that is not graded.

Buildings and structures

Name Location Date Notes Grade
Garden ornament Abbots Moss, Oakmere, Cheshire
53°12′34″N 2°36′45″W / 53.2094°N 2.6126°W / 53.2094; -2.6126 (Abbots Moss Garden)		 1856 This was Douglas' earliest recorded independent work, designed for a Mrs. Cholmondeley. It consisted of an octagonal structure with a sundial on one side and a griffin motif on the other. It is no longer in existence.[11]
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Boteler Grammar School School Brow, Warrington, Cheshire
53°23′30″N 2°36′45″W / 53.3918°N 2.6126°W / 53.3918; -2.6126 (Site of Boteler Grammar School)		 1862–64 The school was built of brick with stone dressings, and had a central tower with a pyramidal roof. It became the offices of the Corporation Works Department and has since been demolished.[12][13]
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19–21 Sankey Street Warrington, Cheshire
53°23′20″N 2°35′39″W / 53.3889°N 2.5943°W / 53.3889; -2.5943 (Sankey Street, Warrington)		 1864 This is a shop, built for Robert Garnett and Sons. Its front in the ground floor has been replaced but the upper storeys remain. Hubbard considers this to be one of Douglas' best buildings.[14] II[15]
Billy Hobby's Well Grosvenor Park, Chester, Cheshire
53°11′23″N 2°52′49″W / 53.1897°N 2.8803°W / 53.1897; -2.8803 (Billy Hobby's Well, Grosvenor Park)		 1865–67 Douglas' work, for the 2nd Marquess of Westminster, consists of a canopy over a pre-existing spring or well.[16][17] II[18]
Gates, gatepiers and walls Grosvenor Park, Chester, Cheshire
53°11′23″N 2°52′49″W / 53.1897°N 2.8803°W / 53.1897; -2.8803 (Grosvenor Park)		 1865–67 These structures were built around Grosvenor Park for the 2nd Marquess of Westminster.[19] II[20][21][22][23]
Triumphal Arch Chester, Cheshire 1869 The arch was a temporary structure in connection with the visit of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII); it was then demolished.[24]
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Witton Grammar School Northwich, Cheshire
53°15′37″N 2°30′22″W / 53.2602°N 2.5061°W / 53.2602; -2.5061 (Site of Witton Grammar School)		 1. 1869
2. 1874–78		 Douglas designed a new building for the school in 1869, and in 1874–78 a master's house with accommodation for boarders. The buildings have since been altered and the school, now named Sir John Deane's College, is on a different site.[25]
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Warburton School Warburton, Greater Manchester
53°23′59″N 2°26′18″W / 53.3998°N 2.4384°W / 53.3998; -2.4384 (School, Warburton)		 1871–72 The school was built for Rowland Egerton-Warburton in brick with stone and terracotta dressings. It has since been converted into a house.[26][27] II[28]
Dutch Tea House Eaton Hall, Cheshire
53°08′15″N 2°52′33″W / 53.1374°N 2.8759°W / 53.1374; -2.8759 (Dutch Tea House)		 1872 This was built for the 2nd Earl Grosvenor as a half-timbered building in the Dutch Garden of Eaton Hall. It has a cruciform plan, and steep roofs that rise to a point.[29][30] II[31]
St Werburgh Chambers 29–31 St Werburgh Street, Chester, Cheshire
53°11′28″N 2°53′27″W / 53.1912°N 2.8907°W / 53.1912; -2.8907 (St Werburgh Chambers)		 1872–73 The building was designed for his client G. Hodgkinson, and originally consisted of offices; it is now two shops.[32] II[33]
Colwyn Bay Hotel Colwyn Bay, Conwy, Wales c. 1872 The hotel was one of Douglas' largest buildings, but has been demolished.[34]
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St Werburgh's Mount 15–27 St Werburgh Street, Chester, Cheshire
53°11′29″N 2°53′25″W / 53.1913°N 2.8904°W / 53.1913; -2.8904 (St Werburgh's Mount)		 1873–74 Built as shop premises for his client G. Hodgkinson, the building is still occupied by shops; it is timber-framed with brick nogging and some pargetted plaster panels.[35] II[36][37]
Bunbury Aldersey School Bunbury, Cheshire
53°07′00″N 2°39′09″W / 53.1167°N 2.6526°W / 53.1167; -2.6526 (Bunbury School)		 1874 Originally a grammar school for boys replacing an earlier school, it is now a primary school. It is built in brick with slate roofs and incorporates a slate-clad turret.[38] II[39]
Balderton Cheese Factory Balderton, Cheshire
53°09′14″N 2°56′23″W / 53.1540°N 2.9397°W / 53.1540; -2.9397 (Balderton Cheese Factory)		 1874–75 The factory was built for the 1st Duke of Westminster. It has a brick lower storey and a half-timbered attic storey with plaster panels and gables.[38] II[40]
Aldford Cheese Factory Aldford, Cheshire 1874–75 This was built for the 1st Duke of Westminster. It has not been possible to determine the location of this factory, or if it is still in existence.[41]
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Eccleston School Eccleston, Cheshire
53°09′27″N 2°52′56″W / 53.1575°N 2.8821°W / 53.1575; -2.8821 (Eccleston School)		 1874–81 The school was built for the 1st Duke of Westminster in one of his estate villages. It has a T-shaped plan, is constructed in sandstone with a tiled roof in Tudor style, and has an octagonal steepled belfry turret.[42][43] II*[44]
George and Dragon Great Budworth, Cheshire
53°17′37″N 2°30′18″W / 53.2937°N 2.5051°W / 53.2937; -2.5051 (The George and Dragon, Great Budworth)		 1875 The public house was remodelled for Rowland Egerton-Warburton from a former inn. It has ribbed chimneys, brick mullions and a steep pyramidal turret.[45][46] II[47]
Little Nag's Head Cocoa House Foregate Street, Chester, Cheshire 1877 This former inn was remodelled for the 1st Duke of Westminster and promoted by him as a working men's coffee tavern. Above the ground floor it was entirely half-timbered, with some brick nogging; it has been demolished.[48]
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Sessions House and Police Station Northop, Flintshire, Wales
53°12′28″N 3°07′48″W / 53.2077°N 3.1299°W / 53.2077; -3.1299 (Sessions House, Northop)		 1877 This was built for John Scott Bankes as a brick and half-timbered newsroom, sessions house and police station. The sessions and house and police station have since been used for other purposes, and are separately listed at Grade  II.[49][50] II[51][52]
Cottage Hospital Gwernaffield Road, Mold, Flintshire, Wales 1877–78 Douglas designed this cottage hospital.[49][53] The hospital has been superseded by Mold Community Hospital on a different site.[54] It has not been possible to determine its present use, or if it is still in existence.
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Waverton School Waverton, Cheshire
53°09′54″N 2°48′25″W / 53.1649°N 2.8069°W / 53.1649; -2.8069 (Waverton School and schoolmaster's house)		 1877–78 This was built for the 1st Duke of Westminster as a school with an attached house for the schoolmaster. The house is constructed in brick with a timber-framed upper storey, and the school is in sandstone with three gables; it is now used as a parish hall.[55][56] II[57]
Wrexham Road Farm Eccleston, Cheshire
53°09′41″N 2°54′09″W / 53.1614°N 2.9026°W / 53.1614; -2.9026 (Wrexham Road Farm)		 1877–84 As a model farm built for the 1st Duke of Westminster, it was Douglas' first complete farmstead. The farmhouse and the farm buildings form a quadrangle. They have been converted into offices as part of Chester Business Park.[58][59][60] II[61]
Stud Lodge Eaton Hall, Cheshire
53°08′51″N 2°52′33″W / 53.1476°N 2.8758°W / 53.1476; -2.8758 (Stud Lodge, Eaton Hall)		 1881–82 This was built as a store shed and domestic offices for the 1st Duke of Westminster. It includes a spire and its end is polygonal and apse-like.[62][63] II[64]
Grosvenor Club and North and South Wales Bank 47–57 Eastgate Street, Chester, Cheshire
53°11′27″N 2°53′20″W / 53.1909°N 2.8889°W / 53.1909; -2.8889 (Former Grosvenor Club and North and South Wales Bank, Chester)		 1. 1881–83
2. 1908		 Built as a combined gentlemen's club and bank, it is constructed in brick and stone and has two turrets. On its front are the date 1881, the Grosvenor arms, and a frieze with the arms of the twelve former shires of Wales. Additions to the building were made in 1908 and it is now in use as an HSBC bank.[65] II[66]
Churton Memorial Fountain Whitchurch, Shropshire
52°58′10″N 2°40′44″W / 52.969507°N 2.678776°W / 52.969507; -2.678776 (Churton Memorial Fountain, Whitchurch)		 1882 This was built for John Churton and consists of a drinking fountain with a granite base and sandstone upper parts. It originally stood at a road junction, but because it was interfering with traffic flow, it was moved to its present site in the 1930s.[67][68] II[69]
Peers Memorial St Peter's Square, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
53°06′53″N 3°18′38″W / 53.114616°N 3.310578°W / 53.114616; -3.310578 (Peers Memorial Fountain and Clocktower, Ruthin)		 1883 The memorial was built to commemorate Joseph Peers JP during his lifetime. It incorporates a clock tower, a horse trough and a drinking fountain, and includes Jacobean motifs.[70][71] II[72]
142 Foregate Street Chester, Cheshire
53°11′31″N 2°52′55″W / 53.1919°N 2.8820°W / 53.1919; -2.8820 (142 Foregate Street, Chester)		 1884 This was built as the headquarters of the Cheshire County Constabulary. It is constructed in brick with terracotta and stone dressings and has a Flemish-style gable.[73] II[74]
Castle Hotel High Street, Conwy, Wales
53°16′52″N 3°49′45″W / 53.2812°N 3.8292°W / 53.2812; -3.8292 (Castle Hotel, Conwy)		 1885 Douglas remodelled a pre-existing public house and hotel and added another section, making it into a single building that is now the Castle Hotel. Small, broken pieces of limestone were used as a facing material, giving it a flint-like appearance.[75][76] II[76]
Saighton Lane Farm Saighton, Cheshire
53°09′41″N 2°49′41″W / 53.1615°N 2.8280°W / 53.1615; -2.8280 (Saighton Lane Farm)		 1888–89 The farmhouse and farm buildings were built as a model farm for the 1st Duke of Westminster. The farmhouse contains diapered brickwork, half-timbering, gabled roofs, and twisted brick chimneys.[77][78] II[79][80]
Church House Warburton, Greater Manchester
53°23′55″N 2°26′43″W / 53.3987°N 2.4454°W / 53.3987; -2.4454 (Church Hall, Warburton)		 1889 This was built as parish rooms and a caretaker's house for Rowland Egerton-Warburton and continues in use as parish rooms. It is built in brick with sandstone dressings and has decorative lozenge shapes in brick and painted plaster.[27][81] II[82]
117 Foregate Street Chester, Cheshire
53°11′30″N 2°53′02″W / 53.1918°N 2.8838°W / 53.1918; -2.8838 (Shop, 117 Foregate Street, Chester)		 1889–90 This was built as a shop with living quarters above in red brick with blue brick diapering and stone dressings for the 1st Duke of Westminster. It has shaped gables and twisted brick chimneys.[83] II[84]
Ruthin Grammar School Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
53°07′02″N 3°17′59″W / 53.1171°N 3.2997°W / 53.1171; -3.2997 (Ruthin Grammar School)		 1889–92 The front of the school is built in limestone with sandstone dressings. Its entrance is in an off-centre tower and it has a range of gables on each side.[85][86] II[72]
School Stockton-on-Teme, Worcestershire 1890 This was built for William Jones and has been attributed to Douglas.[87]
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Obelisk Eaton Hall, Cheshire
53°08′27″N 2°53′05″W / 53.140917°N 2.884807°W / 53.140917; -2.884807 (Obelisk, Eaton Hall)		 1890–91 The obelisk is constructed in red sandstone with a copper cap. It was built for the 1st Duke of Westminster and stands in one of the driveways leading to Eaton Hall.[63][88] II[89]
Dell Bridge Port Sunlight, Merseyside
53°21′01″N 2°59′46″W / 53.350238°N 2.996237°W / 53.350238; -2.996237 (Dell Bridge, Port Sunlight)		 1894 The bridge was built for the Lever Brothers; it is a sandstone footbridge over a dell in the model village of Port Sunlight.[90][91] II[92]
Church room and vicarage Colwyn Bay, Conwy, Wales 1894–95 These were built adjacent to St Paul's Church, that was also designed by Douglas.[93][94]
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Lyceum Port Sunlight, Merseyside
53°21′02″N 2°59′47″W / 53.3505°N 2.9963°W / 53.3505; -2.9963 (Lyceum, Port Sunlight)		 1894–96 This was built as a school for the Lever Brothers; it is in red brick with blue brick diapering and stone dressings, and has shaped gables and a tower. It is now used as a social centre and architects' offices.[91][95] II[96]
2–18 St Werburgh Street Chester, Cheshire
53°11′28″N 2°53′23″W / 53.1910°N 2.8898°W / 53.1910; -2.8898 (2–18 St Werburgh Street, Chester)		 c. 1895–97 It consists of a range of shops and a bank developed by Douglas on land he owned. The ground floor is in sandstone and the upper stories are in highly ornamented timber framing.[97][98] II*[99]
38 Bridge Street Chester, Cheshire
53°11′21″N 2°53′29″W / 53.1893°N 2.8914°W / 53.1893; -2.8914 (38 Bridge Street, Chester)		 1897 This is the only new building in the city by Douglas incorporating the rows; it is one of his most heavily decorated half-timbered works.[100][101] II[102]
St Oswald's Chambers 20–22 St Werburgh St, Chester, Cheshire
53°11′29″N 2°53′24″W / 53.1914°N 2.8900°W / 53.1914; -2.8900 (St Oswald's Chambers, Chester)		 1898 Douglas designed this commercial property to improve the view towards Chester Cathedral. It consists of a two-storey office block in brick and half-timber with a turret.[98][103] II[104]
Public baths Union Street, Chester, Cheshire
53°11′27″N 2°52′58″W / 53.1907°N 2.8829°W / 53.1907; -2.8829 (Public baths, Chester)		 1898–1901 One of Douglas' few utilitarian buildings, it was constructed for Chester City Council and involved specialist engineering work; it is still in use as swimming baths.[105] II[106]
Eastgate Clock Chester, Cheshire
53°11′27″N 2°53′20″W / 53.190847°N 2.888806°W / 53.190847; -2.888806 (Eastgate Clock, Chester)		 1899 The clock was erected on the pre-existing Eastgate for Chester City Council to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. It is said to be the most photographed clock in England after Big Ben.[107][108][109] I[110]
St Deiniol's Library Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales
53°11′09″N 3°01′38″W / 53.1859°N 3.0272°W / 53.1859; -3.0272 (St Deiniol's Library, Hawarden)		 1. 1899–1902
2. 1904–06		 W. E. Gladstone set up a trust for this building as a place for study and learning. Construction did not start until after his death, starting with the library, and residential accommodation was added a few years later.[111][112] I[113]
Friars School Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
53°13′24″N 4°08′37″W / 53.2234°N 4.1437°W / 53.2234; -4.1437 (Friars School, Bangor)		 1900 Douglas won a competition to design this school for Caernarvonshire Education Committee. Its front is in two storeys, with a central three-storey tower.[114][115] II[116]
5–9 Northgate Street Chester, Cheshire
53°11′27″N 2°53′30″W / 53.1908°N 2.8916°W / 53.1908; -2.8916 (5–9 Northgate Street, Chester)		 1900 Douglas owned the land on which this part of a range of shops was built. In the upper storey are three pairs of canted five-light oriel windows, and between each pair of windows is a carved figure.[117][118] II*[119]
11–13 Northgate Street Chester, Cheshire
53°11′27″N 2°53′30″W / 53.1909°N 2.8916°W / 53.1909; -2.8916 (11–13 Northgate Street, Chester)		 1900 This part of the range of shops is built on medieval undercrofts. The upper storey contains two seven-light bowed oriel windows, each with further windows on each side, forming a row of continuous glazing.[117][118] II[120]
30 Bridge Street Chester, Cheshire53°11′22″N 2°53′29″W / 53.1895°N 2.8915°W / 53.1895; -2.8915 (30 Bridge Street, Chester) 1900 This was formerly a public house named Harp and Crown. Douglas rebuilt it and the name was changed to Grotto; it is now a shop.[121] II[122]
19 Northgate Street Chester, Cheshire
53°11′28″N 2°53′30″W / 53.1910°N 2.8916°W / 53.1910; -2.8916 (19 Northgate Street, Chester)		 c. 1900 Part of a range of shops, its rebuilding is attributed to Douglas; it retains some medieval masonry.[121] II[123]
Bank Buildings 1–7 Charing Cross, Birkenhead, Merseyside
53°23′21″N 3°01′51″W / 53.3892°N 3.0308°W / 53.3892; -3.0308 (1–7 Charing Cross, Birkenhead)		 1901 Built on a corner site, this consisted of a bank with shops on both sides. The bank is flanked by two turrets, and to its right is a stair tower; all these have conical roofs. The part of the building formerly housing the bank is now used as a shop and offices.[124][125] II[126]
27–31 Northgate Street Chester, Cheshire
53°11′28″N 2°53′30″W / 53.1912°N 2.8918°W / 53.1912; -2.8918 (29–31 Northgate Street, Chester)		 1902 This is the most complex and detailed building in the range of shops, standing at its north end. The upper storey is timber framed and at its corner is a painted effigy of Edward VII.[117][127] II*[128]
Rayner Memorial Clock Tower Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales
53°15′21″N 4°18′39″W / 53.255772°N 4.310752°W / 53.255772; -4.310752 (Clock Tower, Llangefni)		 1902 The clock tower stands in front of the town hall and was built in memory of George Pritchard Rayner who died in South Africa.[129] II[130]
122 Foregate Street Chester, Cheshire
53°11′30″N 2°52′59″W / 53.1917°N 2.8830°W / 53.1917; -2.8830 (122 Foregate Street, Chester)		 1903 Standing on a corner and attached to the terrace of houses built by Douglas in Bath Street, this was built for Prudential Assurance and has since had a variety of uses. It is constructed in sandstone and has two Baroque-shaped gables.[131] II[132]
25 Northgate Street Chester, Cheshire
53°11′28″N 2°53′30″W / 53.1911°N 2.8917°W / 53.1911; -2.8917 (25 Northgate Street, Chester)		 1903 Formerly the Woolpack Inn, it was rebuilt by Douglas incorporating the previously existing medieval undercroft that possibly contains Roman stonework.[129] II*[133]
Bear's Paw Frodsham, Cheshire
53°17′46″N 2°43′34″W / 53.2961°N 2.7260°W / 53.2961; -2.7260 (Bear's Paw, Frodsham)		 1903–04 Formerly a hotel and coaching inn, Douglas restored its front and side. It is now a public house.[134] II[135]
78–94 Foregate Street Chester, Cheshire
53°11′29″N 2°53′05″W / 53.1914°N 2.8846°W / 53.1914; -2.8846 (78–94 Foregate Street, Chester)		 1904 Built as a department store for the Chester Cooperative Society, it is Douglas' only building in Baroque style. It has since extended to form a range of separate shops.[134] II[136]
Public conveniences and lodge Frodsham Street, Chester, Cheshire
53°11′31″N 2°53′19″W / 53.1919°N 2.8885°W / 53.1919; -2.8885 (Public conveniences, Frodsham Street, Chester)		 1904 This was built as public conveniences and a shop for Chester City Council. It has a sandstone ground storey and a timber-framed upper storey.[134] II[137]
Egerton Street School Chester, Cheshire
53°11′42″N 2°53′02″W / 53.1951°N 2.8840°W / 53.1951; -2.8840 (Egerton Street School, Chester)		 1909–10 The school was designed in collaboration with W. T. Lockwood for Chester City Council. It is built in brick with terracotta dressings and has shaped gables.[138] II[139]
A square sandstone structure with an arch on each side, closed by a railing. On its top is a slate spire.
Billy Hobby's Well
An elevated view of a black-and-white drawing of an elaborate arched structure. At the bottom are three arches, the central one being the largest. Above these is a highly decorated spire with smaller turrets on each side. Under the spire are friezes containing crowns and heraldic shields, and the inscription "WELCOME EARL and COUNTESS of CHESTER".
Drawing dated 1869 of the Triumphal Arch, Chester
A row of shops seen at an angle with an arcade at ground level. Above this the building is timber-framed, with four gables; the lateral two of these have painted plaster panels and decorated timber framing within the gable, and the central gables contain brick nogging and pargeting.
St Werburgh's Mount, Chester
A black-and-white drawing, with the house to the left and the school to the right. The house is in stone with a jettied timber-framed upper storey; the school is in stone, T-shaped, and has a narrow octagonal turret and spire on its right.
Eccleston School, drawn by Fordham, Douglas' partner, in 1879
A front view of a two-storey public house, the lower storey in brick and the upper storey plastered. It has a protruding central bay with a gable, steep tiled roofs and an ornate inn sign protruding diagonally from the right corner.
George and Dragon, Great Budworth
A black-and-white drawing of a three-storey timber-framed building seen from an angle. The lowest storey has a door on the left with a series of windows to the right; glazing extends across the middle storey, with a wide oriel window in the centre; the top gabled storey also contains an oriel window and at the top is an elaborately carved bargeboard.
Drawing of Little Nag's Head Cocoa House in 1877
An old photograph showing, from a slight angle, a house on the left and a school on the right. The house is in stone with a jettied timber-framed upper storey; the school is in stone with three gables in a steep roof containing three dormers and, to the left a bell cote.
Photograph of Waverton school and the schoolmaster's house taken about 1880
A black-and-white drawing from an elevated angle, showing a farmhouse on the left and a farm buildings to the right. The farmhouse is in two storeys, and has three shaped gables and four tall chimney stacks; the house and outbuildings form a quadrangle with an arched gateway over which is a timber-framed gable.
Wrexham Road Farm in 1888
The front of a building with three storeys plus attics is seen from a slight angle. The ground floor is in stone; the upper storeys are in brick with stone dressings. On the front is a frieze containing heraldic shields, a coat of arms, and a variety of windows; at the top are two turrets and a shaped gable.
Grosvenor Club and North and South Wales Bank
A square structure in banded stone with various decorations, including a statue on a column. On one face is a clock and at the top is a short spire with ball finials.
Peers Memorial Fountain and Clocktower
A drawing of the front of a three-storey building with an attic. The ground floor has four windows and a door; the middle and upper storeys contain a series of arched windows in pairs; the gable is shaped and contains more windows and the date 1883.
Architect's drawing of Cheshire County Constabulary, now 142 Foregate Street, Chester
A black-and-white drawing showing a farm from a slightly elevated angle. The farmhouse is to the left and has a protruding bay with a timber-framed gabled upper storey; a farm building is at a right-angle on the right, and its upper storey is entirely timber-framed.
Saighton Lane Farm in 1888
A stone building, partly ivy-covered, seen from a slight angle, with a playing field in the foreground. The front of the building contains a square battlemented tower, two shaped gables and a series of plain gables.
Ruthin School
A small arched sandstone bridge seen from an angle, with a tree to the right and houses and factory buildings in the background.
Dell Bridge, Port Sunlight
A brick building with stone dressings seen from the front. At the centre is a bay with a large shaped gable containing a big window; to the right is a bay consisting of a turret containing a door and a clock face and a spire; to the left is a smaller bay with a shaped gable.
Lyceum, Port Sunlight
The corner of a street with a range of shops running up the right side of the street; the shops have stone lower storeys and highly detailed timber-framed upper storeys that include oriel windows and gables. To the right of the range of shops is another shop with a modern shop front; it is taller than the others, and is timber-framed above the ground floor.
St Werburgh Street, Chester
A two-storey building seem from a small angle, the lower storey in stone, the upper timber-framed; at the top are two small gables and on the corner is a small turret.
St Oswald's Chambers, Chester
The front wing of the building seen from its corner. It has two storeys; the lower storey is in brick with stone dressings and contains two wide arches in the entrance front; the upper storey is timber-framed and gabled; at both extremities there are tall chimney stacks with spiral decorative brickwork. Behind the entrance wing are larger wings that contain the baths.
Chester baths
Part of a two-storey stone building seen directly from the front. A paved path leads to a doorway in a slightly protruding bay; over the doorway is an inscribed plaque, and above that is a statue in a niche.
St Deiniol's Library
Part of a stone building seen from the front. Towards the right of the picture is a three-storey square tower containing a door. The building extends on both sides of the tower and has two storeys; the portion of the building to the left contains two gables.
Friars School, Bangor
A street containing a range of two-storey shops on the left seen from a slightly elevated position. The lower storey contains modern shop fronts behind an arcade; the upper storey is timber-framed and contains a variety of windows and decorated gables.
5–9 Northgate Street, Chester
Part of a range of gabled shops seen from ground level. The lower storey contains modern shop fronts behind an arcade, The upper storey is timber-framed and contains bow windows in the foreground and oriel windows beyond.
11–13 Northgate Street, Chester
A black-and-white drawing of a range of buildings on a corner. The central corner building is in three storeys, and has two turrets with a stair tower to the right. Two buildings extend to its left and four to its right; all these are similar, with arched shop fronts in the lower storey and paired windows in the upper storey.
Bank Buildings, Birkenhead 1901
A complex range of predominately black-and-white timber-framed buildings seen from a corner. To the left is a range of shops with an arcade at ground level and windows and decorated gables above. The building on the corner has four gables of differing size and height and a spire; this building has a painted effigy in the corner of the middle storey. To the right is a simpler building; it is a public house in three storeys with three dormers.
29–31 Northgate Street, Chester
A tower-like structure in stone with a clock face on each side. Above each clock is a gable and at the summit of the structure is a spire.
Rayner Memorial Clock Tower
A two-storey building seen from the corner; the lower storey is brick and the upper storeys timber-framed. The left side extends further than the right and contains the public conveniences, with two doorways on the ground floor and a long dormer above. On the corner is a doorway with windows on each side; above are three windows extending round the corner, each with a gable. Behind these is a tiled spire.
Public conveniences, Chester
A stone building with a projecting bay, a tall chimney and a slim spire
Eccleston school

See also

References

Citations

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  8. ↑ In this context, "major" usually means that the structure is listed; the term "unusual" allows the inclusion in the list of such objects as a garden ornament (because it was Douglas' first known commission), a temporary triumphal arch, and substantial buildings that have been demolished.
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