Thomas Lockwood

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Thomas Meakin Lockwood (1830–1900)[1] was an English architect whose main works are in Chester, Cheshire, England. Lockwood, together with Thomas Penson and John Douglas, were the architects mainly responsible for the major black-and-white Victorian buildings in the city centre.[2] Lockwood designed a number of buildings for the First Duke of Westminster in the city of Chester.[3]A memorial window to his memory is in the north aisle of St John the Baptist's Church, Chester.[4]

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[edit] Works

These include Lockwood's own works and those in partnership as Thomas M. Lockwood & Sons.

Grosvenor Museum
Grosvenor Museum
Works Location Comments Dates Ref. Listing
Presbyterian Church Holt, Wrexham 1865 [5]
The Plane Tree,
20 Bridge Street		 Chester 1873 [6] II[7]
Northgate Church Chester Congregational church 1874 [8] II[8]
Grosvenor Rowing
Club Boathouse		 Chester 1877 [9] II[9]
St John's Church Hall Chester 1881 [10] II[10]
White Friars Lodge Chester Rebuilt and extended 1885 [11] II[11]
Grosvenor Museum Chester At the expense of the First Duke of Westminster 1885–86 [12] II[13]
3 Upper Northgate Street Chester Town house 1886 [14] II[14]
The Cumbers Hanmer, Flintshire 1887–88 [15]
2 Eastgate Street Chester For the First Duke of Westminster 1888 [16] II*[17]
1 Bridge Street Chester For the First Duke of Westminster 1888 [18] II*[19]
24 and 26 Commonhall Street Chester Pair of cottages for staff of Browns of Chester 1889 [20] II[20]
2–5 Old Hall Place Chester Row of four cottages for staff of Browns of Chester c.1889 [21] II[21]
Gymnasium Hawarden, Flintshire 1891 [22]
2–4 Bridge Street Chester For the First Duke of Westminster 1892 [18] II*[23]
St Mark's Church Saltney 1892–93 [24] II[25]
Williams Deacons Bank,
Foregate Street		 Chester For the Liverpool Union Bank c. 1893 [16] II[26]
Campbell Memorial Hall Chester 1894–97 [27] II[28]
Old Bank Buildings,
2–6 Foregate Street		 Chester 1895 [29] II[30]
St John the Baptist's Church Chester Organ case 1895 [31]
Handbridge Men's Institute Handbridge For the First Duke of Westminster 1895 [32] II[33]
10–18 Foregate Street Chester West part 1896 [34] II[34]
Blossoms Hotel Chester Additions by one of his sons in 1911 1896 [35]
Rectory Eccleston For the First Duke of Westminster c. 1896 [36] II[37]
Town Hall Chester Council chamber restored after a fire 1896–97 [38]
Lloyd's Bank,
8 Foregate Street		 Chester Extended to the south 1897 [39] II[39]
The Old Rectory Aldford At the expense of the First Duke of Westminster 1897 [40] II[41]
Bishop Lloyd's House,
Watergate Street		 Chester Restoration c. 1899 [42] I[43]
9–13 Eastgate Street Chester 1900 [44]
4–10 City Road Chester 1900 [45] II[45]

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Gascoigne, Bamber. Chester. Encyclopedia of Britain. History World. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  2. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard pp.38–39, 131
  3. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard p.39
  4. ^ Images of England: Church of St John the Baptist, Chester. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  5. ^ Hubbard, p. 183.
  6. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard p.167
  7. ^ Images of England: 20, Bridge Street. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  8. ^ a b Images of England: Northgate Church, Chester. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  9. ^ a b Images of England: Boathouse. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  10. ^ a b Images of England: St John's Church Hall, Chester. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  11. ^ a b Images of England: White Friars Lodge. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  12. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard p.159
  13. ^ Images of England: Grosvenor Museum. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  14. ^ a b Images of England: 3 Upper Northgate Street, Chester. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  15. ^ Hubbard, p. 362.
  16. ^ a b Pevsner and Hubbard p.164
  17. ^ Images of England: No.4 Street and No.2 Row, Eastgate Street. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  18. ^ a b Pevsner and Hubbard p.166
  19. ^ Images of England: 1 Bridge Street, Chester. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  20. ^ a b Images of England: 24 and 26 Commonhall Street, Chester. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  21. ^ a b Images of England: 2-5 Old Hall Place, Chester. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  22. ^ Hubbard, p. 370.
  23. ^ Images of England: 2-4 Bridge Street, Chester. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  24. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard p.174
  25. ^ Images of England: St Mark's Church, Hough Green. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  26. ^ Images of England: 2 City Road, Chester. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  27. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard p.173
  28. ^ Images of England: Campbell Memorial Hall. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  29. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard p.165. Hubbard states that this is Lockwood at his best.
  30. ^ Images of England: Old Bank buildings, Chester. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  31. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard p.150
  32. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard p.175
  33. ^ Images of England: Boys' Club. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  34. ^ a b Images of England: 10-18 Foregate Street, Chester. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  35. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard p.165
  36. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard p.214–215
  37. ^ Images of England: The Old Rectory, Eccleston. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  38. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard p.158
  39. ^ a b Images of England: Lloyd's Bank, Chester. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  40. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard p.58
  41. ^ Images of England: The Old Rectory, Aldford. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  42. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard pp.169–170
  43. ^ Images of England: Bishop Lloyd's House. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  44. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard p.162
  45. ^ a b Images of England: 4-10 City Road. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.

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