Thomas Mainwaring Penson

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Eastgate Street, Chester, showing black-and-white revival architecture
Eastgate Street, Chester, showing black-and-white revival architecture

Thomas Mainwaring Penson (1818–64) was an English architect who is credited with pioneering the revival of half-timbered (black-and-white) architecture in Chester[1] in the 1850s.[2]

Penson was born in Oswestry and educated at Oswestry School, the younger son of Thomas Penson, architect and bridge-builder. He became County Surveyor of Cheshire and moved to Chester.[3]

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[edit] Main works

Overleigh Cemetery Gates
Overleigh Cemetery Gates
Henry Raikes' Tomb
Henry Raikes' Tomb
Works Location Comments Dates Ref. Listing
Bridge Overleigh Cemetery, Chester Pevsner[4] states the cemetery was laid out by Penson but a contemporary newspaper states it was laid out by a Mr Lister.[5] c. 1848 [6] II[6]
Gates and gate piers Overleigh Cemetery 1848–50 [7] II[7]
22–24 Eastgate Street Chester Black-and-white revival. Restoration. 1852 [8] II[8]
34–36 Eastgate Street Chester Black-and-white revival. 1856 [9]
Tomb and monument Overleigh Cemetery To Henry Raikes. Sculpture by Thomas Earp. 1857 [10] II[10]
26 Eastgate Street Chester Black-and-white revival. 1858 [11] II*[11]
Brown's Crypt Buildings Chester Early example of High Victorian Gothic.
For Browns of Chester, drapers.		 1858 [9] I[12]
Queen Hotel Chester Italianate. Rebuilt by Penson to the same plan in 1862 after a fire. 1860–61 [13] II[14]
East window St John the Baptist's Church, Chester Manufactured by Clayton and Bell 1863 [15]
Grosvenor Hotel Chester Completed after his death by R. K. Penson & Ritchie.
For 2nd Marquess of Westminster		 1863–66 [9] II[16]

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Lewis, C. P.; A. T. Thacker (eds.) (2003). "Topography 900-1914: Victorian and Edwardian, 1840-1914", A History of the County of Chester: The City of Chester: General History and Topography 5:1. Victoria County History, 229-238. 
  2. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 38, 131.
  3. ^ Oswestry Town Trail - Willow Street. Discovering Shropshire's History. Retrieved on 2008-04-25.
  4. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 174.
  5. ^ A history of Overleigh Cemetery. Chester City Council. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
  6. ^ a b Images of England: Bridge over Drive, Overleigh Cemetery. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
  7. ^ a b Images of England: Gates and gate piers of Overleigh Cemetery. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
  8. ^ a b Images of England: 22 & 24 Eastgate Street. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-04-25.
  9. ^ a b c Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 163.
  10. ^ a b Images of England: Tomb and monument to Henry Raikes. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
  11. ^ a b Images of England: 26 Eastgate Street. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-04-25.
  12. ^ Images of England: 28–34 Eastgate Street, Chester. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
  13. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 171.
  14. ^ Images of England: Queen Hotel, Chester. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
  15. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 148–150.
  16. ^ Images of England: Grosvenor Hotel, Chester. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-04-25.

[edit] Bibliography

Pevsner, Nikolaus; Edward Hubbard [1971] (2003). The Buildings of England: Cheshire. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0 300 09588 0.