Name |
Location |
Date |
Notes |
Grade |
Vale Royal Abbey |
Whitegate, Cheshire
|
1860 !1. 1860
2. 1861
3. 1877 |
Alterations were made to the house for the 2nd Baron Delamere; in 1860 the centre of the south range which had previously been timber-framed was encased in brick, the following year Douglas added the southwest wing, and in 1877 the library was remodelled.[10][11] |
b !II*[12] |
Kennels at Croxteth Hall |
Croxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside
|
1861–70c. 1861–70 |
Douglas designed kennels in the grounds of Croxteth Hall in High Victorian style for William Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton.[13][14] |
c !II[15] |
Grosvenor Park Lodge |
Grosvenor Park, Chester, Cheshire
|
1865–67 |
Built for the 2nd Marquess of Westminster, this is Douglas' first recorded commission for the Grosvenor family. It is also his first known use of black-and-white timber framing.[16][17] |
c !II[18] |
Burford Lane Farmhouse |
Oughtrington, Cheshire
|
1866 |
The farmhouse was built for George C. Dewhurst; the lower two storeys are in brick and the attics are timber-framed.[19][20] |
c !II[21] |
Oakmere Hall |
Sandiway, Cheshire
|
1867 |
This was Douglas' largest commission to date; the house was built for John and Thomas Johnson of Runcorn, in Gothic style with a tower, a porte cochère, circular turrets, steep roofs, and hipped and gabled dormers.[22][23][24] |
c !II[25] |
Dene Cottages |
Great Budworth, Cheshire
|
1867–68 |
This pair of cottages was built for Rowland Egerton-Warburton of Arley Hall. The cottages have a brick lower storey and a timber-framed upper storey; the plasterwork is pargetted.[19] |
c !II[26] |
31 and 33 Dee Banks |
Chester, Cheshire
|
1869 |
Douglas built the houses for himself and lived in No. 33; No. 31 was probably planned as an investment. Their style is Gothic Revival—they are built in brick with polychromic diapering.[27][28] |
c !II[29] |
Church Cottage |
Eccleston, Cheshire
|
1870 |
The cottage was built in brick with timber-framed and tile-hung gables for the 1st Duke of Westminster.[30][31] |
c !II[32] |
54–57 High Street |
Great Budworth, Cheshire
|
1870c. 1870 |
This row of four cottages, was refaced and partly re-built for Rowland Egerton-Warburton.[33] |
c !II[34] |
Polesworth Vicarage |
Polesworth, Warwickshire
|
1870c. 1870 |
The vicarage incorporated earlier parts of a building on the site of an abbess' lodging. It has an irregular E-plan, and is built in brick and timber framing.[35] |
c !II[36] |
Goldmine House |
26 Southbank, Great Budworth, Cheshire
|
1870c. 1870 |
This is a substantial house of irregular plan in brown brick with some timber framing built for Rowland Egerton-Warburton.[37] |
c !II[38] |
Plas Tan-y-Bwlch |
Maentwrog, Gwynedd, Wales
|
1872 |
Additions were made to the house for W. E. Oakley.[39] |
e !
—
|
The Limes Farmhouse |
Pulford, Cheshire
|
1872 |
This house is in three bays with two storeys and large dormers; there is much brick detailing and a pargetted gable. It was built for the 1st Duke of Westminster and is now known as Green Paddocks.[40][41] |
c !II[42] |
Shotwick House |
Great Saughall, Cheshire
|
1872 !1. 1872
2. 1907 |
Originally named Shotwick Park, this is a large brick house with turrets and steeply hipped roofs built for H. D. Trelawny. After a fire in 1907 it was enlarged and rebuilt for Thorneycroft Vernon.[43][44] |
c !II[45] |
Broxton Higher Hall |
Broxton, Cheshire
|
1873c. 1873 |
Douglas carried out a reconstruction of an earlier building, with much use of half-timbering, for Sir Philip de M. Grey Egerton.[46][47] |
c !II[48] |
Ruloe House |
Near Norley, Cheshire
|
1873c. 1873 |
The house was built for the Wilbraham estate. It is in red brick with red tiled roofs, and has a circular turret with a conical roof.[49] |
c !II[50] |
Hill Bark Farmhouse |
Frankby, Merseyside
|
1875 |
The farmhouse was part of a model farm for Septimus Ledward; it was built in stone with a half-timbered upper storey.[51][52] Outbuildings for the farm were also designed by Douglas.[53] |
c !II[54] |
Cilcain Hall |
Cilcain, Flintshire, Wales
|
1875–77 |
The hall was built in stone with a red-tiled roof for the railway engineer, W. B. Buddicom.[51][55] |
e !
—
|
The Gelli |
Tallarn Green, Wrexham, Wales
|
1877 |
This house was built in three ranges at right angles to each other in brick with some stone and half-timbering for Hons. Georgina and Henrietta Kenyon. It includes a tower with a pyramidal roof and a turret incorporating a dovecote.[56][57] |
b !II*[58] |
Tai Cochion |
Nannerch, Flintshire, Wales
|
1877–78 |
This was a pair of cottages built on the village street for the railway engineer, W. B. Buddicom.[56][59] |
c !II[60] |
Aldford Lodge |
Aldford, Cheshire
|
1877–79 |
Aldford Lodge was originally a pair of cottages built in brick with pargetted gable heads for the 1st Duke of Westminster.[61] |
c !II[62] |
Upper Belgrave Lodge |
Eaton Hall, Cheshire
|
1877–79 |
The lodge was built for the 1st Duke of Westminster. It is T-shaped with the lower storey in brick with sandstone blocks, and the upper jettied and timber-framed.[56] |
c !II[63] |
Eaton Boat |
Eaton, Cheshire
|
1877c. 1877 |
Formerly called Gas Works Cottages, these were built in stone with half-timbered gables for the 1st Duke of Westminster. The roof is patterned with red and blue tiles.[64] |
c !II[65] |
Whitegate vicarage |
Whitegate, Cheshire
|
1878 |
This was built in brick with a partly jettied upper storey for the 2nd Baron Delamere as the vicarage for St Mary's Church.[66][67] |
e !
—
|
Llanerch Panna |
Penley, Wrexham, Wales
|
1878–79 |
Llanerch Panna was a house for Hon. George T. Kenyon. It is entirely half-timbered on a Ruabon brick plinth, with brick chimneys and a red-tiled roof. The house is now named Tudor Court.[68][69] |
e !
—
|
Model Cottage |
Sandiway, Cheshire
|
1879c. 1879 |
This was built by Douglas on his own land, in brick with a Welsh slate roof.[70] |
c !II[71] |
06 !6–11 Grosvenor Park Road |
Chester, Cheshire
|
1879–80c. 1879–80 |
This terrace of six houses was built by Douglas on his own land on the approach to Grosvenor Park. They are in red brick with terracotta dressings and are flanked by turrets.[72][73] |
b !II*[74] |
St Oswald's Vicarage |
Parkgate Road, Chester, Cheshire
|
1880 |
The vicarage was built in brick with Westmorland green slate roofs with an attached parish room. It now houses the English Department of the University of Chester.[75][76] |
c !II[77] |
Bent Farmhouse |
Warburton, Greater Manchester
|
1880 |
This is a timber-framed building which was heavily restored by Douglas for Rowland Egerton-Warburton.[78][79] |
c !II[80] |
Police House |
Eaton Road, Eccleston, Cheshire
|
1880c. 1880 |
This house was built for the 1st Duke of Westminster and is attributed to Douglas.[37][81] |
c !II[81] |
Eccleston Hill Lodge |
Eaton Hall, Cheshire
|
1881 |
The lodge was built for the 1st Duke of Westminster. It consists of a three-storey gatehouse with turrets and a hipped roof which is so high that it is virtually a spire.[82][83] |
b !II*[84] |
Rowden Abbey |
Bromyard, Herefordshire
|
1881 |
Rowden Abbey is an entirely black-and-white house with heavy ornamentation which was built for H. J. Bailey.[85] |
e !
—
|
West Lodge |
Abberley, Worcestershire
|
1881 |
This building for John Joseph Jones of Abberley Hall is attributed to Douglas.[70] |
c !II |
Aldford Hall Farmhouse |
Aldford, Cheshire
|
1881–82 |
The lower storey of the house, built for the 1st Duke of Westminster, is in stone, the upper in brick, and it has a Dutch gable.[86][87] |
c !II[88] |
Eccleston Hill |
Eccleston, Cheshire
|
1881–82a !1. 1881–82
2. 1892–94 |
The original building consisted of a house, stables and a cottage constructed as a residence for the secretary of the 1st Duke of Westminster. Alterations and additions were made to it in the 1890s.[31][89] |
c !II[90] |
Barrowmore Hall (Barrow Court) |
Great Barrow, Cheshire |
1881–82b !c. 1881 |
This was one of Douglas' largest country houses, built for the grain merchant, H. Lyle Smith. It has been demolished.[91] |
e !
—
|
The Paddocks |
Eccleston, Cheshire
|
1882–83 |
The Paddocks (or Eccleston Paddocks) was built for Cecil Parker, the land agent of the 1st Duke of Westminster; its service wing was demolished in 1960. The house has a sandstone lower storey with brick above, two circular turrets, steep hipped roofs and a massive chimney.[31][92] |
b !II*[93] |
Wigfair Hall |
Cefn Meiriadog, Denbighshire, Wales
|
1882–84 |
This was the re-building of an earlier house on the site for Rev. R. H. Howard. It is in Jacobethan style, built in red brick with stone dressings; it has an L-plan with a pyramid-roofed tower.[94][95] |
b !II*[96] |
Plas Mynach |
Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales
|
1883 |
Plas Mynach stands in a prominent isolated position and has much internal, detailed woodwork; it was built for W. H. Jones.[97] |
b !II*[98] |
Cornist Hall |
Flint, Flintshire, Wales
|
1884 |
Work on rebuilding the hall was commissioned by Richard Muspratt but ceased on his death and was not completed. It is now used as a venue for weddings and for dining.[99][100][101] |
e !
—
|
Jodrell Hall |
Twemlow, Cheshire
|
1885 |
The hall was built in Georgian style in 1779. Douglas added a south wing and a porch. It is now used as Terra Nova School.[102][103] |
c !II[104] |
Abbeystead House |
Abbeystead, Lancashire
|
1885 !1. 1885–87
2. 1891–92
3. 1894 |
Abbeystead House was built in Elizabethan style with two lodges for the William Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton. In the 1890s stables, a pair of cottages, and gun and billiard rooms were added.[105][106] |
c !II[107] |
Halkyn Castle |
Halkyn, Flintshire, Wales
|
1886 |
An additional wing was added in Elizabethan style, and internal alterations including a staircase and a chimneypiece, were made for the 1st Duke of Westminster.[108][109] |
b !II*[60] |
House (name unknown) |
Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland |
1886c. 1886 |
This is the only recorded house designed by Douglas in Scotland; it was built for W. G. Crum.[110] |
e !
—
|
Coetmor |
Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
|
1886c. 1886 |
Coetmor was a house for Col. Cornwallis West. It forms a pair with Dedwyddfa.[110][111] |
c !II[96] |
Dedwyddfa |
Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
|
1886c. 1886 |
This house has been attributed to Douglas. It forms a pair with Coetmor.[110][111] |
c !II[96] |
Eccleston Ferry House |
Eccleston, Cheshire
|
1887–88 |
The house is situated near an ancient crossing place of the River Dee. It has an L-shaped plan, and was built in red brick with some timber framing for the 1st Duke of Westminster.[31][112] |
c !II[113] |
Hawarden Castle |
Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales
|
1887 !1. 1887–88
2. 1889 |
Additions were made to the house for W. E. Gladstone. An octagonal strongroom for storing papers was built, followed by a porch to celebrate the Gladstones' golden wedding.[114][115] |
c !II[116] |
Parker's Buildings |
115 Foregate Street, Chester, Cheshire
|
1888–89 |
This was a block of 30 flats built for the 1st Duke of Westminster and named after his nephew and land agent, Cecil Parker. The flats were to provide accommodation for retired workers from the Duke's estate at Eaton Hall.[73][117] |
c !II[118] |
Gloddaeth Hall |
Llandudno, Conwy, Wales
|
1889 |
Douglas added a west wing to the hall for Lady Augusta Mostyn. It is now part of St David's College.[119] |
a !I[120] |
Belgrave Lodge |
Eaton Hall, Cheshire
|
1889–90 |
The lodge was built in red brick with stone dressings for the 1st Duke of Westminster. The chimneys have barley-sugar brickwork.[121][122] |
c !II[123] |
Green Farmhouse |
Poulton, Cheshire
|
1889–90 |
Extensions were made to the rear of this house, which dates from the 18th century, for the 1st Duke of Westminster.[122] |
c !II[124] |
Abbotsford |
Cuddington, Cheshire
|
1890 |
Abbotsford was a house built in red brick with Lakeland slate roofs for Jabez S. Thompson.[125] |
c !II[126] |
Glangwna |
Caernarfon, Wales
|
1892–93 |
This was the largest of Douglas' houses in which half-timbering was used on an extensive scale; it is entirely black-and-white above the ground storey. The house was built for J. E. Greaves.[127] |
e !
—
|
Houses and cottages |
Port Sunlight, Merseyside
|
1892–99 |
Douglas was one of the architects who designed a number of domestic buildings in a variety of styles in the model village of Port Sunlight for the Lever Brothers.[128][129] |
c !II[130][131][132][133][134][135][136][137][138][139][140][141][142][143] |
Brocksford Hall |
Doveridge, Derbyshire
|
1893 |
Brocksford Hall was a major country house in Jacobethan style designed for C. W. Jervis Smith. It was the last house designed by Douglas on such a great scale. It was later used as an independent school and has now been converted into apartments.[144][145][146][147] |
c !II[145] |
Llety'r Dryw |
Abergele Road,
Colwyn Bay, Conwy, Wales
|
1893 |
This consists of a new house built for John Eden, and the re-modelling of earlier building to form stables. The house is a simple stone-built villa with gabled cross wings. It is now owned by the North Wales Police Authority.[120][148][149] |
c !II[120] |
Wardley Hall |
Worsley, Greater Manchester
|
1894 |
Douglas carried out an extensive restoration of a house dating from about 1500 for Francis Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere.[150][151] |
a !I[152] |
Home Place |
Oxted, Surrey |
1894 |
Home Place was a medium-sized house.[153] |
e !
—
|
Iron Bridge Lodge |
Aldford, Cheshire
|
1894–95 |
The lodge was built for the 1st Duke of Westminster. Its lower storey is of brick on a sandstone plinth and the upper storey is jettied and half-timbered.[154] |
c !II[155] |
Two lodges |
Worsley, Greater Manchester
|
1894 !1. 1894–96
2. 1896 |
Douglas designed two lodges for Worsley Old Hall for the 3rd Earl of Ellesmere, one in Walkden Road and the other off Greenleach Lane.[156][157] |
e !
—
|
West Lodge |
Leigh Road, Worsley, Greater Manchester
|
1894–96 |
West Lodge was a two-storey timber-framed house for Worsley New Hall designed for the 3rd Earl of Ellesmere.[157][158] |
e !
—
|
Saighton Grange |
Saighton, Cheshire
|
1894–96 |
Alterations and additions were made to the house and stables were added for the 1st Duke of Westminster. It is now used by Abbey Gate College.[158][159] |
c !II[160] |
Walmoor Hill |
Dee Banks, Chester, Cheshire
|
1896 |
Walmoor Hill is a sandstone house that Douglas built for himself. It has a T-shaped plan and is in Elizabethan style. Since Douglas' death it has been used as a girls' school and as the County Fire Headquarters.[28][161] |
b !II*[162] |
Entrance Gates |
Mostyn Hall, Mostyn, Flintshire, Wales
|
1896 |
The gates have stone piers, and the ironwork, executed by James Swindley, is in early 18th-century Baroque style.[60][163][164] |
c !II[60] |
Thornton Manor |
Thornton Hough, Merseyside
|
1896c. 1896 |
The pre-existing house was extended for W. H. Lever with a block in Elizabethan style. Most of this was demolished and replaced in 1913; two gables and bay windows remain.[165][166] |
c !II[167] |
Hen Llys |
Manafon, Powys, Wales
|
1898 |
This house was built for Mrs Perris-Williams. It is a stone house with a slate roof in two storeys plus a cellar. An extension was added in the 20th century.[168][169] |
c !II[169] |
Colshaw Hall |
Peover Superior, Cheshire
|
1903 |
This is a house in red brick with stone dressings and a slate roof. It has two storeys plus an attic.[170] |
c !II[171] |
01 !1–11 and 13 Bath Street |
Chester, Cheshire
|
1903 |
This is a row of attached cottages and one separate house which were built on Douglas' own land. They are built in sandstone and have an irregular frontage; this includes gables jettied on corbels, dormers, bay windows, and three round turrets.[172][173] |
c !II[174][175] |
The Homestead |
Weaverham Road, Sandiway, Cheshire
|
1906–07 |
Douglas sold the land to B. J. Sanby and the large house built on the site is attributed to him. Its name was changed to Redwalls and was used as a children's home.[176] In 2010 it is being used as a nursing home.[177] |
c !II[178] |