List of works by Richard Harding Watt

Richard Harding Watt (1842–1913) was an English designer who worked with four professional architects to create large houses and associated buildings in the town of Knutsford, Cheshire.

Key
Grade Criteria[1]
II* Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
II Buildings of national importance and special interest.

Major works
Name and location Photograph Grade Date Associated
architect		 Notes
The Old Croft, Legh Road
53.2948°N 2.3655°W / 53.2948; -2.3655 (Old Croft)
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 II 1895 John Brooke
William Longworth		 A house designed by Brooke. In 1907 Watt added a tower in association with Watt.[2][3]
4–8 Drury Lane
53.3068°N 2.3732°W / 53.3068; -2.3732 (4–8 Drury Lane)
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 II 1898–1904 Harry S. Fairhurst A row of five cottages.[4][5]
Mews House and Drury Cottage, Drury Lane
53.3068°N 2.3728°W / 53.3068; -2.3728 (Mews House and Drury Cottage)
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 II 1898–1904 Harry S. Fairhurst Previously the laundry, since converted into two cottages.[4][6]
Tower House, 9 Drury Lane
53.3068°N 2.3726°W / 53.3068; -2.3726 (Tower House)
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 II 1898–1904 Harry S. Fairhurst A five-storey building with a flat roof, formerly surmounted with a gallery and a pinnacle.[4][7]
10, 11 and 12 Drury Lane
53.3068°N 2.3723°W / 53.3068; -2.3723 (10, 11 and 12 Drury Lane)
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 II 1898–1904 Harry S. Fairhurst Formerly a dye-works, later converted into three cottages.[4][8]
13 Drury Lane
53.3068°N 2.3722°W / 53.3068; -2.3722 (13 Drury Lane)
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 II 1898–1904 Harry S. Fairhurst A tower house in four storeys, the upper storey being open. In "severe Germanic style".[4][9]
Round House, Legh Road
53.2969°N 2.36557°W / 53.2969; -2.36557 (Round House)
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 II c. 1900
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 This consists of a three-storey rectangular block with a round tower at the rear.[3][10] It was Watt's residence until 1913.
White Howe, Legh Road
53.2987°N 2.3656°W / 53.2987; -2.3656 (White Howe)
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 II 1901 Walter Aston A two-storey house, with towers of differing sizes.[11][12]
Breeze, Legh Road
53.2984°N 2.3655°W / 53.2984; -2.3655 (Breeze)
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 II 1902 Walter Aston Originally stables and a gardener's flat, since converted into a house, It is in two storeys with a three-storey tower surmounted by a cupola.[11][13]
Lake House, Legh Road
53.2987°N 2.3656°W / 53.2987; -2.3656 (Lake House)
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 II 1902
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 A three-storey house with a round tower with an irregular parapet, and containing an oriel window.[11][14]
Ruskin Rooms, Drury Lane
53.3067°N 2.3734°W / 53.3067; -2.3734 (Ruskin Rooms)		 II 1902 Harry S. Fairhurst
and William Aston		 A cubital block with a tower surmounted by a green dome. In three storeys; originally with stabling in the ground floor, a caretaker's flat in the centre, and the reading room at the top, accessed by an outside staircase.[15][16]
High Morland and Harding House, Legh Road
53.2981°N 2.3655°W / 53.2981; -2.3655 (High Morland and Harding House)
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 II 1903 William Longworth A three storey house, later divided into two houses, with a tower surmounted by an over-hanging pyramidal roof.[11][17]
High Morland Lodge, Legh Road
53.2980°N 2.3652°W / 53.2980; -2.3652 (High Morland Lodge)
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 II 1903 William Longworth The lodge to High Morland, with a tower at the rear with a pyramidal roof.[11][18]
Broad Terraces, Legh Road
53.2972°N 2.3654°W / 53.2972; -2.3654 (Broad Terraces)
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 II 1905
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 A three-storey house with a square belvedere tower. It contains Italianate and Classical architectural features, including Doric columns.[3][19]
Gazebo in garden,
Round House, Legh Road
53.2970°N 2.3651°W / 53.2970; -2.3651 (Gazebo, Round House)
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 II c. 1905
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 A small circular structure in rendered brick.[3][20]
Aldwarden Hill, Legh Road
53.2977°N 2.3654°W / 53.2977; -2.3654 (Aldwarden Hill)
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 II 1906
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 A two-storey house, since divided into two houses. It is surmounted by a belvedere, its design being adapted from that of an Italianate villa.[3][21]
Chantry Dane, Legh Road
53.2974°N 2.3654°W / 53.2974; -2.3654 (Chantry Dane)
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 II 1906
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 A three-storey house with a tower, a bellcote and an Ionic porch.[3][22]
Folly in garden of Broad Terraces,
Legh Road
53.2970°N 2.3656°W / 53.2970; -2.3656 (Broad Terraces Folly)
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 II c. 1906
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 An open circular structure consisting of consisting of pilasters carrying a conical roof surmounted by a lantern.[3][23]
The Lodge, Legh Road
53.2977°N 2.3651°W / 53.2977; -2.3651 (Lodge)
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 II c. 1906
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 This incorporates the former entrance lodge of the Manchester Royal Infirmary, designed by Richard Lane and re-erected here by Watt. It has the appearance of a Greek Doric temple, and includes a tower with a balustraded parapet.[3][24]
The Coach House, Legh Road
53.2979°N 2.3654°W / 53.2979; -2.3654 (Coach House)
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 II 1907
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 Originally the coach house and servants' quarters to Aldwarden Hill, it incorporates a tower.[25]
King's Coffee House and Gaskell Memorial Tower
53.3041°N 2.3730°W / 53.3041; -2.3730 (King's Coffee House and Gaskell Memorial Tower)
II* 1907–08 William Longworth Originally council offices and a coffee house, later a restaurant. The architectural style is eclectic Italianate with Arts and Crafts elements. Its features include two towers, one large, one smaller, a statue of Mrs Gaskell, and a pair of large Doric columns moved from a church in Manchester.[26][27]
Moorgarth, Legh Road
53.299431°N 2.365458°W / 53.299431; -2.365458 (Moorgarth)		 Unlisted 1898 Harry S Fairhurst The start of Watt's experimenting. Japanese in style with thin decoration in wood - unrelated to either Watt's or Fairhurst's subsequent work.[28]
Coronation Square
53.303525°N 2.370844°W / 53.303525; -2.370844 (Coronation Square)		 Unlisted 1902 A Moorish tower attached to some cottages, standing out white and connecting with Watt's buildings on Drury Lane and at the Gaskell Memorial Tower. [29]

References

Citations

  1. Listed Buildings, Historic England, retrieved 29 March 2015
  2. Historic England, "The Old Croft, Legh Road, Knutsford (1388401)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  3. Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 427
  4. Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 425.
  5. Historic England, "4–8 Drury Lane, Knutsford (1388328)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  6. Historic England, "The Mews House and Drury Cottage, Drury Lane, Knutsford (1388333)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  7. Historic England, "Tower House, 9 Drury Lane, Knutsford (1388329)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  8. Historic England, "10, 11 and 12 Drury Lane, Knutsford (1388330)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  9. Historic England, "13 Drury Lane, Knutsford (1388331)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  10. Historic England, "The Round House, Knutsford (1388403)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  11. Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 426
  12. Historic England, "White Howe (1388406)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  13. Historic England, "Breeze (1388391)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  14. Historic England, "Lake House (1388397)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  15. Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 424
  16. Historic England, "Ruskin Rooms (1388332)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  17. Historic England, "High Morland and Harding House (1388396)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  18. Historic England, "High Morland Lodge (1388395)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  19. Historic England, "Broad Terraces (1388392)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  20. Historic England, "Gazebo in garden to east of the Round House (1388405)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  21. Historic England, "Aldwarden Hill and the gatehouse and attached screen walls (1388390)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  22. Historic England, "Chantry Dane (1388394)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  23. Historic England, "Folly in garden of Broad Terraces (1388393)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  24. Historic England, "The Lodge (1388399)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  25. Historic England, "The Coach House (1388398)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  26. Hartwell et al. 2011, pp. 423–424
  27. Historic England, "Former Kings Coffee House and Gaskell Memorial Tower, 60 King Street, Knutsford (1388360)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 May 2012
  28. Hartwell, C et al (2011) The Buildings of England: Cheshire. London: Yale University Press. pg 426
  29. Hartwell, C et al (2011) The Buildings of England: Cheshire. London: Yale University Press. pg 425

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