Audlem Police Station, 1901Heswall Police Station, 1911Police Station and Court, Westminster Road, Ellesmere PortMalbank School, Nantwich, 1915–21
Harry Beswick FRIBA (1856 – 8 July 1929) was County Architect for Chester from 1895[1] until 1926.
Career
He was born in Chester and educated at King's School, Chester where he was awarded the Duke of Westminster Gold Medal[2] in 1871. He was articled to Thomas Meakin Lockwood of Chester from 1871 and later returned as his Managing Clerk in 1881.
He began independent practice in 1889 and in 1895 he was appointed County Architect to Cheshire County in 1895 and architect to the Cheshire Education Committee from 1904.[3]
County High School for Girls, West Kirby (additions) 1921[25]
Reaseheath School of Agrigulcture, (new buildings) 1924[26]
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys (additions) 1925[27]
Court House and Constabulary, 70-104 Chapel Street, Dukinfield
Altrincham Grammar School for Girls (additions)
Police Station, Green Lane, Wilmslow
Knot Hotel, 51 Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port
Police Station, High Street, Taporley
Police Station and Court, Westminster Road, Ellesmere Port
Police Station and Court, Barnhill Road, Broxton
References
^"Cheshire County Council. Appointment of Architect and Surveyor". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. England. 4 July 1896. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ a b"Death of Mr Harry Beswick". Staffordshire Sentinel. England. 10 July 1929. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914: Vol 1 (A–K). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 172. ISBN 0826455131.
^"Bishop Jayne on Village Nonconfirmity". Cheshire Observer. England. 11 April 1891. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"£14,000 High School for Girls". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. England. 19 February 1909. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"City and County of the City of Chester". Cheshire Observer. England. 28 May 1910. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"New Police Station for Cheadle Hulme". Stockport Advertiser and Guardian. England. 14 April 1911. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"County Palatine of Chester. New Police Station at Stockton Heath". Runcorn Examiner. England. 15 April 1911. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^Pevsner, Nikolaus; Hubbard, Edward (1990). The Buildings of England. Cheshire. Penguin Books. p. 111. ISBN 0140710426.
^"Contracts". Northwich Guardian. England. 18 November 1910. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"County of Chester". Birkenhead News. England. 4 January 1913. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"War Relief Funds". Liverpool Echo. England. 10 April 1915. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"County High School for Girls, West Kirby Extensions". Liverpool Daily Post. England. 13 November 1920. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"County of Chester. Reaseheath School of Architecture". Crewe Chronicle. England. 10 May 1924. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"County of Chester. Altrincham County High School for Boys". Adderley & Wilmslow Advertiser. England. 7 November 1924. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.