List of works by Richard Harding Watt

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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.

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

Major works

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Name and location Photograph Grade Date Associated
architect 		Notes
The Old Croft, Legh Road
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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
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 II 1898–1904 Harry S. Fairhurst A row of five cottages.[4][5]
Mews House and Drury Cottage, Drury Lane
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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
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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
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 II 1898–1904 Harry S. Fairhurst Formerly a dye-works, later converted into three cottages.[4][8]
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
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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
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 II 1901 Walter Aston A two-storey house, with towers of differing sizes.[11][12]
Breeze, Legh Road
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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 II c. 1905
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 A small circular structure in rendered brick.[3][20]
Aldwarden Hill, Legh Road
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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 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
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 		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
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 		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

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Citations

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  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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