List of works by James Harrison

St Michael's Church, Chester

James Harrison (1814–66) was an English architect who worked mainly in Chester, Cheshire. He worked mainly on churches — building new churches, rebuilding old churches, and making amendments and alterations to existing churches. Harrison also designed a number of houses in the Queen's Park area of Chester,^[1] and farm buildings on the Bolesworth estate.^[2]

Harrison and Thomas Mainwaring Penson were the first architects to introduce buildings of the Black-and-white Revival to Chester in the 1850s.^[3] His rebuilding of God's Providence House in Watergate Street is described as "the first conservation case in the modern sense".^[4]

Key

Grade	Criteria[5]
I	Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important
II*	Particularly important buildings of more than special interest
II	Buildings of national importance and special interest

Works

Name	Location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
St Margaret's Church	Whalley Range, Greater Manchester 53°27′19″N 2°15′37″W / 53.4554°N 2.2603°W		1848–49	A new church costing £6,000 (equivalent to £560,000 in 2015),[6] paid for by Samuel Brooks, a banker who was developing the area.[7][8]	II
St Michael's Church	Chester, Cheshire 53°11′19″N 2°53′27″W / 53.1887°N 2.8907°W		1849–50	Largely rebuilt, but retaining interior fabric from the older church. It closed as a church in 1972–73, and was converted into a heritage centre.[9][10]	II
Trustee Savings Bank	Chester, Cheshire 53°11′14″N 2°53′33″W / 53.1871°N 2.8926°W		1851–53	Designed in Tudor Gothic style. An extension was added in the 1970s and the building was converted into a restaurant.[11][12][13]	II*
Holy Ascension Church	Upton, Chester, Cheshire 53°12′57″N 2°53′16″W / 53.2157°N 2.8879°W		1853–54	Built in 14th-century style. Transepts were added in 1958 and 1967.[14][15]	II
All Saints Church	Handley, Cheshire 53°06′55″N 2°47′56″W / 53.1154°N 2.7989°W		1853–55	The nave was rebuilt in Decorated style, re-using the roof of 1661. The chancel and vestry were added in 1891.[16][17]	II*
St Nicholas' Chapel	Chester, Cheshire 53°11′29″N 2°53′27″W / 53.1913°N 2.8909°W		1854–55	Harrison converted the former medieval chapel into concert hall. It was later changed to be used as a shop. The site is a Scheduled monument.[18][19][20][21]	II
Christ Church	Hough Green, Chester, Cheshire 53°10′47″N 2°54′53″W / 53.1796°N 2.9147°W		1855	New church.[22]	II
St Deiniol's Church	Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales 53°11′09″N 3°01′33″W / 53.1859°N 3.0258°W		1855–56	Restored by Harrison, but badly damaged by fire in 1857.[23][24]	II*
Holy Trinity Church	Capenhurst, Cheshire 53°15′26″N 2°56′56″W / 53.2573°N 2.9489°W		1856–59	New church. The tower was added in 1889–90 by John Douglas.[25][26]	II
St Matthew's School	Buckley, Flintshire		1857	Since converted into a private house.[27]
St Andrew's Church	Newgate Street, Chester, Cheshire		1857–60	(With J. and J. M. Hay) A Presbyterian church, since closed.[28]
40 Bridge Street	Chester, Cheshire 53°11′21″N 2°53′29″W / 53.1892°N 2.8915°W		1858	Substantially rebuilt in Gothic Revival style.[29][30]	II
51–53 Bridge Street	Chester, Cheshire 53°11′20″N 2°53′28″W / 53.1890°N 2.8910°W		1858	An early example of Black-and-white Revival (vernacular) architecture in Chester.[29][31]	II
Haybarn	Tattenhall Hall, Tattenhall, Cheshire 53°07′04″N 2°46′07″W / 53.1179°N 2.7685°W		1858	It is the best and the least-altered building on the model farm belonging to the hall. Built for Robert Barbour.[32][33]	II
Gate piers and wing walls	Tattenhall Hall, Tattenhall, Cheshire 53°07′07″N 2°46′19″W / 53.1186°N 2.7719°W		1858 (?)	Built for Robert Barbour.[34]	II
St Olave's Church	Chester, Cheshire 53°11′14″N 2°53′24″W / 53.1873°N 2.8899°W		1859	A simple church dating from the 11th century, restored by Harrison.[35]	II
St Luke's Church	Dunham on the Hill, Cheshire 53°15′07″N 2°47′33″W / 53.2520°N 2.7924°W		1860–61	A new church in early 14th-century style.[36][37]	II
Church of St Mary-on-the Hill	Chester, Cheshire 53°11′11″N 2°53′28″W / 53.1863°N 2.8911°W		1861–62	Renewal of the exterior stonework and rebuilding of the top of the tower. Harrison also designed a memorial in the church to William Currie, who died in 1834.[38][39]	I
God's Providence House	Chester, Cheshire 53°11′24″N 2°53′33″W / 53.1901°N 2.8926°W		1862	Virtual replacement of a house dating from 1652, using some of the original carved timber.[40][41][42]	II
Holy Trinity Church	Chester, Cheshire 53°11′24″N 2°53′41″W / 53.1899°N 2.8946°W		1865–69	A new church replacing an older church on the site. Harrison died before it was completed. It is now the Guildhall.[43][44]	II
Drill Hall	Chester, Cheshire 53°11′16″N 2°53′19″W / 53.1879°N 2.8887°W		1868	Converted into flats during the 20th century.[45][46]	II

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2. Hartwell et al. 2011, pp. 62, 162.
3. Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 56.
4. Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 214.
5. Listed Buildings, Historic England, retrieved 29 March 2015
6. UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2016), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
7. Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner 2004, pp. 242–43.
8. Historic England, "Church of St Margaret, Whalley Range (1254863)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 1 December 2011
9. Hartwell et al. 2011, pp. 242–43.
10. Historic England, "Heritage Centre, Chester (1376107)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 November 2011
11. Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 261.
12. Langtree & Comyns 2001, p. 155.
13. Historic England, "Former premises of Trustee Savings Bank, Chester (1376260)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 November 2011
14. Hartwell et al. 2011, pp. 277–78.
15. Historic England, "Church of the Holy Ascension, Upton by Chester (1229986)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 November 2011
16. Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 388.
17. Historic England, "Church of All Saints, Handley (1230337)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 November 2011
18. Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 258.
19. Langtree & Comyns 2001, p. 73.
20. Historic England, "Numbers 32 and 34 Northgate Street, The Old Music Hall, Chester (1376350)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 November 2011
21. Historic England, "St Nicholas' Chapel, Chester (1006777)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 November 2011
22. Historic England, "Church of Christ, Chester (1375856)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 November 2011
23. Hubbard 1986, pp. 366–368.
24. Parish Church of St Deiniol, Hawarden, Cadw, retrieved 30 November 2011
25. Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 201.
26. Historic England, "Church of the Holy Trinity, Capenhurst (1130574)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 November 2011
27. Hubbard 1986, p. 519.
28. Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 244.
29. Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 260.
30. Historic England, "Number 40 Row Number 40 Bridge Street, Chester (1376086)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 November 2011
31. Historic England, "Number 51 and 53 Bridge Street, Chester (1376097)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 November 2011
32. Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 627.
33. Historic England, "Haybarn 75 metres south east of Tattenhall Hall (1230261)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 November 2011
34. Historic England, "Gate piers and wing walls to Tattenhall Hall (1230260)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 November 2011
35. Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 243.
36. Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 342.
37. Historic England, "Church of St Luke, Dunham on the Hill (1130685)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 November 2011
38. Hartwell et al. 2011, pp. 241–242.
39. Historic England, "St. Mary's Centre, Chester (1376382)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 November 2011
40. Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 264.
41. Langtree & Comyns 2001, p. 158.
42. Historic England, "Numbers 11 and 11a Row, Gods Providence House, Chester (1376422)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 November 2011
43. Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 241.
44. Historic England, "Guildhall, Chester (1376467)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 November 2011
45. Langtree & Comyns 2001, pp. 160–161.
46. Historic England, "Albion Mews, Chester (1376042)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 November 2011

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