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	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	II	c. 1900	—	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	—	II	1901	Walter Aston	A two-storey house, with towers of differing sizes.[11][12]
Breeze, Legh Road 53.2984°N 2.3655°W	—	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	—	II	1902	—	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		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	—	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	—	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	—	II	1905	—	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	—	II	c. 1905	—	A small circular structure in rendered brick.[3][20]
Aldwarden Hill, Legh Road 53.2977°N 2.3654°W	—	II	1906	—	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	—	II	1906	—	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	—	II	c. 1906	—	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	—	II	c. 1906	—	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	—	II	1907	—	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		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		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		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

Sources

• Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
• Pevsner, Nikolaus; Hubbard, Edward (2003) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-09588-0