James Caldwell Prestwich
James Caldwell Prestwich (1852–1940) was an English architect.
Background
Prestwich was born in Atherton, Lancashire and educated at Leigh and Nantwich Grammar Schools.[1]
Career
Prestwich trained to be an architect in London and returned to
Works
Several of Prestwich's buildings survive including the Central Buildings on Bradshawgate which were built for the Leigh Friendly Co-operative Society, Leigh Cenotaph,
Institutions
Prestwich was a fellow of the Manchester Society of Architects and practised until 1930. His son Harold joined the practice in 1908.[6]
References
Notes
- ^ a b Tracy, William Burnett (1901). Pike, W. T. (ed.). Vol. 2. Manchester and Salford at the Close of the Nineteenth Century. Brighton, Sussex: W. T. Pike & Co. p. 218.
- ^ Pollard, Pevsner & Sharples 2006, p. 228
- ^ Darlington, Neil (2024). "James Caldwell Prestwich". manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk. Architects of Greater Manchester. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1068457)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ Leigh Town Trail Part 1 (PDF), Wigan Council, 2000, p. 5, archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2011
- ^ Brodie 2001, p. 408
Bibliography
- Brodie, Antonia (2001), Directory of British Architects 1834–1914: L–Z, Continuum International Publishing Group
- Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Sharples, Joseph (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, ISBN 978-0-300-10910-8
External links
Media related to James Caldwell Prestwich at Wikimedia Commons