# George Woodhouse (architect)

George Woodhouse (29 July 1829 – 3 September 1883) was an English architect who practised from offices in Bolton, and Oldham, then in the county of Lancashire. He collaborated with William Hill on the designs for Bolton Town Hall.

## Career

He was born on 19 July 1829 at Lindley, near Huddersfield, the son of John Woodhouse (1788–1862) and Sarah Moor (1788–1875), and baptised on 13 August 1829 in Zion Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Lindley. At age 15 he was apprenticed to James Whittaker of Silverwell Yard of Bradshawgate and later John Williamson Whittaker with whom he entered into partnership. This partnership lasted until 1852.
In independent practice, he had offices at St George's Road, Bolton (from 1860), and Clegg Street, Oldham in Greater Manchester.
He worked in partnership with Edward Potts (1839–1909) from 1861 until 1872 and was later in partnership with William James Morley (1847–1930) around 1883.
He was a prominent Wesleyan Methodist, and was for many years organist of Park Street Chapel.
He was married three times:
* Firstly to Emma Crosland (1833–1860) of Yew Tree, Lindley at Highfield Independent Chapel on 17 December 1851.
* Secondly to Ellen Piggott (1834–1867) on 19 June 1862 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. The children from this marriage were:
** George Herbert Woodhouse (1863–1925)
** Emma Woodhouse (1865–1907)
** John Arthur Woodhouse (1866–1949)
* Thirdly to Harriett Knowles (1849–1894), daughter of Robert Knowles of West Bank, Bolton in the Parish Church at Lytham on 20 April 1871. The children from this marriage were:
** Robert Knowles Woodhouse (1872–1955)
** Noel Woodhouse (1873–1946)
** Henry Basil Woodhouse (1877–1951)
** William Gilbert Woodhouse (1879–1963)
** Alfred Victor Woodhouse (1881–1911)
He died on 3 September 1883 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire and was interred in the graveyard of St Peter's Church, Halliwell.

## Notable works

* Heaton Grange ca. 1850 (for John Knowles Esq J.P.)
* Gilnow New Mills 1854 (damaged by fire in 1868)
* Fletcher Street Wesleyan Chapel, Bolton (demolished)
* Sunnyside Institute, Daubhill Street, Bolton
* Astley Bridge Wesleyan Chapel and Schools, Seymour Road, Bolton (demolished 2015)
* Lee Chapel, Lee Lane, Horwich 1856
* Independent Chapel, Bolton Cemetery 1856
* Bank Street Unitarian Chapel, 1856
* Organ screen, Wesley Chapel, Bolton 1857.
* New General Post Office, Market Square, Bolton 1857 (alterations)
* Bolton Union Workhouse, Fishpool 1858–59
* House, Green Lane, Bolton (now public house) 1859
* Mr. Luke Boardman's New Ragged School, Bark Street 1860
* Atlas Company Cotton Mill, Halliwell 1862
* Coventry Cotton Company Mill 1862
* Newton Moor Cotton Spinning Company Mill 1862
* Park Street Wesleyan Chapel, Bolton 1862–63 (demolished)
* Wesleyan New Chapel, Walkden, Little Hulton. 1863
* Wesleyan Schools, Regent Road, Salford 1864
* Independent Sunday School, Rose Hill 1865
* Wesleyan Chapel, Earlestown 1865
* St Paul's Schools, Deansgate 1866
* New Wesleyan Chapel (Oakes Chapel), Lindley, Huddersfield 1867–68
* New Baptist Chapel, St George's Road, Bolton 1868–69
* Victoria Mill, Lower Vickers Street Miles Platting Manchester 1869
* Wesleyan Chapel, Halliwell Road, Bolton 1869
* Wesleyan Chapel, Dale Street, Leamington Spa 1869
* Bradford Buildings, 25 and 27 Mawdsley Street, Bolton ca. 1870
* Bliss Tweed Mill 1872
* Belper Congregational Church 1872
* Baptist Chapel and School, Blackburn Road, Haslingden 1872
* Bolton Town Hall (with William Hill of Leeds) 1866–1873
* Wyclif Congregational Church, Bewsey Road, Warrington 1873
* Sunnyside Mills, Daubhill (extensions) 1872-1874
* Methodist New Connexion Schools, Lindley, Huddersfield 1874
* Former Mansion for the Mellor Family, Chorley Road (later Woodside Junior School, now Clevelands Nursery and Preparatory School) 1877
* Trinity Methodist Church, Harrogate 1879