death_date birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
1864 oswestry , shropshire , england english 1818 thomas mainwaring penson
 thomas mainwaring penson architect
thomas mainwaring penson

thomas mainwaring penson -lrb- 1818 -- 64 -rrb- was an english surveyor and architect .
his father and grandfather , who were both named thomas penson , were also surveyors and architects .
his grandfather thomas penson -lrb- c. 1760 -- 1824 -rrb- worked from an office in wrexham , north wales , and was responsible for the design of bridges , roads , gaols and buildings in north wales .
his son thomas penson -lrb- 1790 -- 1859 -rrb- was county surveyor to a number of welsh counties and also designed bridges .
he later moved to oswestry , shropshire where he established an architectural practice .
thomas mainwaring penson was born in oswestry , and was educated at oswestry school .
his elder brother was richard kyrke penson who became a partner in the oswestry practice in 1854 , before developing an extensive architectural practice of his own , mainly in south wales .
thomas mainwaring penson trained in his father 's practice .
thomas mainwaring initially designed buildings in the area of the practice , including stations for the shrewsbury and chester railway .
he was then appointed as county surveyor of cheshire and moved to chester , cheshire .
here he laid out overleigh cemetery in 1848 -- 50 .
this has been designated by english heritage at grade ii in the national register of historic parks and gardens .
he is credited with pioneering the black-and-white revival -lrb- vernacular or half-timbered -rrb- style in the city during the 1850s .
his first building in this style was constructed in eastgate street in 1852 , but it has since been demolished .
his other notable buildings in chester were designed both in black-and-white revival and in other styles .
they include crypt chambers -lrb- 1858 -rrb- in eastgate street , which is in gothic revival style , queen hotel -lrb- 1860 -- 61 -rrb- opposite chester railway station , which is italianate , and grosvenor hotel -lrb- 1863 -- 86 -rrb- in eastgate street , which is constructed in a mixture of timber-framing , brick and stone .
these three buildings have all been designated by english heritage as listed buildings , crypt chambers at grade i , and the other two at grade ii .
