Monday, 24 January 2011

John Welch: The Harris Institute, Preston (1846-49)














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2 comments:

  1. Lang Rabbie24 January 2011 at 14:39

    I have some doubts about that date and the attribution to Henry Cheers?

    I think Cheers designed the very different red-brick slightly Gothic block facing Corporation Street now known as "The Harris Building"

    Your photo looks to be the earlier building for "The Preston Institution for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge" which became "The Harris Institute".

    http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-391876-harris-institute-preston

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  2. EAMONN CANNIFFE25 January 2011 at 11:29

    Thanks for the correction. That certainly makes far more sense stylistically.

    Cheers (!)

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