Edgar Wood

The Body of Work

A view of the Elm Street School Playground

Below is a complete list of all of Edgar Wood's architectural projects.

Date
 

Building Projects
     

 1887


Shelter and Drinking Fountain in Middleton

1889


Manchester and County Bank, Long Street, Middleton (later the District Bank)
    Temple Street, Baptist Church, Middleton
    Albion Inn, Wood Street, Middleton
    Guardian Building, Market Place, Middleton

1892


Unitarian Chapel, Manchester Old Road, Middleton (demolished)
    Manchester and Salford Bank, Market Place, Middleton (later William Deacon's Bank)

1893


Silver Street Chapel, Rochdale
    37-39 Rochdale Road, Middleton

1894


Westdene, Archer Park, Middleton.
    Barcroft, Bolton Road, Marland, Rochdale
    2 cottages, Union Street, Middleton (demolished)

1895


Fencegate and Redcroft, Rochdale Road, Middleton
    Briarcourt, Occupation Road, Lindley, Huddersfield.
    2-4 Schwabe Street, Rhodes, Middleton (designs not executed until 1897)
    East Street Methodist Church, Lindley, Huddersfield

1897


George and Dragon Hotel, Manchester Road, Castleton, Rochdale
    Victoria Hotel, Spotland Road, Rochdale
  Mission Church, Bolton Road, Marland, Rochdale (derelict in 1968 - may be demolished)

1898


Dunarden, Archer Park, Middleton
    The Clergy House, Almondbury, Huddersfield
    A shop and seven houses, 34-48 Rochdale Road, Middleton
  3 cottages, Norman Terrace, Lindley, Huddersfield

1899


Long Street Weslyan Church and Schools, Middleton (completed 1901)
    4 cottages - 31-37 Broad Street, Rhodes, Middleton
    16 cottages - 16-46 Hilton Fold Lane, Middleton
    13 cottages - 1-25 Amy Street, Middleton
    3 cottages - 11-15 Norman Street, Middleton

1900


Banney Royd, Halifax Road, Edgerton, Huddersfield (designed 1900 - completed 1901)
    Lindley Clock Tower, corner Lidget Street and  Daisy Lee Lane, Lindley, Huddersfield (designed 1900 - erected 1902)
    Lindley Gatehouse, Crosland Road, Lindley, Huddersfield
    A pair of semi-detached houses, 51 & 53 Rochdale Road, Middleton

1901


Offices for solicitors, Greaves Street, Oldham
    Richardson's Estate, Hale, Cheshire. (14 houses by Wood on Hale, Park and Plane Tree Roads) including: Graystoke, White Thorn Lodge and Turvelaws, The Homestead .

1902
  Richardson's Estate, Hale, Cheshire. The Hollies

1903


First Church of Christ Scientist, Daisy Bank Road, Victoria Park, Manchester

1904

House at Dore, near Sheffield
    The Shiel and Cintra, Hale Cheshire

1905


Holly Cottage, Holly Road, Bramhall, Stockport Road, Cheshire

1906


36 Mellalieu Street, Middleton
    Parsonage House, Thurlstone, Pennistone
    Steps and fountain, Jubilee Park, Long Street, Middleton
    Rhodes Mount House, off Broad Street, Rhodes, Middleton
    Arkholme, 1, Towncroft Ave, Middleton

1907


Manor Villas, 1092 - 1104 Middleton Road, Chadderton, Oldham
    22-24 Mount Road , Alkrington, Middleton
    Dalnyveed, Barley, Royston, Hertfordshire 

1908


Upmeads, Newport Road, Stafford
    Durnford Street School and Elm Street School, Middleton
    223 - 225, 227 - 229 Hale Road, Hale, Cheshire
    3 shops 33 - 37 Manchester Road, Middleton

1909


Hampstead Garden Suburb

1910


3 Harold Street, Middleton

1912


165-167 Manchester Road, Middleton

1913


Housing estate at Fairfield Avenue and Broadway, Fairfield, Droylsden, Manchester

1914


Royd House, 224 Hale Road, Hale, Cheshire

1920


Wood prepared a set of magnificent drawings on behalf of the Manchester Society of Architects for a housing scheme for Manchester. The scheme was never executed.

1921


The Garth, Hale, Cheshire

Edgecroft, Manchester Road, Heywood, Manchester. The last know building by Wood before he retired from practice.