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Alfred
Waterhouse
Alfred
Waterhouse was born in 1830 in Aigburth in
Liverpool. His father was a wealthy Quaker
mill owner. His brother Edwin was a
co-founder of the accountancy firm
Price-Waterhouse. Alfred was educated at a
Quaker school in London before studying
architecture under another Manchester Architect
Richard Lane. After travelling throughout
Europe as a young man, Alfred founded his own
architectural practice in Manchester. He
worked in Manchester for 12 years before moving to
London where he was responsible for the
spectacular Natural History Museum (below).
 ********************** Waterhouse's Manchester Buildings Assize Courts, Strangeways, 1859 - 1864  The building was badly damaged during the WWII bombing and demolished in the 1950s. ****************************** Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square - 1867 - 1877   ******************** Prudential Insurance, King Street - 1881  ******************** Old Manchester Grammar School, Long Millgate - 1870 Now part of Chetham's School.    ******************** Owen's College, University of Manchester, Oxford Road - 1870   ******************** The Refuge Assurance Building, Oxford Street - 1890 - 1910 - now the Palace Hotel   ******************** Strangeways Prison, Southall Street, Strangways - 1866 - 1868    ******************** Commercial Buildings, 60 Spring Gardens - 1882    |