Charles Reed (later Charles Verelst) (1814 – 13 December 1859) was an English architect. He practised in Birkenhead, which was then in Cheshire and later in Merseyside. Most of Reed's early work is in the Italianate style, with later buildings in Gothic Revival.
Charles Verelst | |
|---|---|
| Born | Charles Reed 1814 |
| Died | 13 December 1859 (aged 45) Claughton, Birkenhead |
| Resting place | Holy Cross Church, Woodchurch |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse |
Anne Jane Willacy
(m. 1845; died 1903) |
| Children | 5 (including Harry Verelst) |
| Parent | Arthur Charles Verelst (illegitimate) |
| Buildings | |
| Projects | Claughton Park Estate |
Reed was an illegitimate son of Arthur Charles Verelst (1779–1843).[2] He was brought up by an uncle. When his father's brother William Verelst (1784–1851) died, Reed inherited the estate at Aston Hall, Yorkshire on condition that he changed his surname to Verelst.[3]
During the 1840s and 1850s he worked for Sir William Jackson in laying out a housing estate in Claughton, and designing villas within that development.[4] Two roads in the estate, Charlesville and Reedville, are named after him.[5] In 1852–54 he was president of the Liverpool Architectural Society.[6] In addition to designing buildings locally, Reed also carried out works further afield, including in North Wales, the Lake District, and Lytham, Lancashire. He was a commissioner of Birkenhead for many years. He died in Claughton, Birkenhead.[3]
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Citations
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard (1921). Thorpe, A. Winton (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain (13 ed.). London: Burke Publishing Company Ltd. pp. 1807–1808.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1874). Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire. London, The compiler. p. 215.
- ^ a b "The Late Mr. Chas. Verelst", Liverpool Mercury, 14 December 1859, retrieved 10 November 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive
- ^ Hartwell et al. (2011), pp. 133, 155
- ^ Hyde, Don (2007), Simonton Literary Prize (PDF), Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust, retrieved 9 November 2014
- ^ Past presidents, Liverpool Architectural Society, archived from the original on 1 April 2017, retrieved 9 November 2014
Sources
- Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
- Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-10910-5
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