tarboat's photos with the keyword: knutsford

Nice terracotta detailing on this terrace row on Middle Walk in Knutsford, Cheshire. A close look reveals there is also decoration on the chimneystack.

A brickworks existed adjacent to the saw mill on Bexton Lane in Knutsford from at least the 1870s. By the 1880s the operation was in the hands of Joseph & John Beswick of Knutsford Steam Saw Mills, timber merchants, contractors and builders. They are listed in the 1896 Kelly's Directory but not in 1902.

The former offices of Bucklow Rural District Council (1894 - 1974) in Bexton Road, Knutsford. Very much of its time, this building must have been commissioned very soon after the creation of the Council and was completed in 1897. Once again I do not know the source of the terracotta and high quality facing brickwork. What is rather nice is the subtle use of stone in bands running just below the windows and also for decoration on the parapet. There has been local concern for the future of the building but it is currently divided into commercial office units.