Henry Ward

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Henry Ward (1801 - ??) architect and surveyor, Hanley 

Henry Ward was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England

Henry and his family, was living in Cheapside, Hanley in 1861 and Observatory Terrace in 1867.

NOTE: There was another architect also named Henry Ward (the Stafford Borough architect) who was born c. 1806 in Castlechurch, Stafford - died 1884.  see more on Henry Ward of Stafford >>

 

He was in practice as an architect and town surveyor, as Henry Ward and Son, at Eastwood Place, Hanley, by 1851, but had already been commissioned to design Stoke town hall in 1834. The building was still unfinished in 1850. The centre of the building was originally an open space used as a market but this was converted into a council chamber in1888. The town hall, the most imposing building in the Potteries, is in Classical style. The King's Hall, seating over 3,000 people, was built behind it in 1910-11. 

Stoke Town Hall, Glebe Street

on Stoke Town Hall

 

Brook Street, Stoke

Henry Ward was commissioned to design these houses which
were completed in 1828.

on these listed houses in Brook Street

 

Chapels - Hanley Cemetery
built 1860

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Cauldon Place Building Society

In May 1851 arrangements were made for the development of the rest of Pinfold Medow by the formation of the Cauldon Place Building Society. The architect who drew up the place for the Building Society was Henry Ward (who, amongst other buildings, designed Stoke Town Hall), he also (December 1852) produced the building plan for the development of the Pinfold estate in the form of four streets, laid out at right angles from Snow Hill and Howard Place: Norfolk Street, Chatham Street, Wellington Street (now Wellesley Street) and Richmond Place (which is now Richmond Terrace).

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He was involved in a long dispute with the Tunstall Board of Health from 1848-58 over a claim for work done for that authority.

The firm of Ward and Son designed numerous churches and other buildings in the six towns and elsewhere in Staffordshire. In the 1851 directory by W. White the firm is listed as ...... Henry Ward and Son, Architects (and town surveyors), Eastwood House, Hanley.

It appears that Henry Ward died between the 1861 and 1871 census and that his Son (Henry Ward jnr.) took over the business but retained the name: Henry Ward and Son. Henry Ward jnr. appears to have died sometime between 1891 and 1901 census.

 

Year	Directory	Title	Address
1851	W. White	Wand and Son, Architects (and town surveyors)	Eastwood House, Hanley
1867	Keates & Fords	Henry Ward, Architects	Observatory Terrace, Hanley
1867	Keates & Fords	Henry Ward jnr. Architects and Surveyor	22 & 30 Albion Place Hanley
1872	Kelly	Ward & Son, Architects	30 Albion Place, Hanley
1879	Keates	Ward & Son, Architects	22 Albion Place, Hanley
1882	Keates	Ward & Son, Architects and Surveyors	22 Albion Place, Hanley
1882	Keates	Henry Ward jnr. (Ward & Son), Architects and Surveyors	22 Albion Place, Hanley
1887	Porter	Henry Ward, Architect and Surveyor	33 Birch Terrace, Hanley

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WORKS OF HENRY WARD & SON

 

Stoke-on-Trent....

Houses in Brook Street, Stoke. 1828
Stoke Town Hall, Glebe Street, Stoke.  1834      
Christ Church, Church Street, Fenton. 1839 [rebuilt 1890]
Hope Church (Trinity), Sackville Street, Hanley. 1848-9
St. Matthew Church, Etruria. 1848-9  [early English style]
Holy Trinity, junction of Trinity Street & Lower Foundry Street, Hanley.  1853 [Romanesque style] [demolished 1952]
Athenaeum, junction Christchurch Street & City Road, Fenton.  1853 [heavy Italianate style] [demolished 1977]
St. Luke's, Wellington, Hanley. 1853-4 [early English / Gothic style]
St. Paul's, Edensor, Longton. 1854 [replaced 1940, original building demolished 1960's]
Chapels, Hanley cemetery. 1860
Cemetery (Sexton's) Lodge, Cemetery Road. 1860
Cemetery (Registrar's) Lodge, Cemetery Road. 1860

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1861 census:

Dwelling: 36 Cheapside
Census Place: Hanley, Staffordshire,  England

1871 census:

Dwelling: 22 Albion Place
Census Place: Hanley, Staffordshire,  England

1881 census:

Dwelling: 36 Cheapside
Census Place: Hanley, Staffordshire,  England

1891 census:

Dwelling: 36 Birch Terrace
Census Place: Hanley, Staffordshire,  England

SOURCES: Census 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891; Dir. 1851to 1887; National Index to Wills and Administrations; N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Staffordshire; Tunstall Board of Health Annual Reports; People of the Potteries; Andrew Dobraszczyc's notes. 

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