List of works by J. S. Crowther

File:St Nicholas Church Beverley.jpg

St Nicholas' Church, Beverley

Joseph Stretch Crowther (1820–1893), usually known as J. S. Crowther, was an English architect who practised in Manchester.

Crowther studied under Richard Tattersall from 1838–1843. He worked as a managing clerk for Henry Bowman until 1846, when Bowman took him into partnership, the firm being known as Bowman and Crowther.

Crowther then went into independent practice, designing churches in Gothic Revival style, and villas in a variety of styles. He was appointed as the diocesan architect for Manchester Cathedral, and was working on the restoration of the cathedral at the time of his death, which occurred in March 1893.

Key

Grade	Criteria
Grade I	Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
Grade II*	Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade II	Buildings of national importance and special interest.
"—" denotes a work that is not graded.

Works

Name	Location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
Hyde Chapel	Hyde, Greater Manchester	100px	1846–48	A Unitarian chapel designed with Henry Bowman.	II
Mill Hill Chapel	Leeds, West Yorkshire	100px	1847–48	A Unitarian chapel designed with Henry Bowman.	II*
St Paul's Church	Portwood, Stockport, Greater Manchester	—	1849–50	A Commissioners' church designed with Henry Bowman. Since demolished.	—
St Lawrence's Church	Crosby Ravensworth, Cumbria	70px	1849–87	A series of restorations undertaken in conjunction with the incumbent Revd George F. Wilson.	I
Holy Trinity Church	Kendal, Cumbria	100px	1850–68	Restorations in 1850–52, 1863 and 1868, and design of furnishings.	I
St Philip's Church	Alderley Edge, Cheshire		1851–52	New church; Crowther's first design after leaving his partnership with Henry Bowman.	II*
Redclyffe Grange	Alderley Edge, Cheshire	—	1853	House Crowther built for himself.	II
St Mary's Church.	Hulme, Manchester		1853–58	New church.	II*
School	Alderley Edge, Cheshire	—	1854	A primary school.	II
Holehird	Troutbeck, Cumbria	—	1854	A country house, with later additions. Later a Cheshire Home.	II
Wynlass Beck	Windermere, Cumbria	—	1854	A house for Peter Kennedy.	II
St Colomba's Church	Warcop, Cumbria	—	1854–55	Rebuilt the chancel in Early English style.	I
St Matthew's Church	Stockport, Greater Manchester		1855–58	New church.	II
St Alban's Church	Manchester	—	1857–64	New church.	II
St Mary's Church	Windermere, Cumbria	100px	1857–71	In 1857–58 Crowther added the north aisle and porch, in 1861 the nave was extended, and in 1871 a north transept and a vestry were added.	II
St George's Church	Poynton, Cheshire	100px	1858–59	New church.	II
Oak Farmhouse	Wilmslow, Cheshire	—	c. 1860	Additions to a 16th-century building.	II*
St John the Evangelist's Church	Alvanley, Cheshire		1860–61	New church.	II
St James' Church	Staveley, Cumbria	100px	1861–65	New church.	—
St Helen's Church	Tarporley, Cheshire		1861–79	Series of restorations.	II*
Arderne Hall	Tarporley, Cheshire	—	1863	House, demolished in 1958, and replaced.	—
Parkside	Kendal, Cumbria	—	1865	A house for Major Bousfield, M.P.	II
St Mary's Church	Astbury, Cheshire	—	1866	Reredos.	—
St Mary's Church	Bury, Greater Manchester		1872–76	Crowther replaced the Georgian body of the church with one in Gothic Revival style. He also probably designed the screen between the chapel and the chancel.	II
St Wilfrid's Church	Northenden, Manchester		1873–76	When Crowther was asked to undertake repairs, it he found that there were no foundations under the body of the church. He replaced this in a similar design, leaving the Perpendicular tower unaltered.	II*
St Nicholas' Church	Beverley, East Yorkshire	70px	1877–80	New church.	II
St Bartholomew's Church	Wilmslow, Cheshire		1878	Added a vestry and a porch.	I
St Benedict's Church	Ardwick, Manchester		1880	New church.	II*
Eccle Riggs	Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria	—	1880	Addition of a dining-room wing to a house built in 1865 for Richard Assheton Cross, designed by E. G. Paley. It has later been used as a leisure club.	—
St Thomas' Church	Werneth, Oldham, Greater Manchester	—	1880s	Made additions including a choir vestry and an organ chamber.	II
St Mary's Church	Stockport, Greater Manchester		1880–82	Alterations, including to the west window. Crowther also designed the furnishings in the chancel and choir at this time.	I
St Chad's Church	Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire		1881–83	Alterations.	II*
St Michael and All Angels' Church	Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester		1881–89	Rebuilt the west tower and refitted the chancel.	I
St Bartholomew's Church	Appleby, North Lincolnshire	100px	1882	Restoration.	II*
St George's Church	Hulme, Manchester		1884	Restoration of a Commissioners' church, built in 1826–28 and designed by Francis Goodwin.	II*
St Chad's Church	Rochdale, Greater Manchester	70px	1884–85	Chancel rebuilt and extended.	II*
Manchester Cathedral	Manchester		1885–86	Restoration.	I
St Mary's Church	Lymm, Cheshire		1888–90	Tower rebuilt.	II
St Andrew's Church	Eccles, Greater Manchester		1889	Added the tower.	II*
Holy Trinity Church	Littleborough, Greater Manchester	100px	1889	Added the chancel.	II
St Wilfrid's Church	Mobberley, Cheshire		1889–	Started restoration; completed after his death by W. D. Caroe.	I
St John's Church	Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire	100px	1890	New church for Rowland Winn, Lord Oswald.	II*

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