Find out about Alfred Waterhouse and how he came to design the Natural History Museum building in London. See a selection of his extraordinary terracotta designs. From imposing gargoyles to delicate ...

The chapels are of national significance, being the first public works of eminent Victorian architect Alfred Waterhouse, whose celebrated works include Manchester Town Hall, London’s Natural History ...

A long-lost set of original designs for Manchester Town Hall have been uncovered - in the very last room archivists looked in. The drawings by architect Alfred Waterhouse date back to the mid-19th ...

Funded partly by Howarth and designed by Michael Waterhouse, grandson of Alfred, it rose to five storeys, complementing the towers of the original building. The latest large extension came in 1977 ...

The gothic building now named for John Owens was the first on this site. Like all the buildings, it was designed by the Manchester architect Alfred Waterhouse, who in 1868 had won the competition to ...

But not for long. For 85 years, Manchester’s neo-Gothic Town Hall, designed by Alfred Waterhouse and completed in 1877, had been the city’s tallest building, its tower climbing to 285ft.

The competition was eventually won - spoiler alert - by Alfred Waterhouse, now recognised as one of the greatest British architects of the 19th century. Waterhouse, who also designed London’s Natural ...

Part of an extraordinary complex of conjoined, landmark civic buildings that includes Alfred Waterhouse’s exuberant neo-gothic 1877 Town Hall next door, the grade II*-listed library lies at the civic ...

The 1889-built office block was designed by Alfred Waterhouse, who also designed the Natural History Museum in London and Manchester Town Hall.

Eight entries went through to the second round and, on April 1, 1868, Alfred Waterhouse (1830–1905) was announced as the winner. 'The quality of the building is due both to Waterhouse’s brilliance and ...