Governor's House, Knutsford
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The former Governor's House is located in Toft Road, Knutsford, Cheshire, England. It was built for the governor of Knutsford Gaol, and has later been used as a Tourist Information Centre. It was built in 1844 and designed by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe.[1][2][3] It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[4] The house is constructed in red brick in Georgian style.[3] It served as the central offices for the Knutsford Urban District Council, and then for Knutsford Town Council which have been located there since the council formed in 1974.[4]
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References
- ^ Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, pp. 38, 213, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
- ^ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 422, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
- ^ a b Hughes, John M. (2010), Edmund Sharpe: Man of Lancaster, John M. Hughes, p. 227
- ^ a b Historic England, "Macclesfield Borough Council Offices (1378497)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 August 2012
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