Charles Reed (architect)

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Charles Reed (later Charles Verelst) (1814 – 13 December 1859) was an English architect. He practised in Birkenhead, which was then in Cheshire and later in Merseyside. He was orphaned as a child and brought up by an uncle. When the uncle died, Reed inherited his estate at Aston Hall, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, and changed his surname to Verelst.[1] During the 1840s and 1850s he worked for Sir William Temple in laying out a housing estate in Claughton, and designing villas within that development.[2] Two roads in the estate, Charlesville and Reedville, are named after him.[3] In 1852–54 he was president of the Liverpool Architectural Society.[4] In addition to designing buildings locally, Reed also carried out works further afield, including in North Wales, the Lake District, and Lytham, Lancashire. He was a commissioner of Birkenhead for many years. He died in Claughton, Birkenhead.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "The Late Mr. Chas. Verelst", Liverpool Mercury, 14 December 1859, retrieved 10 November 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Hartwell et al. (2011), pp. 133, 155
  3. ^ Hyde, Don (2007), Simonton Literary Prize (PDF), Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust, retrieved 9 November 2014
  4. ^ Past presidents, Liverpool Architectural Society, retrieved 9 November 2014

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