List of works by Charles Reed
Name and location Photograph Date Notes Grade
13 Charlesville , Claughton , Merseyside 53°23′08″N 3°02′35″W / 53.38554°N 3.04304°W / 53.38554 ; -3.04304 ( 13 Charlesville ) - c. 1840-48 A stuccoed house with a Welsh slate roof . It has two storeys and a three- bay front , the pedimented central bay projecting slightly forward , and containing a lean-to porch . This is flanked by three-light windows under a segmental arch . The windows are casements , the central one in the upper floor having an entablature II
Shaw Hill , Whittle-le-Woods , Lancashire 53°40′58″N 2°38′32″W / 53.68268°N 2.64216°W / 53.68268 ; -2.64216 ( Shaw Hill ) - Early 1840s A country house incorporating parts of an earlier house , later a golf club . It is in stone with a hipped slate roof , and has a square plan , three storeys , and five bays on each side . The entrance front is on the north side and has a porch with a Roman Doric colonnade . On the west front is a full height bow window . All the windows are sashes II
31 Grosvenor Road , Claughton , Merseyside 53°23′18″N 3°02′39″W / 53.38831°N 3.04412°W / 53.38831 ; -3.04412 ( 4 Caroline Place ) - c. 1844-48 A stuccoed house with a Welsh slate roof . It has two storeys and a symmetrical three- bay front . In the centre is a portico porch flanked by bay windows containing sashes . The windows in the upper floor are casements , the central one with an entablature on consoles II
24 and 26 Devonshire Road , Claughton , Merseyside 53°23′14″N 3°02′56″W / 53.38731°N 3.04882°W / 53.38731 ; -3.04882 ( 24 and 26 Devonshire Road ) - c. 1845 A pair of stuccoed brick houses with a Welsh slate roof . They are symmetrical , in two storeys , and each house has three bays . The outer bays project forward and are gabled with a single-storey canted bay window . The central bays of each house contain a pedimented porch , and in the inner bays are French windows . The other windows are casements , those in the upper floor being round-headed II
Church of St John the Evangelist , Birkenhead , Merseyside - 1845-47 The church was consecrated on 28 April 1859 . It closed in 1974 -
28 and 30 Devonshire Road , Claughton , Merseyside 53°23′16″N 3°02′36″W / 53.38771°N 3.04346°W / 53.38771 ; -3.04346 ( 28 and 30 Devonshire Road ) - c. 1845-50 A pair of stuccoed brick houses with a Welsh slate roof . They are symmetrical , in two storeys , and each house has two bays . The outer bays project forward and have a single-storey canted bay window . The other windows have two lights , and the left hand house has a first floor balcony . The entrances are on the sides , and have porches with hipped roofs II
Market Hall , Lytham , Lancashire 53°44′14″N 2°57′54″W / 53.73731°N 2.96491°W / 53.73731 ; -2.96491 ( Market Hall , Lytham ) 1847-48 The market hall , later used for other purposes , is in red brick with sandstone dressings , and hipped slate roofs . The building has a rectangular plan , it is in s single storey , and has a front of nine bays . A clock tower was added later II
St Peter 's Church , Chorley , Lancashire 53°39′38″N 2°37′25″W / 53.66064°N 2.62357°W / 53.66064 ; -2.62357 ( St Peter 's Church , Chorley ) 1848-52 A sandstone church in Early English style , with a gritstone plinth and dressings , and a slate roof with ridge tiles . It consists of a nave with aisles , transepts , a chancel , and a polygonal northwest turret . Most of the windows are lancets II
Stanacres , Raby , Merseyside 53°19′05″N 3°02′02″W / 53.31805°N 3.03397°W / 53.31805 ; -3.03397 ( Stanacres ) - 1849-51 A large country house in Gothic style , built in sandstone with slate roofs . It has ​ 2 ⁄ 2 storeys and an entrance front of three gabled bays . In the centre bays is a protruding porch with pilasters and a gablet with a finial . Most of the windows are sashes , some are mullioned and transomed , and there are dormers in the roof II
Cowley House , St Helens , Merseyside 53°27′46″N 2°44′37″W / 53.46278°N 2.74369°W / 53.46278 ; -2.74369 ( Cowley House ) - 1850 A large house in Italianate style , later converted into offices . It is stuccoed with hipped slate roofs , is in two storeys , and has a three- bay front , all the faces being symmetrical . Features include a tower with a low-pitched roof , and a central lantern above the staircase II
32 and 34 Devonshire Road , Claughton , Merseyside 53°23′16″N 3°02′38″W / 53.38773°N 3.04396°W / 53.38773 ; -3.04396 ( 32 and 34 Devonshire Road ) - c. 1850 A pair of stone houses with hipped Welsh slate roofs . They are symmetrical , in two storeys , and each house has two bays . The outer bays contain a bow window , and the windows are mullioned and transomed . The entrances are on the sides II
36 Devonshire Road , Claughton , Merseyside 53°23′16″N 3°02′40″W / 53.38780°N 3.04443°W / 53.38780 ; -3.04443 ( 36 Devonshire Road ) - c. 1850 A brick house with rendered stone dressings and a hipped Welsh slate roof . It has two storeys and an attic , and a two- bay front . In the left bay is a canted bay window with a parapet and a pedimented window above . To the right is a three-light window , with a window in an architrave above . The porch is on the side II
38 and 40 Devonshire Road , Claughton , Merseyside 53°23′16″N 3°02′42″W / 53.38784°N 3.04497°W / 53.38784 ; -3.04497 ( 38 and 40 Devonshire Road ) - 1853 A pair of brick houses with stone dressings and a Welsh slate roof , in Italianate style . They have two storeys , and each house has a three- bay front . The entrances are through porches on the sides , and there are recessed wings . The outer bays project forward and contain a bay window with a parapet . The windows are sashes II
Runcorn Town Hall , Runcorn , Cheshire 53°20′01″N 2°43′25″W / 53.33361°N 2.72371°W / 53.33361 ; -2.72371 ( Runcorn Town Hall ) 1853-56 Originally a country house called Halton Grange , it is rendered with a slate roof in Italianate style . The building is in two storeys , and has a three- bay front with a four-storey tower in the style of that at Osbourne House . The entrance front has a Tuscan portico with an open balustrade above . The ground floor windows are double casements and those above are sashes II
Plas Rhianfa , Llandegfan , Anglesey - 1849 Large sea-side villa , of ornate French gothic ( inspired by the chateaux of the Loire ) . Dressed Penmon limestone rubble facing , with freestone dressings and ( with the exception of the turrets ) , fish scale slate roofs . Built to enjoy the prospect over the Menai Strait , on a dramatically sloping site II*
Underscar Manor , Underskiddaw , Cumbria 54°37′14″N 3°07′54″W / 54.62051°N 3.13179°W / 54.62051 ; -3.13179 ( Underscar ) 1856-63 A sandstone country house with Westmorland slate roofs , later a hotel , in Italianate style . It has an irregular linear plan , and a symmetrical entrance front of two storeys and three bays . There are two towers in the style of that at Osbourne House , one of which is in the centre of the entrance front . At the southeast corner is a large 19th-century conservatory II
St Laurence 's Church , Chorley , Lancashire 53°39′17″N 2°37′57″W / 53.65473°N 2.63258°W / 53.65473 ; -2.63258 ( St Laurence 's Church , Chorley ) 1859-60 A medieval church largely rebuilt by Reed , including the aisles , arcades and vestries . These parts are in Decorated style , including gargoyles . Further alterations were made in 1913-14 in Perpendicular style . The church is built in stone with slate roofs II*
Confirmed works
Charles Reed (1814-59), later known as Charles Verelst, was an English architect who practised in Birkenhead, which was then in Cheshire and later in Merseyside. Most of his works are in the locality of his office, but he also designed buildings in North Wales, Lancashire and Cumbria. Reed's listed buildings are mainly large houses, but he also designed churches and a market hall.