John Grey Weightman (29 March 1809 – 9 December 1872) was an English architect based in Sheffield.
Career
editHe was born on 29 March 1809 in Bawtry, West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of Robert Weightman and Mary Gray.
He trained in the offices of Charles Barry and Charles Robert Cockerell. Initially he practised alone in Sheffield from around 1832, but by 1834 he was working with Matthew Ellison Hadfield before entering a formal partnership in 1838 which lasted until 1858, after which he practised alone.
He married Mary Elizabeth Collinson (1802-1884). He died in Collingham, Nottinghamshire on 9 December 1872.[1]
Works
edit- Collegiate School, College Street, Leicester 1835-36[2]
- Collegiate School (now University main building), Sheffield. 1836[3]
- All Saints' Church, Glossop. 1831[4] rebuilding
- All Saints' Roman Catholic Church, Old Glossop. 1836[5]
- Presbytery, Church Street, Old Glossop. 1836[6]
- St Mary's Church, Shaw Street, Oldham, Lancashire. 1838[7] with Matthew Ellison Hadfield
- St Peter's Church, Spring Bank Road, Stalybridge. 1838-39[8] with Hadfield
- St Mary's Church, Worksop, 1838 to 1840, with Hadfield.
- Holy Trinity Church, Matlock Bath 1841-42[9]
- Church of St Mary Immaculate, Blackbrook Road, St Helen's 1844-45[10]
- St Andrew's Church, Garthorpe 1846[11] Restoration and new chancel.
- St Chad's Church, Cheetham Hill Road, Strangeways, Manchester. 1846-47[12] with Matthew Ellison Hadfield
- St Chad's Church and Presbytery, Stocks Street, Cheetham. 1846-47[13]
- St Mary's Church, Little Crosby, Lancashire. 1845-47[14] with Matthew Ellison Hadfield
- Glossop railway station and Engine Sheds, Norfolk Street, Glossop. 1847[15]
- St Bede's Church, Appleton Road, Halton, Widnes. 1847[16]
- St Anne's Church, Carruthers Street, Ancoats, Manchester. 1847-48[17] with Matthew Ellison Hadfield
- Salford Cathedral 1844-48
- St Mary's Church, Mulberry Street, Manchester. 1848[18] with Matthew Ellison Hadfield
- Louth railway station 1848[19]
- Ludborough railway station 1848[19]
- North Thoresby railway station 1848[19]
- Holton-le-Clay railway station 1848[19]
- Waltham railway station 1848[19]
- St Paul's Church, Newton, Hyde. 1853-54[20] with Matthew Ellison Hadfield and George Goldie
- St Mary's Church, Felland Street, Dukinfield. 1854-56[21] with Matthew Ellison Hadfield and George Goldie
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Lanark 1856[22]
References
edit- ^ "Deaths". Sheffield Independent. England. 12 December 1872. Retrieved 3 March 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Historic England, "Collegiate School, Leicester (1183455)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 March 2017
- ^ Historic England, "Sheffield Hallam University Main Building (1270958)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 March 2017
- ^ Historic England, "Church of All Saints (1384237)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 March 2017
- ^ Historic England, "Roman Catholic Church of All Saints (1384226)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 March 2017
- ^ Historic England, "Royle House (1384228)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 March 2017
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1969). The Buildings of England. South Lancashire. Penguin Books. p. 360. ISBN 0140710361.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Hubbard, Edward (1971). The Buildings of England. Cheshire. Penguin Books. p. 336. ISBN 0140710426.
- ^ Historic England, "Church of Holy Trinity (1248232)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 March 2017
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St Mary Immaculate (1199104)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 March 2017
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St Andrew (1061273)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 March 2017
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1969). The Buildings of England. South Lancashire. Penguin Books. p. 338. ISBN 0140710361.
- ^ Historic England, "Roman Catholic Church of St Chad and Presbytery St Chads Presbytery (1208542)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 March 2017
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1969). The Buildings of England. South Lancashire. Penguin Books. p. 139. ISBN 0140710361.
- ^ Historic England, "Glossop Railway Station and Co-op Building (1384287)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 March 2017
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St Bede (1130411)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 March 2017
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1969). The Buildings of England. South Lancashire. Penguin Books. p. 300. ISBN 0140710361.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1969). The Buildings of England. South Lancashire. Penguin Books. p. 279. ISBN 0140710361.
- ^ a b c d e "General Remarks". Hull Packet. England. 3 March 1848. Retrieved 3 March 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Hubbard, Edward (1971). The Buildings of England. Cheshire. Penguin Books. p. 246. ISBN 0140710426.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Hubbard, Edward (1971). The Buildings of England. Cheshire. Penguin Books. p. 202. ISBN 0140710426.
- ^ "John Grey Weightman". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ Historic England, "Roman Catholic Church of St Charles Borromeo and attached Presbytery (1384309)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 March 2017
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St Mary (1270449)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 March 2017