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King Street Knutsford
Looking towards the railway station near The Cross Keys Hotel.
Image: © Glyn Baker
Taken: 15 Sep 2012
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The Belle Epoque
Built as Council offices (see under large window) and Coffee House. The left hand side is the base of the Gaskell Memorial Tower with a bust of Elizabeth Gaskell in the niche.
Image: © Mary Gracie
Taken: Unknown
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Sue Ryder Charity Shop, Cotton Shop Yard, Knutsford
Image: © Roger A Smith
Taken: 23 Jan 2012
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Modern shops on Kings Street, Knutsford
Probably replacing older buildings on the site.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 11 Apr 2022
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Gaskell Memorial Tower, Knutsford
Around 1907-8, the Gaskell Memorial Tower was designed by William Longworth for Richard Harding Watt as a coffee house and council offices and later used as a restaurant. It consists of a main block for the offices, forming a courtyard, and the tower with an external staircase. It is constructed in rubble sandstone, with Portland stone at the top of the tower. Its architectural style is eclectic Italianate with Arts and Crafts elements. Its features include a smaller tower with a dome, a statue of Mrs Gaskell in a niche, a bronze medallion, and a pair of large Doric columns which were moved from St Peter's Church in Manchester.
Image: © Tricia Neal
Taken: 31 May 2012
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Gaskell Memorial Tower, Knutsford
Image: © Roger A Smith
Taken: 26 Aug 2013
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Former Council offices, 60 King Street, Knutsford (6)
An octagonal column carved with the names and dates of the Anglo-Saxon, Stuart and Hanoverian monarchs of England/Great Britain. If the names of the medieval period are present, they must be round the back, or a missing piece of stone may have been replaced with a plain one.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 11 Apr 2022
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Elizabeth Gaskell Memorial Tower
Image: © Schlosser67
Taken: 3 Jul 2007
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Former Council offices, 60 King Street, Knutsford (1)
The council offices were built 1905-07, architect William Longworth, in what Historic England calls an 'eclectic Italianate' style. The southern end of the building comprises the Gaskell Memorial tower, named after the town's once-famous novelist. Listed grade II* (list entry 1388360). Since 2019 the building has been vacant and the town council is currently (2022) consulting on possible future uses.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 11 Apr 2022
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Former Council offices, 60 King Street, Knutsford (2)
At the base of the Gaskell Memorial Tower
Image are a carved stone, now faded, with its name; a foundation stone inscribed MCMV (1905), a plaque from 1960 marking Mrs Gaskell's 150th anniversary; and a later blue plaque.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 11 Apr 2022
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