Runcorn Stone

LOCAL (RUNCORN, HALTON, WESTON)
1.   Ancient Parish Church (demolished 1846) (A))
2.   Halton Castle (1070) (A/B)
3.   Norton Priory 1134 (A/B)
4.   Rocksavage (or Clifton) Hall (demolished)(A)
5.   Old Hall, Weston(1607)(A))
6.   Manor Farm, Weston(1625)(K))
7.   Cavendish Farm (1628) (K)
8.   Old School and Mission Church, Weston(1863)(K))
9.   Runcorn Town Hall & old Police Station, Bridge Street (1831)(A))
10.  Runcorn Baths, (former Market Hall) (1906/1856) (A)
11.  Runcorn Library, Egerton Street (1906)(J))
12.  Bridgewater Canal (1770-76) (A))
13.  Mersey & Irwell Canal (K)
14.  Weston Canal (K))
15.  Runcorn & Weston Canal (K)
16.  Manchester Ship Canal (1888-94) (A)
17.  Weaver Sluices (J)
18.  Trent & Mersey Canal (K)
19.  Hearse House, Church Steet (K)
20.  Former Parish School, Church Street (F)
21.  Bank Chambers, High Street (K)
22.  Mariners' Mission, Irwell Lane (1831) (A)
23.  Holy Trinity Church (1838) (A)
24.  All Saints Church (1849) (A/F)
25.  St Mary's Church, Halton (1852) (A)
26.  Bethesda Chapel (demolished) (K)
27.  Halton Road Methodist Chapel (demolished)
28.  St. Paul's Chapel (demolished)
29.  Brunswick Chapel (demolished)
30.  St Michael's Church, Greenway Road (1887) (A)
31.  St John the Evangelist Church, Weston (1898) (A)
32.  Christ Church, Weston Point (1841) (A)
33.  St John's Presbyuterian Church, Victoria Road (1904) (A)
34.  Runcorn Railway Bridge (1868) (A)
35.  Norton Water Tower (K)

CHESHIRE (remainder of))
1.   Arley Hall, St Mary's Chapel (1845) (B)
2.   Aston by Budworth, Chapel (F)
3.   Birkenhead Docks (H)
4.   Bowden mansion (1874 (I))
5.   Bowden Church (H)
6.   Chester Cathedral restorations (A)
7.   Chester, facing of Newgate (B)
8.   Chester, City Walls restoration (B)
9.   Queen's Park Burma Star island (B)
10.  Dutton Railway Viaduct (1837) (H)
11.  Frodsham Railway Viaduct (1851) (H)
12.  Hartford, St John the Baptist Church 1875 (B/I);
13.  Knutsford, Tabley House (A/I)
14.  Knutsford, Tatton Hall (A/I)
15.  Liscard, St.Mary's Church (1877) (I)
16.  Nantwich, St Mary's Church restoration (A/B)
17.  New Brighton, Perch Rock Battery (1826-1829) (A/B/H)
18.  Northwich, West Cheshire Railway Viaduct (H)
19.  Seacombe, RC Church (1889) (I)
20.  Stockport, St. George's Church, (1892-!897) (B)
21.  Stockport, St Mary's Church, nave (1813-1817) (B)
22.  Stockport, St Thomas' Church, portico and tower (1822-1825) (B)
23.  Stockport, Railway Viaduct (A/H)
24.  Thornton Hough, Parish Church (1906) (I)
25.  Timperley, Christ Church (1849) (B/I)
26.  Tranmere, St. Luke's Church (1881) (I)
27.  Weaaver Navigation, Dutton Locks (1874) (B)
28.  Willaston, "Hadlow Wood House" (1910) (I)
29.  Winsford, St. John's Church, Over (1863) (B)

CUMBRIA
1.   Finsthwaite Church (near Windermere) (A)
2.   Holker Hall (A)

DERBYSHIRE
1.   Morley, Bateman Mausoleum (1897) (B)

HAMPSHIRE
1.   Portsmouth Harbour, Spitbank Fort (1867-1878) (B)

HERTFORDSHIRE
1.   Hertford, All Saint's Church (1893-1895) (the largest church in Hertfordshire) (B)

ISLE OF MAN
1.   Douglas, Red Pier (1793-1800) (B)
2.   Peel, St Paul's Church (1876) (A/B)

LANCASHIRE (exc. Liverpool & Manchester)
1.   Ashton-in-Makerfield, St Thomas' Church (1891-1893) (B)
2.   Atherton, St John the Baptist (Atherton Parish Church) 1877-1897‡
3.   Atherton, St Michael and All Angels Church (B)
4.   Barrow-in-Furness, Docks (H)
5.   Barrow-in-Furness, Engine seatings (H)
6.   Bolton School, swimming baths (1905)(B)
7.   Crosby, United Reform Church (1897-1898) (B)
8.   Fleetwood, Docks and Sea Wall (H)
9.   Grapenhall, paving (A)
10.  Knowsley, Derby Memorial Chapel (I)
11.  Kirkham, Christ Church, Wesham (1894) (I)
12.  Lancaster, St Peter's Catholic Cathedral, baptistery 1857-1859.
13.  Latchford, Parish Church (H)
14.  Leigh, Bedford, St Thomas' Church (1902-1909) (B)
15.  Leigh, St.Mary's Church (1874) (I)
16.  Partington, St. Mary the Virgin Church, (1884), (edifice of Runcorn stone in the Gothic Style) (F)
17.  Preston, Docks (H)
18.  Rainford, Parish Church (1877) (I)
19.  Southport, Holy Trinity Church, pillars & chancel (1904) (A/B)
20.  Warrington, St. Mary's Church (H)
21.  Warrington, Parish Church (H)
22.  Widnes, St. Mary's Church (H)
23.  Widnes, Congregational Chapel (1873) (I)

LIVERPOOL
1.   Docks (from 1820) (A)
2.   Anglican Cathedral, foundation stone, internal carvings (A)
3.   Institute School of Art (1883) (A)
4.   Wellington statue (1863) (I)
5.   Corn Exchange (1854) (I)
6.   Sailors' Home, Woolton, (H)
7.   Seamens' Orphanage (1878) (I)
8.   YMCA, Mount Pleasant (I)
9.   Baptist Chapel, Princess Road (1879) (I)
10.  St. Nicholas Church (1883) (I)
11.  St. Deniol Church, Parliament Street (1894) (I)
12.  St.Matthew Church, Bootle (1891) (I)
13.  RC Church, Kirkdale (1885) (I)
14.  RC Church, Mount Vernon Street (1886) (I)
15.  St. Margaret's C. of E. school, Anfield (1881) (I)
16.  St. Cyprian Church, Durning Road, Edge Hill (A/J)
17.  St.Faith Church, Great Crosby, Fouindation Stone (1898) (B)
18.  St Anne's Church, Overbury Street,Stanley, interior (1890) (B/J)
19.  Primitive Methodist Chapel, Princess Road (1885) (I)
20.  Ullet Road Unitarian Church (1899) (B)
21.  Collegiate School (1842) (J)
22.  St.Sylvester's Church, Sylvester Street (J)

MANCHESTER
1.   Cathedral, Stanley (Ely) chapel, tomb (sides) of James Stanley, bishop .
2.   St.Anne's Church, St.Amnne's Square (K)
3.   St. Paul's , Oldham Road (1878) (I)
4.   Chetham's School, Vallins Arts Centre (formerly a school room) 1878 (B)
5.   Portico Library, Mosley Street (1802-1806) (B)
6.   St.James' Church, Moss Side (1888) (I)
7.   Swinton Church (i)
8.   Worsley, St Paul's Church, (1874-1876) (B)
9.   RC Church All Saints, Barton upon Irwell (by 1868)
10.  Salford Bridge (1877)
11.  Oxford Road Railway Viaduct (H)
12.  Ashton on Mersey schools (1874) (I)

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
1.   Worksop , Clumber Park Chapel (1890) (I)

STAFFORDSHIRE
1.   Burton-on-Trent (near), Holy Angels Church (A)
2.   Lichfield, Cathedral Memorial Cross (1889) (I)
3.   Hawcross Hall (A/I)
4.   Stretton, St Mary's Church, interior (1879) (B)

WARWICKSHIRE
1.   Bedworth, All Saints' Church (1890) (B)
2.   Coventry, St Michael's Church, restoration 1860s (In 1918 this church became Coventry Cathedral,
       destroyed by bombing in 1940)
3.   Coventry, St John Baptist's Church, restoration ()1861) (B)
4.   Coventry, St. Mary's Hall Muniment Room (1892) (I)

WORCESTERSHIRE
1.   Tardebigge, Hewell grange (1884-91) (B)

Yorkshire
1.  Leeds, Burley Mission Hall (1900) (I)

WALES
1,   Colwyn Bay, St.Paul's Church, limestone build dressing of Runcorn stone. Designed by John Douglas. (C)
2.   Conwy, Caerhun, Canovium Roman Fort 2nd C (B)
3,   Conway, Brittania Bridge (B/H)
4.   Glanadda, St.David's Church (1888) (I)
5.   Hawarden, St Francis' Church (1913) (B)
6.   Hawarden, St. Deiniol's Library . (C);
7.   Hollyhead, Breakwater (H)
8.   Llanberis, St. Padern Church (1884) (I)
9.   Llandudno, Catholic Church (Our Lady Star of the Sea), dressings (1891-93) (B)
10.  Llanfair Tallhaiarn, Church (I)
11.  Mold, St.John's' Church (1880) (I)
12.  Portmeirion, Pantheon (or Dome), Norman Shaw fireplace (originally from Dawpool, Cheshire) (B)
13.  Ruthin (near), Llanfwrog Parish Church, font (upper part) (c1900) (B)
14.  Saundersfoot (near), Hean Castle,late 1870's. Stone brought as ships' ballast from Runcorn. (1870) (E)
15.  Joseph Peers, Clerk of the Peace, Memorial (1883) (I)
16.  Pwhelli and Portmadoc(between), St. Deniol's Church (1887) (I)

IRELAND
1.   Dunleary, Dun Laoghaire Harbour, base of piers (1821)(B)
2.   Howth Harbour, foundations (1819) (B)
3.   Waterford, Dungarvan, Devonshire Bridge (1816)
4.   Belfast, Docks

USA
1.   New York docks (B)
2.   Galveston (Texas), Docks
3.   San Francisco, Docks

AUSTRALIA
1,   Sydney, Powerhouse Museum, contains piece of Runcorn sandstone stating it was used extensively in
     engineering works, purchased (1883) (B)

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