Charles Reed (architect)

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.

Reed was an illegitimate son of Arthur Charles Verelst (1779–1843).^[1] He was brought up by an uncle. When his father's brother William Verelst (1784–1851) died, Reed inherited the estate at Aston Hall, Yorkshire, and changed his surname to Verelst.^[2]

During the 1840s and 1850s he worked for Sir William Jackson in laying out a housing estate in Claughton, and designing villas within that development.^[3] Two roads in the estate, Charlesville and Reedville, are named after him.^[4] In 1852–54 he was president of the Liverpool Architectural Society.^[5] 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.^[2]

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^ Foster, Joseph (1874). Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire. London, The compiler. p. 215.
^ ^a ^b "The Late Mr. Chas. Verelst", Liverpool Mercury, 14 December 1859, retrieved 10 November 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive
^ Hartwell et al. (2011), pp. 133, 155
^ Hyde, Don (2007), Simonton Literary Prize (PDF), Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust, retrieved 9 November 2014
^ Past presidents, Liverpool Architectural Society, archived from the original on 1 April 2017, retrieved 9 November 2014

Sources

Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-10910-5

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[1] Foster, Joseph (1874). Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire. London, The compiler. p. 215.

[bna-2] "The Late Mr. Chas. Verelst", Liverpool Mercury, 14 December 1859, retrieved 10 November 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive

[FOOTNOTEHartwellHydeHubbardPevsner2011133,_155-3] Hartwell et al. (2011), pp. 133, 155

[4] Hyde, Don (2007), Simonton Literary Prize (PDF), Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust, retrieved 9 November 2014

[5] Past presidents, Liverpool Architectural Society, archived from the original on 1 April 2017, retrieved 9 November 2014

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