John Douglas (English architect)
John Douglas was an English architect who designed over 500 buildings in Cheshire, North Wales, and northwest England, in particular in the estate of Eaton Hall. He was trained in Lancaster and practised throughout his career from an office in Chester. Initially he ran the practice on his own, but from 1884 until two years before his death he worked in partnerships with two of his former assistants.
John Douglas, photograph published in 1890
Park Cottage, Sandiway, the birthplace of John Douglas
Walmoor Hill, the house Douglas built for himself
Vale Royal Abbey showing the part of the south wing added by Douglas
Eaton Hall is the country house of the Duke of Westminster. It is 1 mile (2 km) south of the village of Eccleston, in Cheshire, England. The house is surrounded by its own formal gardens, parkland, farmland and woodland. The estate covers about 10,872 acres (4,400 ha).
Eaton Hall from the east, showing the modern Hall at left and the Victorian Eaton Chapel at right
The estate showing the Samwell Hall in 1708. The former house can be seen in the bottom right corner.
The entrance front of the Samwell house
Hall as designed by William Porden
