John Grey Weightman
English architect
Collegiate School, Sheffield. 1836 John Grey Weightman (29 March 1809 – 9 December 1872) was an English architect based in Sheffield .
Career
He 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
Collegiate School, College Street, Leicester 1835-36[ 2]
Collegiate School (now University main building), Sheffield. 1836[ 3]
All Saints' Church, Glossop . 1831[ 4] 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] Matthew Ellison Hadfield
St Peter's Church, Spring Bank Road, Stalybridge. 1838-39[ 8]
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]
St Chad's Church, Cheetham Hill Road, Strangeways, Manchester. 1846-47[ 12] 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] 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] Matthew Ellison Hadfield
Salford Cathedral 1844-48St Mary's Church, Mulberry Street, Manchester. 1848[ 18] 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] Matthew Ellison Hadfield and George Goldie
St Mary's Church, Felland Street, Dukinfield. 1854-56[ 21] Matthew Ellison Hadfield and George Goldie
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Lanark 1856[ 22] Church of St Charles Borromeo and Presbytery, Hadfield, Derbyshire. 1858[ 23]
St Mary's Church, Howard Road, Sheffield 1869[ 24]
References
^ "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
