ARCHITECT'S ARCHIVE. An archive of material from the renowned architect John Douglas (1830-1911) of Walmoor Castle, Cheshire. Douglas designed over 500 buildings in Cheshire, North Wales, North West England and in particular at Eaton Hall, home of the Duke of Westminster. He designed many new churches and renovated old ones, often incorporating elements of the Gothic Revival. The archive includes:

• A folder of sepia photographs of buildings on the Eaton and Oakmere estates, Cheshire
• A folder of watercolours
• A folder of loose plates from W M Douglas's Interior Decorations
• A folio album of sepia photographs of buildings he designed, 1864-69. 48 photos. Album in poor condition
• Family Bible of the Douglas family. The Self-Interpreting Bible with notes by the late John Brown. Folio, Bungay, 1814. With plates. Contemporary reversed calf. One page of births and deaths of the Douglas family.
• Folio of prints of buildings
• Sketch book showing capitals, mouldings and other details. Landscape 8vo.
• Box of sepia photographs, original drawings and cuttings from The Builder and Building News showing highly ornate designs for wrought iron gates. Probably 100+ illustrations of gates, including a trade catalogue of Hill & Smith, Brierley Hill Ironworks, Staffordshire, 1896.
• With an extensive file of research material on John Douglas (2 boxes)