Charles John Ferguson (usually known as C. J. Ferguson) (1840–1904) was an English architect who practised mainly in Carlisle, Cumbria. He was the younger son of Joseph Ferguson of Carlisle, and was articled to the architect John A. Cory. He spent some years in partnership with Cory, but most of his career was in single-handed practice. His output included new churches, restoration of existing churches, and work on country houses and public buildings. The architectural styles he used were mainly Gothic Revival and Norman.
Works designed in association with Cory are denoted by †.
| Grade | Criteria | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade I | Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important. | |
| Grade II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. | |
| Grade II | Buildings of national importance and special interest. | |
| Name | Location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Close † | Elterwater, Cumbria 54.4385°N -3.0217°W | 1866 | Extension to a 17th-century farmhouse converted into a mansion by Cory in 1857. Later converted into a youth hostel. | |||
| County and Station Hotel † | Carlisle, Cumbria 54.8911°N -2.9329°W | 1866–68 | A hotel by Anthony Salvin, extended by Cory and Ferguson, adding a tower and a ballroom. Later known as the County Hotel, then the Lakes Court Hotel. | |||
| St Paul's Church † | Pooley Bridge, Cumbria 54.6125°N -2.818°W | 1867–68 | A new church with a bellcote surmounted by a spire. | |||
| St John's Church | Gamblesby, Cumbria 54.747°N -2.6079°W | 1868 | A new church, small with a rounded apse and a wooden bellcote, in the style of the 13th century. | |||
| St Bride's Church † | Bridekirk, Cumbria 54.6905°N -3.3723°W | 1868–70 | A new church, replacing an older church, the ruins of which are nearby. In Neo-Norman style with a cruciform plan. | |||
| St Cuthbert's Church † | Nether Denton, Cumbria 54.9744°N -2.6344°W | 1868–70 | A new church with a bellcote, replacing an older church. | |||
| Christ Church † | Silloth, Cumbria 54.8701°N -3.3879°W | 1869–70 | A new church with a steeple; the competition for its design was won by Ferguson. | |||
| St Mary | Lanercost, Cumbria 54.9662°N -2.6949°W | 1869–1870s | Restoration of a church created from a priory, including most of the furnishings. | |||
| St John the Evangelist's Church | Cleator Moor, Cumbria 54.5234°N -3.5237°W | 1870–72 | A new church in Norman style. | |||
| All Saints Church † | Cumdivock, Cumbria 54.8293°N -3.0311°W | 1870–72 | A new church with a bellcote. The church stands near to Ferguson's home of Cardew Lodge. | |||
| Cumberland Infirmary | Carlisle, Cumbria 54.8958°N -2.9551°W | 1870–74 | Added single-storey links to the building by Richard Tattersall of 1831–32; only one of these remains. | |||
| St Mary's Church † | Piercebridge, County Durham 54.5366°N -1.6764°W | 1873 | A new church with a west bellcote. | |||
| Vicarage | Lanercost, Cumbria 54.9659°N -2.6958°W | 1873– | Restoration of the vicarage created from the guest house of Lanercost Priory. | |||
| St James' Church † | Welton, Cumbria 54.7886°N -3.0073°W | 1874 | A new church with a bellcote at the northwest corner. | |||
| Crosthwaite Parish Hall | Keswick, Cumbria 54.6026°N -3.1408°W | 1875 | A stone building with a timber-framed gable. | |||
| Kirklinton Hall † | Kirklinton, Cumbria 54.998°N -2.884°W | 1875 | A country house enlarged and made grander, including an additional wing. Now a ruin. | |||
| St John's Church | Bigrigg, Egremont, Cumbria 54.5097°N -3.5493°W | 1877–80 | A small, new church in Decorated style. | |||
| Bush Hotel | Carlisle, Cumbria 55.0096°N -2.9725°W | 1878 | Public house. | |||
| St Michael's Church | Isel, Cumbria 54.6879°N -3.3009°W | 1878 | Restoration of a church dating from the 12th century, including choir stalls and a pulpit. | |||
| Holy Ghost Church | Middleton, Cumbria 54.27°N -2.5802°W | 1878–79 | A new church replacing older churches in Perpendicular style with a bellcote. | |||
| St James' Church | Tebay, Cumbria 54.4339°N -2.5933°W | 1878–80 | A new church with a western apse for a baptistry. | |||
| St Andrew's Church | Greystoke, Cumbria 54.669°N -2.8645°W | 1878–99 | Restorations of a former collegiate church dating from 14th century. | |||
| Woodside Lodge and Stables | St Cuthbert Without, Cumbria 54.8456°N -2.8918°W | 1879–80 | To the south of Woodside; a two-storey house with a half-timbered upper floor, and a single-storey stable block. The adjacent gatepiers to the former house are also listed at Grade II. | |||
| St Kentigern's Church | Caldbeck, Cumbria 54.7495°N -3.0495°W | 1880 | Restoration of a church dating from the 12th and 13th centuries; this included adding the chancel roof. | |||
| St John the Evangelist's Church | Crosscanonby, Cumbria 54.7373°N -3.4472°W | 1880 | Restoration of a church dating from the 12th century. | |||
| Muncaster Castle | Ravenglass, Cumbria 54.3547°N -3.3809°W | 1880s | Additions to a building modernised by Anthony Salvin in phases from 1862. | |||
| Naworth Castle | Brampton, Cumbria 54.956°N -2.6888°W | 1880s | Taking over from Philip Webb in 1879, Ferguson made further alterations, including a library, following Webb's plans, and adding the Stanley wing (since demolished). | |||
| St Oswald's Church | Burneside, Cumbria 54.3547°N -2.7635°W | 1880–81 | Replaced an earlier church of 1823–28, other than the north aisle. In Decorated style. | |||
| Armathwaite Hall | Bassenthwaite, Cumbria 54.681°N -3.2325°W | 1881 | Remodelling of a country house in Tudor style. Later used as a hotel. | |||
| All Saints Church | Raughton Head, Cumbria 54.8012°N -2.967°W | 1881 | Height of the tower raised for a church built in 1761. | |||
| St Cuthbert's Church | Upper Denton, Cumbria 54.9827°N -2.6021°W | 1881 | Restoration of a church dating probably from the 12th century, now redundant. | |||
| St Mary's Church | Wigton, Cumbria 54.8237°N -3.1595°W | 1881 | Restoration of a church dated 1788. | |||
| Deanery and Prior's Tower | Carlisle Cathedral, Cumbria 54.8942°N -2.9395°W | 1882 | Internal alterations. | |||
| St Mungo's Church | Dearham, Cumbria 54.714°N -3.4412°W | 1882 | Added the north aisle to a Norman church. | |||
| Haile Church | Haile, Cumbria 54.4654°N -3.4974°W | 1882–83 | Added the west porch, roofs and screen. | |||
| Bank and chemist's shop | Brampton, Cumbria 54.9421°N -2.7349°W | 1883 | One building divided into two units. The bank was for the Cumberland Union Banking Company, later HSBC. | |||
| St Nicholas' Church | Whitehaven, Cumbria 54.5481°N -3.5877°W | 1883 | Rebuilding of a chapel as Ferguson's grandest church. Severely damaged by fire in 1971, leaving only the tower, porch, and west transept. | |||
| All Saints Church | Watermillock, Cumbria 54.5987°N -2.8813°W | 1884 | Rebuilt the Church; with a west tower, and most of the furnishings by Ferguson. | |||
| St Patrick's Church | Bampton, Cumbria 54.5553°N -2.7413°W | 1884–85 | Restoration of a church dating from 1726–28, which included removal of the west gallery, and reworking the tower and chancel arches. | |||
| All Saints Church | Clive, Shropshire 52.8116°N -2.7212°W | 1885–87 | Virtual rebuilding of a Norman church, starting with the reconstruction of the nave and addition of the chancel in 1885–87, followed by the steeple in 1894–97 for J. J. Bibby of the Bibby Line. | |||
| St James' Church | Whitehaven, Cumbria 54.5508°N -3.5834°W | 1886 | Reordering of a church built in 1752–53. | |||
| All Souls Church | Netherton, Maryport, Cumbria 54.7101°N -3.4851°W | After 1886 | An incomplete large town church with a small bellcote. Initially the nave was built then, with Harry Foxall, the chancel and south aisle were added in 1899–1906. | |||
| St Mary's Church † | Eaton Socon, Cambridgeshire 52.2156°N -0.2883°W | 1886–89 | Added an organ chamber on the north side of the church. | |||
| Prebendal house | Carlisle Cathedral, Cumbria 54.8947°N -2.9396°W | 1888 | Alterations and additions to a 17th-century house. | |||
| St Kentigern's Church | Castle Sowerby, Cumbria 54.7165°N -2.9639°W | 1888 | Restoration of a church dating from the 12th century. | |||
| Cardew Lodge | Cardew, Dalston, Cumbria 54.8326°N -3.0336°W | 1889 | A house built in the 1870s, extended for his own use, adding a round tower. | |||
| Gateway | Cardew Lodge, Cardew, Dalston, Cumbria 54.8323°N -3.0327°W | 1889 | A pair of round towers flanking the gateway, one converted into a cottage. | |||
| Garden wall | Cardew Lodge, Cardew, Dalston, Cumbria 54.8321°N -3.0328°W | 1889 | A wall running south from the gateway; has a battlemented parapet and arrow slits. | |||
| Lodge | Cardew Lodge, Cardew, Dalston, Cumbria 54.8304°N -3.0312°W | 1889 | A lodge on the road to the southeast of Cardew Lodge. | |||
| St Kentigern's Church | Great Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumbria 54.6083°N -3.1512°W | 1889 | Work included re-fashioning the east window, and adding a reredos and pulpit. | |||
| Dalston Hall | Dalston, Cumbria 54.855°N -2.9725°W | 1889–90 | Rebuilt the entrance front of a building that originated with a pele tower, the house being added in about 1612. Later used as a hotel. | |||
| St Cuthbert's Church | Seascale, Cumbria 54.3966°N -3.4834°W | 1889–90 | A new church in Decorated style. | |||
| St John the Baptist's Church | Upperby, Carlisle, Cumbria 54.8746°N -2.9184°W | 1889–90 | Added a chancel to a church built in 1843, with a Decorated east window. | |||
| St Michael's Church | Dalston, Cumbria 54.8423°N -2.9834°W | 1890 | Rebuilt the church in Decorated style. | |||
| St Philip's Church | Eaglesfield, Cumbria 54.6397°N -3.3854°W | 1890–91 | A new church, also known as the John Dalton Memorial Church. | |||
| Newbiggin Hall | Newbiggin, Cumbria 54.6519°N -2.5781°W | 1890–91 | Added the drawing room wing. | |||
| Nunwick Hall | Great Salkeld, Cumbria 54.7162°N -2.6954°W | 1892 | A new house in Tudor style. | |||
| Nunwick Hall Lodge | Great Salkeld, Cumbria 54.7146°N -2.6993°W | 1892 | Lodge to the southwest of Nunwick Hall. | |||
| Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery | Carlisle, Cumbria 54.8953°N -2.9407°W | 1892–93 | A town house of 1689, converted into a museum. The conversion was led by Ferguson, who also added extensions. | |||
| St Thomas' Church | Selside, Cumbria 54.3862°N -2.7168°W | 1894 | Added the tower to a church rebuilt in 1838. | |||
| Bamburgh Castle | Bamburgh, Northumberland 55.6089°N -1.7105°W | 1894–1904 | Extensive alterations for William Armstrong. | |||
| St Martin's Hall | Brampton, Cumbria 54.9417°N -2.7384°W | 1895 | A sandstone parish hall immediately to the west of St Martin's Church, consisting of three meeting rooms and a hall. | |||
| St Laurence's Church | Morland, Cumbria 54.5965°N -2.6235°W | 1896 | Restoration of a church dating from the 11th century. | |||
| St Mary's Church | Gosforth, Cumbria 54.4192°N -3.4314°W | 1896–99 | A rebuilding of a church dating from the 12th century, incorporating some Norman fabric. | |||
| All Hallows Church | Mealsgate, Cumbria 54.7711°N -3.2493°W | 1896–99 | A new church to replace a redundant church on a different site; with a large west tower, and lancet windows. The benches and font are also by Ferguson. | |||
| Stable Court | Hadnall, Shropshire 52.7901°N -2.7135°W | 1898 | A stable block for Hardwick Grange (now demolished) for J. J. Bibby of the Bibby Line. | |||
| Library Block | Nelson Thomlinson School, Wigton, Cumbria 54.8216°N -3.1557°W | 1898–99 | New hall for the school. | |||
| St Gabriel's Court | Carlisle, Cumbria 54.8952°N -2.9259°W | 1899 | Extension to a pair of semi-detached houses built in 1896. | |||
| St Aidan's Church | Carlisle, Cumbria 54.8947°N -2.9205°W | 1899–1902 | A new church. | |||
| St Aidan's Church Hall | Carlisle, Cumbria 54.8949°N -2.9204°W | 1901 | A new hall to the north of the church. | |||
| St John's Church | Houghton, Cumbria 54.9294°N -2.925°W | 1901 | Interior renovated. | |||
| All Saints Church | Penruddock, Cumbria 54.6412°N -2.8857°W | 1902 | A small church with windows in Perpendicular style. | |||
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