Richard Harding Watt (1842–1913) was an English designer who worked with four professional architects to create large houses and associated buildings in the town of Knutsford, Cheshire.
| Grade | Criteria |
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| II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. |
| II | Buildings of national importance and special interest. |
| Name and location | Photograph | Grade | Date | Associated architect | Notes | ||
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| The Old Croft, Legh Road 53.2948°N -2.3655°W | 1895 | John Brooke William Longworth | A house designed by Brooke. In 1907 Watt added a tower in association with Watt. | ||||
| 4–8 Drury Lane 53.3068°N -2.3732°W | 1898–1904 | Harry S. Fairhurst | A row of five cottages. | ||||
| Mews House and Drury Cottage, Drury Lane 53.3068°N -2.3728°W | 1898–1904 | Harry S. Fairhurst | Previously the laundry, since converted into two cottages. | ||||
| Tower House, 9 Drury Lane 53.3068°N -2.3726°W | 1898–1904 | Harry S. Fairhurst | A five-storey building with a flat roof, formerly surmounted with a gallery and a pinnacle. | ||||
| 10, 11 and 12 Drury Lane 53.3068°N -2.3723°W | 1898–1904 | Harry S. Fairhurst | Formerly a dye-works, later converted into three cottages. | ||||
| 13 Drury Lane 53.3068°N -2.3722°W | 1898–1904 | Harry S. Fairhurst | A tower house in four storeys, the upper storey being open. In "severe Germanic style". | ||||
| Round House, Legh Road 53.2969°N -2.3656°W | This consists of a three-storey rectangular block with a round tower at the rear. It was Watt's residence until 1913. | ||||||
| White Howe, Legh Road 53.2987°N -2.3656°W | 1901 | Walter Aston | A two-storey house, with towers of differing sizes. | ||||
| Breeze, Legh Road 53.2984°N -2.3655°W | 1902 | Walter Aston | Originally stables and a gardener's flat, since converted into a house, It is in two storeys with a three-storey tower surmounted by a cupola. | ||||
| Lake House, Legh Road 53.2987°N -2.3656°W | 1902 | A three-storey house with a round tower with an irregular parapet, and containing an oriel window. | |||||
| Ruskin Rooms, Drury Lane 53.3067°N -2.3734°W | 1902 | Harry S. Fairhurst and William Aston | A cubital block with a tower surmounted by a green dome. In three storeys; originally with stabling in the ground floor, a caretaker's flat in the centre, and the reading room at the top, accessed by an outside staircase. | ||||
| High Morland and Harding House, Legh Road 53.2981°N -2.3655°W | 1903 | William Longworth | A three storey house, later divided into two houses, with a tower surmounted by an over-hanging pyramidal roof. | ||||
| High Morland Lodge, Legh Road 53.298°N -2.3652°W | 1903 | William Longworth | The lodge to High Morland, with a tower at the rear with a pyramidal roof. | ||||
| Broad Terraces, Legh Road 53.2972°N -2.3654°W | 1905 | A three-storey house with a square belvedere tower. It contains Italianate and Classical architectural features, including Doric columns. | |||||
| Gazebo in garden, Round House, Legh Road 53.297°N -2.3651°W | A small circular structure in rendered brick. | ||||||
| Aldwarden Hill, Legh Road 53.2977°N -2.3654°W | 1906 | A two-storey house, since divided into two houses. It is surmounted by a belvedere, its design being adapted from that of an Italianate villa. | |||||
| Chantry Dane, Legh Road 53.2974°N -2.3654°W | 1906 | A three-storey house with a tower, a bellcote and an Ionic porch. | |||||
| Folly in garden of Broad Terraces, Legh Road 53.297°N -2.3656°W | An open circular structure consisting of consisting of pilasters carrying a conical roof surmounted by a lantern. | ||||||
| The Lodge, Legh Road 53.2977°N -2.3651°W | This incorporates the former entrance lodge of the Manchester Royal Infirmary, designed by Richard Lane and re-erected here by Watt. It has the appearance of a Greek Doric temple, and includes a tower with a balustraded parapet. | ||||||
| The Coach House, Legh Road 53.2979°N -2.3654°W | 1907 | Originally the coach house and servants' quarters to Aldwarden Hill, it incorporates a tower. | |||||
| King's Coffee House and Gaskell Memorial Tower 53.3041°N -2.373°W | 1907–08 | William Longworth | Originally council offices and a coffee house, later a restaurant. The architectural style is eclectic Italianate with Arts and Crafts elements. Its features include two towers, one large, one smaller, a statue of Mrs Gaskell, and a pair of large Doric columns moved from a church in Manchester. | ||||
| Moorgarth, Legh Road 53.2994°N -2.3655°W | Unlisted | 1898 | Harry S Fairhurst | The start of Watt's experimenting. Japanese in style with thin decoration in wood - unrelated to either Watt's or Fairhurst's subsequent work.[1] | |||
| Coronation Square 53.3035°N -2.3708°W | Unlisted | 1902 | A Moorish tower attached to some cottages, standing out white and connecting with Watt's buildings on Drury Lane and at the Gaskell Memorial Tower.[2] |
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