List of works by Thomas Mainwaring Penson

Thomas Mainwaring Penson (1818–64) was an English surveyor and architect. He was born in Oswestry, Shropshire, the son of Thomas Penson, also a surveyor and architect, and was educated at Oswestry School. He and his brother, Richard Kyrke Penson, then trained in their father's practice.[1] He designed buildings in the area of the practice, including stations for the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway.[2] He was appointed as county surveyor of Cheshire and moved to Chester, Cheshire.[1] Here he laid out Overleigh Cemetery in 1848–50. This has been designated at Grade II in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[3][4] He is credited with pioneering the Black-and-white Revival (vernacular or half-timbered) style in the city during the 1850s.[5][6] His first building in this style was constructed in Eastgate Street in 1852, but it has since been demolished.[7]

  1. ^ a b Oswestry Town Trail - Willow Street, Shropshire County Council, retrieved 2 December 2011
  2. ^ Newman & Pevsner 2006, p. 65.
  3. ^ Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 66.
  4. ^ Historic England, "Overleigh Road Cemetery, Chester (1001607)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 1 December 2011
  5. ^ Lewis, C. P.; A. T. Thacker, eds. (2003), "Topography 900-1914: Victorian and Edwardian, 1840-1914", A History of the County of Chester: The City of Chester: General History and Topography, vol. 5:1, Victoria County History, pp. 229–238
  6. ^ Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 56.
  7. ^ Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 214.