Building Name
Macclesfield Cemetery Competition
Date
1862
District/Town
Macclesfield
County/Country
Cheshire, England
Architect
Work
Competition entry
Status
First Premium
The burial board have awarded the first premium of 20 guineas to Mr James Stevens of Manchester for the best plans and designs for laying out the cemetery and the second premium of 10 guineas to Messrs Firth and Booth of Macclesfield. The board were of the opinion that the plans of Mr Brindley of London, Messrs Underwood and Billings of Clifton, neat Bristol and Mr Campbell of London possessed great merit, but that the estimates of the two former were high.
Reference Builder 22 February 1862 Page 133