Name

Preston and Vaughan

Designation
Architectural practice
Formation
1881
Dissolved
1898

Richard Bassnett Preston started his own practice at 16 Tib Lane, off Cross Street around 1880 specialising in church architecture. Almost immediately he entered into partnership with William Arthur Vaughan. By 1883 Preston and Vaughan had moved to 24 Cross Street  and were at Diocesan House 51 South King Street in 1886. They were in partnership until about 1898 when Vaughan retired.

Buildings and Designs

Building Name District Town/City County Country
Christ Church Heaton Norris Heaton Norris Stockport GMCA England
Schools in connection with Christ Church Huntsman’s Brow Heaton Norris Heaton Norris Stockport GMCA England
St Matthew’s Church Campfield Manchester Campfield Manchester GMCA England
All Saints Church, Manchester Road, Heaton Norris Heaton Norris Stockport GMCA England
St. Augustine’s Church and Vicarage Brinksway Cheadle Heath Stockport Cheadle Heath Stockport GMCA England
New Chancel: St John the Baptist Didsbury Road Heaton Mersey Heaton Mersey Stockport GMCA England
Infants Department. Burgess Street Board School. Harpurhey Harpurhey Manchester GMCA England
New Chancel: Church of St Catherine Barton-on-Irwell Barton-upon-Irwell Eccles GMCA England
Church of St Mary Ringway Cheshire Ringway Altrincham GMCA England
Church of Emmanuel, Cambridge Road Southport Southport Lancahire England
New Chancel and Vestries. St Nicholas’s Church New Church Church GMCA England
St Albans Church Offerton Lane Stockport Stockport GMCA England
Schools Knutsford Knutsford Cheshire England
St. Alban Stockport Cheshire Stockport GMCA England
Church of St Aidan, Bradford cum Beswick, Manchester Bradford-cum-Beswick Manchester GMCA England
Alterations (Chancel): St George’s Church Church Road New Mills Derbyshire New Mills Derbyshire England
St David's Welsh Church Lime Grove Chorlton-on-Medlock Chorlton-on-Medlock Manchester GMCA England
Seven private residences Disley Disley Cheshire England
Pulpit: St Matthew’s Church, Campfield, Manchester Campfield Manchester GMCA England