Maxwell and Tuke

Later works included the Ulster Reform Club in Belfast, and extensive temporary structures to house the Royal Jubilee Exhibition in Manchester in 1887/1888.

James was educated at the grammar school in Whalley, and was then articled to Thomas Holmes, an architect in Bury, which was then in Lancashire and later in Greater Manchester.

Tuke later lived at The Hydro, St Annes on Sea, Lancashire, where he died on 28 March 1893 from nephritis.

[3] The earlier works of the practice were in and around Bury, and consisted of small shops and schools, and larger churches and chapels.

Their first major contract resulted from winning the competition in 1871 for the design of Cambridge Hall (1873–74) in Southport, Lancashire.

James Maxwell became director of the St Annes on Sea Land and Building Company and the partnership became its architects and agents.

[3][6] The practice continued to undertake local commissions, and they also took part in competitions for larger works.

[3][7][8] In 1884 the firm moved its main office from Bury to 29 Princess Street, Manchester, and in 1887 were invited to submit plans for temporary buildings to celebrate the Royal Jubilee Exhibition.

[10] Maxwell and Tuke prepared detailed plans, and the construction of Blackpool Tower began in the summer of 1891.

[3] Later notable commissions for the practice included Goodall's (1902), a half-timbered store in King Street, Manchester, a pavilion and entrance kiosks for the North Pier, Blackpool (1903), the dome of Rhyl Pavilion (1908, demolished), and the Whitehead Clock Tower (1914) in Bury.