John Foster Sr. (engineer)

In the early 1820s he was responsible for the extensive remodelling of Liverpool's Blue Coat School, adding the curved wall and new chapel to the rear.

[1] He designed St Luke's Church in Liverpool in 1802, later to be completed by his son, John.

He also designed the Athenaeum (1799), the Union Newsroom (1800) on Duke Street, Liverpool Town Hall (1802),the Corn Exchange (1807), and enlarged Leasowe Castle in 1818.

His eldest son Thomas (d. 1836) became Liverpool's town clerk, William who was Secretary to the Dock Committee, and John who also worked as an architect in Liverpool.

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