List of houses and associated buildings by John Douglas

[4] Douglas was born in the Cheshire village of Sandiway and was articled to the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley, later becoming his chief assistant.

[6] As his office was in Chester, most of his work on houses was in Cheshire and North Wales, although some was further afield, in Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Warwickshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Derbyshire, Surrey, and Scotland.

[7] From an early stage in his career, Douglas attracted commissions from wealthy and powerful patrons, the first of which came from Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere.

Douglas designed a large number and variety of buildings in the family's Eaton Hall estate and the surrounding villages.

Work carried out on grand houses included additions to Vale Royal Abbey and Hawarden Castle.

Some unlisted buildings have been included because they are of interest, or they demonstrate that Douglas worked in areas at a distance away from his office in Chester.

The head and shoulders of a bearded man wearing a three-piece suit, tie and high collar
John Douglas in late middle age
An irregularly shaped red-brick house with slate roofs with an orangery on the ground floor and gables, chimneys and a clock tower above. In the foreground is a formal garden with a lawn, clipped shrubs, a wall and a Victorian-style lamppost.
Vale Royal Abbey showing the southwest wing added in 1861
A two-storey house, the lower storey being in sandstone and the upper timber framed and gabled. To the right of the house are the entry gates to the park and in front of it are formal flower beds.
Grosvenor Park Lodge , south face
An imposing yellow-stone house in two storeys with attics seen from a slight angle. On the left are two circular turrets with conical roofs; on the right is a larger square tower with a truncated pyramidal roof. Rising from the roofs are dormers and chimneys.
Oakmere Hall south (garden) front
The frontage of a house with a three-storey central block, and two, four-storey, towers at either end. The house is faced in red brick, and is covered with ivy. A neatly-mown lawn stands in front.
Soughton Hall
A house with three gabled bays seen from an angle. The outer bays have lower storeys in brick with a timber-framed gable. The middle gable is almost completely timber-framed on a low brick plinth. Between the second and third bays is a tall chimney stack.
Polesworth Vicarage
A large stone house in the middle distance, framed by trees in the foreground, and with a sloping lawn in front. The left part of the house has two storeys, while the right section is much taller, in four storeys, surmounted by battlements.
Plas Tan-y-Bwlch
A large irregular house with two wings, each with a small square turret. The house is in two storeys plus attics, has gables, some of which are timber-framed, and tall brick chimney stacks. At the rear can be seen the top of a larger square turret and a spire.
Shotwick Park in 1897
A long two-storey house with five gables, almost entirely timber-framed. In front is a large expanse of lawn.
Broxton Higher Hall
A large two-winged house seen from a low angle. The left wing has two storeys, gables, a turret, tall chimney stacks and some timber-framing. The right wing is lower and plainer, with a bell-cote on the end of its gable.
The Gelli c. 1880
A two-storey house with an irregular frontage containing two gables and a gabled two-storey porch. It is almost entirely timber-framed.
Llannerch Panna in 1879
A terrace of red-brick houses with tiled roofs and an octagonal turret at each end. Each of the houses is different, and include bay windows, different sized gables and dormers.
Grosvenor Park Road, Chester
A tall elaborate tower over an archway, with a low wing to the left and a larger two-storey wing to the right. The front of the tower is decorated with a coat of arms and brick diapering. The roof is very steep and around its base are four turrets with steep pointed roofs.
Drawing of Eccleston Hill Lodge in 1883
A two-storey timber-framed house with gables, dormers and tall chimney stacks. Inset in the top left corner of the drawing is a plan of the ground floor.
Architect's drawing of Rowden Abbey in 1881
An elaborate house with three storeys, including some timber-framing, brick diapering, gables and a castellated tower. To the left is a lower wing which contains an archway surmounted by a spire and lantern.
Barrowmore Hall in 1881
A substantial house with two storeys plus attics, a steep roof, dormers, and three turrets, two of them round and the other octagonal. To the right is a lower wing containing an archway with a spire and another turret.
The Paddocks, Eccleston in 1883
The side of a red-brick house with stone dressings seen along a drive. On each side of the drive is a lawn and the whole picture is framed by trees.
Wigfair Hall
Two pictures showing the interior of the house. On the left is the top of a staircase with carved wooden pillars and a balustraded rail; on the right is a fireplace surrounded by panels.
Interior of Plas Mynach in 1884
A large house on sloping ground with two storeys, a basement and attics. There are prominent gables, bay windows and tall chimneys.
Bronwylfa in 1884
Peeping over the tops of trees in the foreground is a stone house with five gables of different sizes. More trees are in the background.
Abbeystead House
A large castellated stone house in front of which is a wall and an area of grass.
Hawarden Castle
The end of a block of three-storey flats with an arched area on each floor, terracotta dressings and brick diapering.
South front of Parker's Buildings, Chester
A row of brick cottages with a turret at each end and four shaped gables between them. One of the central houses is decorated with hanging baskets and other floral arrangements.
3–9 Bridge Street, one of the terraces of cottages in Port Sunlight designed by Douglas
A two-storey house with attics, five gables, a square turret at the left rear and much brick diapering. To the left is a lower wing containing an archway surmounted by a spire and a lantern.
Brocksford Hall in 1893
A two-storey house including an archway under a gable and another gable with half-timbering. In front of it is an area of grass and trees.
Wardley Hall
A small, two-storey, two-bay house seen from an elevated angle; the lower storey is in brick and the upper storey is timber-framed. To the right of the house is a low extension and to the left is a barn with a curved roof. In front of the house is a lawn and a slipway leading down to the river.
Iron Bridge Lodge, Aldford
Seen from a low angle through the branches of trees is a substantial stone house with two-three storeys, bay windows and some castellation.
Walmoor Hill
A three-storey house with bays containing mullioned and transomed windows, and multiple gables. On the lawned area in front of the house are many people presumably enjoying an open day.
Thornton Manor
A two-storey house with two wings. In the top left corner are architects' plans of the house.
Architects' drawing of Colshaw Hall
A row of stone houses with two storeys and a turret at the far end.
Bath Street, Chester
A red-brick house with two gables, one larger than the other
Aldford Lodge
A large, grey stone, house with red sandstone dressings
Danefield House, Largs