Paul Waterhouse, was a British architect.

He was son and business partner of Alfred Waterhouse

Alfred Waterhouse

Alfred Waterhouse was a British architect, particularly associated with the Victorian Gothic Revival architecture. He is perhaps best known for his design for the Natural History Museum in London, and Manchester Town Hall, although he also built a wide variety of other buildings throughout the...

 and father of Michael Waterhouse, who were all architects who designed buildings in England

England

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. He was educated at Balliol College, University of Oxford, and had a penchant for marking his buildings with chronogramic inscriptions.

His work included:

• In Birmingham
  Birmingham
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  • 114-116 Colmore Row, the former Atlas Assurance building

• In Cambridge
  • Girton College
    Girton College, Cambridge
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    , University of Cambridge
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• In Manchester
  Manchester
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  • Refuge Assurance Building
    Refuge Assurance Building
    The Refuge Assurance Building, now the Palace Hotel or Refuge Building, stands at the corner of Oxford Street and Whitworth Street in Manchester, England....
    
    , Manchester
    Manchester
    Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
    
     (now the Meridien Palace Hotel), (extension of his father's original work)
  • completing the Christie Library of the University of Manchester
    University of Manchester
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     between 1895 and 1898
  • Whitworth Hall
    Whitworth Hall
    The Whitworth Hall on Oxford Road and Burlington Street in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, England is part of the University of Manchester. It has been listed Grade II* since 18 December 1963. The Hall lies at the south-east range of the Old Quadrangle of the University, with the Manchester Museum...
    
     of the University of Manchester
    University of Manchester
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    , completed in 1902
  • extending the Manchester Museum
    Manchester Museum
    The Manchester Museum is owned by the University of Manchester. Sited on Oxford Road at the heart of the university's group of neo-Gothic buildings, it provides access to about six million items from every continent and serves both as a resource for academic research and teaching and as a regional...
    
     from 1911-27 (the later part completed by his son, Michael Waterhouse)

• In Oxford:
  • the Dyson Perrins Laboratory
    Dyson Perrins Laboratory
    The Dyson Perrins Laboratory in the science area of the University of Oxford was the main centre for research into organic chemistry of the University from its foundation in 1916 until its closure as a laboratory in 2003...
    
     (1913-1916)

Sources

• Girton College architecture
• University of Reading Library - The Waterhouse collection
• Foster, Andy (2005) Birmingham. (Pevsner Architectural Guides) New Haven: Yale U. P. ISBN 0-300-10731-5

Further reading

• Oxford DNB entry for Paul Waterhouse
• Old Towns and New Needs, 1912 Warburton lecture