Charles Reed (later Charles Verelst) (1814 – 13 December 1859) was an English architect. He practised in
Birkenhead
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, which was then in
Cheshire
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and later in
Merseyside
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.
Reed was an illegitimate son of Arthur Charles Verelst (1779–1843). He was brought up by an uncle. When his father's brother William Verelst (1784–1851) died, Reed inherited the estate at
Aston Hall, Yorkshire, and changed his surname to Verelst.
During the 1840s and 1850s he worked for
Sir William Jackson in laying out a housing estate in
Claughton, and designing villas within that development. Two roads in the estate, Charlesville and Reedville, are named after him. In 1852–54 he was president of the Liverpool Architectural Society.
In addition to designing buildings locally, Reed also carried out works further afield, including in North Wales, the
Lake District, and
Lytham
Lytham St Annes () is a seaside town in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England. It is on the Fylde coast, directly south of Blackpool on the Ribble Estuary. The population at the 2011 census was 42,954. The town is almost contiguous with B ...
,
Lancashire
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. He was a commissioner of Birkenhead for many years. He died in
Claughton, Birkenhead.
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*List of works by Charles Reed
Charles Reed (1814–59), later known as Charles Verelst, was an English architect who practised in Birkenhead, which was then in Cheshire and later in Merseyside. Most of his works are in the locality of his office, but he also designed buildin ...
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1814 births
1859 deaths
19th-century English architects
People from Birkenhead
Architects from Cheshire
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