DSA Architect Biography Report (April 26, 2024, 4:15 am)
Basic Biographical Details
Name:
William Leslie Swinnerton
Designation:
Born:
Died:
Bio Notes:
William Leslie Swinnerton worked in Woolworth's Liverpool office from 1932 to about 1962.
Buildings and Designs
This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):
Date started
Building name
Town, district or village
Island
City or county
Country
Notes
1933
North of Scotland Bank
Wick
Caithness
Scotland
Conversion of bank to Woolworths - as architect in Woolworths Liverpool office
1933
Woolworth
Arbroath
Angus
Scotland
As architect in Woolworths Liverpool office
1935
Woolworth's store
Glasgow
Scotland
Reconstructed with faience facade
1935
Woolworth's, High Street, Ayr
Ayr
Ayrshire
Scotland
As architect in Woolworths Liverpool office
1936
97-99 Montague Street
Rothesay
Bute
Bute
Scotland
As architect in Woolworths Liverpool office
1936
Woolworth's
Bathgate
West Lothian
Scotland
As architect in Woolworths Liverpool office
1936
Woolworth's
St Andrews
Fife
Scotland
As architect in Woolworths Liverpool office
1936
Woolworth's
Airdrie
Lanarkshire
Scotland
As architect in Woolworths Liverpool office
1937
Woolworth's
Dunfermline
Fife
Scotland
As architect in Woolworths Liverpool office
1939
F W Woolworth store
Dundee
Scotland
Reconstruction as architect in the Liverpool office of Woolworths
1939
Woolworths, 97-99 High Street
Dumbarton
Dunbartonshire
Scotland
As architect in Woolworths Liverpool office
References
Bibliographic References
The following books contain references to this :
Author(s)
Date
Title
Part
Publisher
Notes
Close, Rob and Riches, Anne
2012
The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire & Arran
New Haven and London: Yale University Press
p141
Morrison, Kathryn A
Woolworths: 100 years on the High Street
London: English Heritage (or Historic England)
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