John Wolstencroft

• Birth date            1823-1824 at Manchester
• Marriage              1 November 1857 to Isabella Percival at Manchester Cathedral
• Death date          4 July 1905 at 67 Streathbourne Road Upper Tooting Surrey

John Wolstencroft was born in Manchester in 1824 and had commenced practise as an architect by 1850 with an office in King Street. Slaters Directory of 1871 lists John Wolstencroft. Surveyor to the Moss Side Health Board, but generally little information has been found regarding his commissions and the sources of his wealth. Wolstencroft retired in 1881, putting his house in Wilbraham Road up for auction. Sales particulars indicate that it was a substantial house with eight bedrooms, set in almost two acres of ground, and recently completed.  That Wolstencroft was the architect is not stated. By 1891 John Wolstencroft was living at Bourne, Lincolnshire and ten years later at 67 Streathbourne Road Upper Tooting Surrey, where he died in 1905.

Address
1850        John Wolstencroft 65 King Street, Manchester (MG 23 Feb 1850 p4)
1853        John Wolstencroft 65 King Street, Manchester
1857        Mr Wolstencroft 104 King Street, Manchester (Manchester Guardian 11-04-57)
1857        John Wolstencroft 104 King Street, Manchester (Post Office Directory)
1861        John Wolstencroft, architect & surveyor. 33 Pall Mall (Slaters)
1871        John Wolstencroft, architect & surveyor. 33 Pall Mall (Slaters)

Residence
1861        John Wolstencroft, 25 Smedley Lane, Cheetham Hill (Census)
1871        John Wolstencroft, 6 Clarendon Road, High Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock
1881        22 Wilbraham Road Fallowfield
1891        North Road Borne Lincolnshire
1901-1905    67 Streathbourne Road, Upper Tooting, Surrey