Blackburn Improvement Scheme

 In response to the invitation by Blackburn Corporation of plans for the improvement of the centre of the town, between thirty and forty schemes were submitted. Professor Adshead, the assessor, has submitted the following awards for the approval of the Highways Committee:  1 (£100), J. M. Linton Bogle, Pensby Lodge, Heswall, Cheshire ; 2 (£50), Walter Stirrup, 14, Richmond Terrace, Blackburn ; 3 (£25), Briggs, Wolstenholme, and Thornely, Richmond Terrace, Blackburn. Schemes by Messrs. W. Greenwood and John Haworth, Blackburn; Messrs. Lanchester and Rickards, London; and Mr. Q. Mangnall Bluhm, St. Anne’s, were “recommended by the assessor.”

Reference : The Architects' and Builders' Journal 25 June 1913, Page 679