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Ruskin Rooms, Richard Harding Watt, and Walter Aston brushed metal plaque

Knutsford, Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom

This building was erected by Richard Harding Watt in his usual Mediterranean style in 1902 as a recreation and reading room for the townspeople. The architect was Walter Aston. Among the various uses to which the building has been put is as a fire station and as the headquarters of the British Legio

n. It was substantially renovated in 1977.

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