John Foster Sr. (1759– 27 April 1827) was an English engineer and architect, father of John Foster Jr. He was Senior Surveyor to the

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. In the early 1820s he was responsible for the extensive remodelling of Liverpool's Blue Coat School, adding the curved wall and new chapel to the rear. In 1824 he was succeeded as Senior Surveyor by his son while

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replaced him as dock engineer at Liverpool Dock Trustees.John Foster, dock engineer (1759–1827)
/ref>During his time as dock engineer, Foster completed only one dock ( Prince's Dock). He also converted Manchester Basin to an enclosed dock ( Manchester Dock) and expanded several other docks including

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and Queen's Dock. The warehouse at King's Dock was built by Foster. He designed St Luke's Church in Liverpool in 1802, later to be completed by his son, John. He also designed the

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(1799), the Union Newsroom (1800) on Duke Street,

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(1802),the

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(1807), and enlarged Leasowe Castle in 1818. Foster had three sons. His eldest son Thomas (d. 1836) became Liverpool's town clerk, William who was Secretary to the Dock Committee, and

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who also worked as an architect in Liverpool.

References

Engineers from Liverpool 1758 births 1827 deaths {{UK-engineer-stub