Charles Harrison Townsend (13 May 1851 — 26 December 1928) was an English
architect. He was born in
Birkenhead, educated at
Birkenhead School and articled to the
Liverpool architect Walter Scott in 1870. He moved to London with his family in 1880 and entered partnership with the London architect Thomas Lewis Banks in 1884. Townsend became a member of the
Art Workers' Guild in 1888 and in the same year was elected a Fellow of the more conservative
Royal Institute of British Architects. He remained an active member of both organisations throughout his career and was elected Master of the Art Workers' Guild in 1903.