Description

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SJ2890
789-1/6/173

BIRKENHEAD, Bidston
BIDSTON VILLAGE ROAD (East side),
Clover Almshouses

(Formerly listed as Glover Almshouses, HOYLAKE ROAD)

28/03/74

GV II

Pair of almshouses. Dated 1901. By Woolfall and Eccles.
Coursed and squared stonework with stone flagged half hipped
roof. Single-storeyed, each a double-pile 2-unit plan with
outer doorway in slight recess. Late C20 doors but original
moulded architraves. 3-light mullioned window in blind arched
recess, then advanced central bay with segmental gable. Paired
3-light mullioned windows divided by pilaster, and with
continuous stepped hoodmould over. Short pilaster carries
low-relief coat of arms in niche above. End wall and axial
stacks with diagonal flues. Inscription in central gable
records "Erected to the Memory of George Robert Clover by
Emily Clover his widow A.D. 1901".
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N and Hubbard E: Cheshire:
Harmondsworth: 1971-).

Listing NGR: SJ2827290279

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497265

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)