Description

BIRKENHEAD

SJ3088 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, Claughton
789-1/10/195 (North side)
28/03/74 No.59
Aston Lodge

GV II

House. c1840. Probably by Charles Reed. Stucco with Welsh
slate roof with ridge cresting. Tudor gothic style. 2 storeys,
symmetrically designed entrance front of 3 gabled bays with
central entrance. Advanced central gable with octagonal angle
turrets and door recessed in 4-centred archway with stilted
arched window over. Right-hand bay has mullioned windows on
each floor with latticed lights. Left-hand gable has
projecting canted bay window to ground floor and 2-light
traceried arched window above. Return elevation to north has
late C19 polygonal conservatory added to canted bay window to
ground floor of left-hand gable with stilted arched wood
mullioned and transomed window over, the gable stressed by
string course. Right-hand bay has 4-light mullioned window to
ground floor and traceried casement above in gabled dormer
with moulded kneelers. The house is one of the earliest
buildings in the development of Claughton, laid out by Reed
for Sir William Jackson in the early 1840's.

Listing NGR: SJ3066088326

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26512657

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Recommended Books

• 
  Hertfordshire (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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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)