Description

MACCLESFIELD

SJ97SW BROCKLEHURST AVENUE
886-1/4/220 (East side)
17/06/94 No.2
and attached boundary wall

II

Lodge and attached boundary wall. Mid C19. Of narrow, snecked
sandstone with chamfered quoins and ashlar dressings, wide
copings to gables and a single ridge stack, with decorative
corbelled capping. Welsh slated roof.
L-plan house, with a deep, open-bed pediment to each gable.
Front elevation (W); 2 storeys with advanced pedimented gable
to left. To the right, an open integral porch with a
semicircular-arched opening with moulded arched head. Set-back
doorway with semicircular fanlight and 4-panel door. Ashlar
storey band above, with blind plaque within moulded surround.
Gable to left with ground-floor canted bay window, and central
first-floor single-light window with semicircular head, and
band which links with pediment base. Projecting sill with
cast-iron window box holder. Sash windows without glazing bars
except for main window to bay, which is a 2 over 2 pane sash.
Gable to S elevation similarly detailed, but with flat-headed
opening to ground floor.
Rear elevation with door and window opening to ground floor,
and shallow lean-to within SE angle.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: contemporary stone wall with moulded
ashlar coping attached via C20 replacement gates to S of
entrance. The wall is stepped to accommodate changes in ground
level, and helps to enclose the garden. INTERIOR not
inspected.
The building is believed to have been built as a replacement
for an earlier lodge to Hurdsfield House (qv) built by the
Brocklehurst family, silk manufacturers and notable
Macclesfield benefactors in the mid C19.

Listing NGR: SJ9222874122

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569203

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)