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57 59, the Woodlands

A Grade II Listed Building in Birkenhead, Wirral

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.3885 / 53°23'18"N

Longitude: -3.0254 / 3°1'31"W

OS Eastings: 331901

OS Northings: 388447

OS Grid: SJ319884

Mapcode National: GBR 7Y98.T1

Mapcode Global: WH87D.H3K5

Plus Code: 9C5R9XQF+9R

Entry Name: 57 59, the Woodlands

Listing Date: 28 March 1974

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1291688

English Heritage Legacy ID: 389362

ID on this website: 101291688

Location: Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, CH41

County: Wirral

Electoral Ward/Division: Birkenhead and Tranmere

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Birkenhead

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Merseyside

Church of England Parish: Birkenhead Christ the King

Church of England Diocese: Chester

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Description



BIRKENHEAD

SJ3188 THE WOODLANDS
789-1/11/151 (North side)
28/03/74 Nos.57 AND 59

GV II

Pair of houses. c1840. Possibly by Walter Scott. Ashlar-faced
with Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, each unit a 2-bay plan with
side entrance. Projecting single-storey porch each side with
round-arched doorways up steps. Rusticated ground floor with
segmental arched 16-pane sash windows arched windows with
stressed voussoirs and recessed panels below. 9-pane sash
windows above, in stressed architraves with entablatures
carried on brackets. Continuous sill band. Moulded eaves
cornice, overhanging eaves and axial stacks. Forms part of the
original development of Clifton Park, laid out by Scott in the
early 1840's.


Listing NGR: SJ3190188447

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