Description

Dated 1888. 2-storey Gothic detailed villa, asymmetrically
planned on prominent corner site. Main elevations red stugged
ashlar with polished yellow dressings. SE elevation with
wide gabled bay at right, projecting square 3-light window
at ground, 2-light window above underpointed head with
initials MR; to left wide canted ground floor window, above
tripartite breaking eaves with blind cusped heads set
into gable; crests in balustrading over ground floor windows.
Porch in SE re-entrant angle, timber with tiled roof and
brattishing (latter with sunflower detail). Dormer head
above. Projecting gabled bay NE similarly detailed to SE.
All gables with cast-iron finials. Slate roof, coped stacks.
Banded gatepiers with truncated pyramidal caps, crenellated
boundary wall.

Statement of Interest

Oakdene is the most elaborate of the houses in Broadstone

Park; many of the details are found in the less ambitious

neighbours.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17830216

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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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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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide