Description

Earlier to mid 19th century with substantial later additions and alterations, late 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay villa with distinctive glazing pattern, on square plan, with ancillary projections, sited by steeply falling ground. Red sandstone ashlar; base course, dividing band course, eaves cornice and blocking course.

W ELEVATION: door off-centre right with columned and corniced doorpiece; rectangular fanlights. Full-height canted window in bay to left. Regular fenestration in bay to right.

S ELEVATION: full-height canted window to outer left by corner; windows to each floor in bays to centre and to right, and with small additional window to right of centre. 2 recessed bays of service block to outer right.

N ELEVATION: single storey additions at ground.

E ELEVATION: 2-storey square projection at centre, late 19th century.

Timber, sash and case windows with 2-pane lower sashes, and with lozenge patter to upper sashes at ground, and small-pane to 1st floor. Long wallhead ashlar stack as tablet to side elevations. Grey slate piended roofs.

INTERIOR: not inspected 2001.

GATES AND GATEPIERS: 3 channelled ashlar gatepiers to SE corner of grounds, with cornices, and squat conical finials. Decorative wrought-iron gates and gateposts.

LODGE: circa 1900 single storey mock timber-framed gate lodge. Squared and snecked red sandstone with chamfered arrises. Mock timber-framing to gableheads. 2-bay to SE, with gable at wallhead. Modern glazing. Swept eaves with barge boarding, red clay ridge tiles, grey slates.

Statement of Interest

A substantial villa sited prominently above the Quarter Cake, with distinctive glazing and fine boundary walls now in poor condition. The canted bays and the 2-storey square projection to the rear would appear to date to a substantial overhaul of the property in the late 19th century or around 1900, with the addition of new glazing and a Tudor lodge.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata IDs Q77776516 Q77776529

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  For the Record
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)