Description

BIRKENHEAD

SJ3088 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, Claughton
789-1/10/198 (South side)
28/03/74 Nos.17-31 (Odd)
Kenyon Terrace

GV II

Terrace of 8 dwellings. c1844-48. Probably by Charles Reed.
Ashlar-faced with Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys, planned as a
symmetrical series (2-4-4-4-2), the outer and central sections
advanced. Outer units have side entrances in pedimented
doorcases in the centre of a 3-bay return elevation and
2-window range to front elevation. Inner dwellings have
narrower plan, with doorway and single window on ground floor.
Rusticated ground floor, with round, plain and segmental
arched windows, and 4-panelled doors with overlights in
stressed architraves. Upper windows have architraves with
stressed entablatures carried on console brackets. 12-pane
sashes, renewed to ground floor. Central pair stressed with
tripartite sash windows, and door in Ionic entrance porches.
Cornice and blocking course. Gable and axial stacks.

Listing NGR: SJ3090388334

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497283

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)