Description

BIRKENHEAD

SJ28NE BIDSTON ROAD, Oxton
789-1/3/216 (West side)
28/03/74 No.37

II

House. c1880. Brick with Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys and
attic, 3-window range with entrance in recessed full-height
porch to the right. Asymmetrical elevation to street, with
narrow off-centre advanced gable with paired 2-pane sash
windows on principal floors and single attic window in apex.
Large canted bay window with hipped roof to right, with narrow
sash window above. Narrow sash windows to left. Lower windows
have shallow segmentally arched heads, first floor windows
steeper pointed arches stressed with continuous hood mould.
String courses over each storey. Axial stack. Ridge cresting
and finials. Interior has fittings by C.F.A. Voysey, including
rear dining room with oak joinery - wainscot, chimney piece
with blue tiles and octagonal posts, and built-in sideboard.
Painted joinery including cupboard and wash basin in bedroom
above, and tall chimney piece with white tiles.

Listing NGR: SJ2974788082

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497300

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Recommended Books

• 
  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)