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Latitude: 53.3884 / 53°23'18"N
Longitude: -3.0258 / 3°1'32"W
OS Eastings: 331871
OS Northings: 388445
OS Grid: SJ318884
Mapcode National: GBR 7Y98.Q1
Mapcode Global: WH87D.H3C5
Plus Code: 9C5R9XQF+9M
Entry Name: 53 55, the Woodlands
Listing Date: 28 March 1974
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1201738
English Heritage Legacy ID: 389361
ID on this website: 101201738
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
BIRKENHEAD
SJ3188 THE WOODLANDS
789-1/11/150 (North side)
28/03/74 Nos.53 AND 55
GV II
Pair of houses. c1840. Possibly by Walter Scott. Ashlar-faced
with Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, each unit a 3-bay plan with
end entrance. Projecting single-storey porch each end with
door in stressed architrave up steps. Rusticated ground floor
with 15-pane pivotal windows replacing sashes in original
openings with stressed voussoirs. Similar 9-pane windows
above, in stressed architraves with aprons and pediment over
central window. Continuous sill band. Moulded eaves cornice,
overhanging eaves and axial stacks. Forms part of the original
Clifton Park development, laid out by Scott from the early
1840's.
Listing NGR: SJ3187188445
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