Latitude: 53.3712 / 53°22'16"N
Longitude: -2.9992 / 2°59'57"W
OS Eastings: 333613
OS Northings: 386501
OS Grid: SJ336865
Mapcode National: GBR 7YHG.G7
Mapcode Global: WH87D.WJZF
Plus Code: 9C5V92C2+F8
Entry Name: 12 13, Rock Park
Listing Date: 13 March 1973
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1201761
English Heritage Legacy ID: 389317
ID on this website: 101201761
Location: Rock Park, Wirral, Merseyside, CH42
County: Wirral
Electoral Ward/Division: Rock Ferry
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Birkenhead
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Merseyside
Church of England Parish: Rock Ferry St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Building
BIRKENHEAD
SJ3386 ROCK PARK, Rock Ferry 789-1/12/257 (East side) 13/03/73 Nos.12 AND 13
GV II
Pair of houses. c1836. Render with Welsh slate roof. Picturesque gothic style with 2 storeys, and 3 wide gables separated by narrower gables. Each house a double-pile, 3-unit plan, the division between the houses running at the centre of the central gable. Each house has central doorway in narrow gable. Gothick panelled doors with overlights, traceried side-lights and traceried window above. 2-light mullioned and transomed windows with margin lights in the flanking gables, blind windows in centre. Moulded sill band to first floor windows, and slight hood moulds throughout. Advanced gable to right retains ornamental bargeboards. Recessed further gable to No.13 with late C20 full-height conservatory forming stair hall in angle with main range. Axial and end wall stacks with polygonal shafts and heavy caps. Elevation to Esplanade has a similar configuration with 3 wide gables divided by narrower ones. 2-storied bay window with trefoiled parapet in outer bays, and tripartite gothick arched windows above. Fretted wood-work canopy, part now missing across central gable. The houses form part of the original Rock Park development laid out in 1836 by J.Bennison. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N and Hubbard E: Cheshire: Harmondsworth: 1971-).
Listing NGR: SJ3361386501
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