Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8595 CONYNGHAM ROAD, Rusholme
698-1/22/787 (West side)
03/10/74 No.2

GV II

Villa, now office. c.1840, probably by Richard Lane (who laid
out Victoria park in 1836); altered. White-painted render
(replacing original stucco), hipped slate roof. Roughly
rectangular plan on east-west axis, with short service wing at
west end. Late Georgian classical style. Two storeys and 3
bays, symmetrical, the centre slightly recessed, plus one-bay
service wing; with plinth, deep 1st-floor sill-band, prominent
bracketed eaves. Rectangular pilasterd porch in the centre,
with Ionic columns distyle in antis, plain frieze, moulded
cornice and blocking course; one tall 15-pane sashed window to
each side at ground floor, three 12-pane windows at 1st floor,
sashed except that to the 1st bay, which is false. Blocked or
blind windows to the wing. Three-bay left return wall with
similar fenestration to the front. Rear (garden front) has
tripartite sashed windows on both floors of the centre,
flanked by two 2-storey segmental bows with similar windows.
Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ8556595567

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503918

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6