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Highgate House

A Grade II Listed Building in Claughton, Wirral

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.3936 / 53°23'36"N

Longitude: -3.0468 / 3°2'48"W

OS Eastings: 330482

OS Northings: 389040

OS Grid: SJ304890

Mapcode National: GBR 7Y56.56

Mapcode Global: WH876.5YDS

Plus Code: 9C5R9XV3+C7

Entry Name: Highgate House

Listing Date: 28 March 1974

Last Amended: 10 August 1992

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1210045

English Heritage Legacy ID: 389105

ID on this website: 101210045

Location: Claughton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH43

County: Wirral

Electoral Ward/Division: Claughton

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

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 20 April 2023 to amend the name and address, correct typos in the description and to reformat the text to current standards

SJ3089
789-1/7/8

BIRKENHEAD
ASHVILLE ROAD (North West side)
No.8 (Highgate House)

(Formerly Listed as: No.8 previously listed as ASHVILLE ROAD (West side) No.8 (incorporating No.6))

28/03/74

GV
II

House. Dated 1847. Probably by Walter Scott. Brick with stone dressings and Welsh slate roof. Picturesque asymmetrical Tudor style. Two storeys and attic, four principal bays. Main block comprises central entrance hall and stairway, with principal rooms in expressed gabled bays to each side, and a further bay to the right. Gabled porch and three-light mullioned window to hallway, the staircase expressed via a series of stepped small two-light windows beyond. Quatrefoil panels to paired doors and fanlight with rustic decoration. Hinde family arms over doorway. Full-height projecting square bay window to left of doorway with tall mullioned windows with foiled or segmental lights on each floor. Wide coped gable over attic window above, balancing right-hand gable stressed by angle quoins and with three-light mullioned window on principal floors. Additional bay to right, with trefoiled mullioned window to ground floor. Parapet eaves throughout. Gable and axial stacks.

The house forms part of the original development of Birkenhead Park, laid out by Joseph Paxton between 1844 and 1847.

Listing NGR: SJ3048289040

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