Description

MANCHESTER

SJ89SW DENE ROAD, Didsbury
698-1/8/638 (South side)
20/06/88 Nazarene Theological College

GV II

Former private house, now theological college. 1914, by Mark
and Dunkerley. Pink brick with some timber framing and plaster
infill; graduated stone slate roof. H-plan main block, with
long service wing attached to front of left wing. Vernacular
Revival style. Main block 2-storeys and attics, 1:3:1 windows,
almost symmetrical, with projecting gabled crosswings; central
2-storey gabled timber-framed porch open at ground floor and
the upper floor slightly jettied, with a transomed 10-light
oriel just below the bressummer; wooden mullioned casement
windows of 1, 2 and 3 lights on both floors, and 2 small
3-light flat-roofed dormers in the roof. Transomed 6- and
10-light windows in the left wing, which has an outshut on its
outer side, with a single-storey range attached to the front
of this; single-storey projection to front of right-hand wing,
with splayed corners, 6-light transomed window above. Various
tall chimneys. Attached projecting service wing is T-plan,
with low single-storey range ternminating in a taller gabled
end wing which has a wooden bellcote on the roof. Rear:
recessed centre with canted 2-storey bay under hipped roof
(the upper floor of this open as a balcony), between
coupled-gable wings, the inner gables slightly smaller and and
formerly serving as porches, with round-headed arches at
ground floor (now enclosed and glazed); semicircular bay
windows at ground floor of the outer gables (that to the right
now with a brick parapet); transomed windows. Interior: good
plasterwork, some segmental barrel vaulted ceilings, etc.,
open-well staircase with turned balusters.

Listing NGR: SJ8404791057

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26512507

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