Description

BIRKENHEAD

SJ3188 CLIFTON ROAD
789-1/11/58 (East side)
28/03/74 Nos.47 AND 49

GV II

Pair of houses, now in institutional use. c1843. Walter Scott.
Ashlar with Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys over basement taking
account of sloping site. North elevation of 5 bays. 6-pane
sash windows with margin lights to first floor and projecting
fretted stone-work balcony carried on square columns which
form divisions for 2-tripartite sash bay windows at ground
floor level. Cast-iron acanthus decoration to ground floor
balcony. Secondary door in plain architrave in side elevation.
Heavy overhang to roof carried on moulded wood brackets. Main
entrance in centre of 3 bay upper elevation. Doric porch with
paired shafts and balustraded parapet flanked by segmentally
arched tripartite sashes with ornate cast-iron colonettes,
stressed quoins and voussoirs. End wall stacks. Clifton Park
was laid out as a planned villa estate.

Listing NGR: SJ3192788095

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26512611

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)