Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8490 WILMSLOW ROAD, Didsbury
698-1/25/653 (North side)
3 and 5 The Grove

GV II

Pair of houses. Probably c.1870. Brown and red brick with some
applied "half-timbering", slate roof. Double-fronted plan.
North German vernacular style. Two storeys, 4 windows, with
ornamental geometrical half-timbering in the gable, and
projecting verges with bargeboards and apex finial; doorways
with panelled and glazed doors and rectangular stone lintels.
2- and 3-light windows with raised sills and rectangular stone
lintels. Rear and interior not inspected. Part of small but
distinctive settlement, said to have been built for immigrant
North German community. Rare example of domestic architecture
reflecting cosmopolitan nature of C19 Manchester society.
Forms group with other items in The Grove, including Nos.
803-5 and No.807 Wilmslow Road (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SJ8486290452

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26891592

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