Description

CROSBY

SJ3198SW BEACH LAWN
778-1/6/14 (North East side)
16/08/72 No.13
(Formerly Listed as:
BEACH LAWN
Nos.1-15 (Consecutive))

GV II

Detached villa with attached verandah, now forming part of row
of 15 in interestingly varied but harmonious style. Mid to
later C19, for shipping magnate [Ismay, proprietor of White
Star Line]; altered. White-painted stucco, slate roof,
stuccoed chimneys; cast-iron verandah. Italianate style.
L-plan, with projecting gabled wing to left and screen wall to
right.
EXTERIOR: two-and-a-half storeys, 1:2 windows, a strongly
articulated composition with open-pedimental gabled wing to
left, plus conservatory attached to set-back 2-storey screen
wall to right ; with a string course over ground floor,
sill-band to 1st floor and bracketed eaves and gable. The main
range has a large doorway to the left with side-windows and
matching overlight, and half-glazed door, and a canted bay
window to the right; at 1st floor a one-light window and a
large tripartite window, both with moulded architraves and the
latter with a cornice on consoles; and above these a very
small 2-light window under the eaves and a half-dormer with
semi-circular canopy breaking the eaves. The wing to the left
has a 2-storey canted bay, the ground-floor window tripartite
with rounded corners and pilastered architrave with corner
finials and the 1st floor window with panelled aprons and
hipped lead-clad roof extended as a swept canopy; and at 2nd
floor a Venetian window with pilastered and keyed architrave.
All the windows now have altered glazing. Tall corniced
multiple-flue chimneys.
Attached to main range is cast-iron verandah which links to
conservatory attached to right-hand end. Linked to Nos 11 and
12 to the right (qv); adjoins Nos 14 and 15 to the left (qv).
INTERIOR: not inspected.
All the listed buildings in Beach Lawn, together with those in
Adelaide Terrace, Bath Street, Marine Crescent and Marine
Terrace, form a group in the Waterloo Conservation Area of
Crosby.

Listing NGR: SJ3134798328

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26549028

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living