Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8490 WILMSLOW ROAD, Didsbury
698-1/25/660 (East side)
25/02/52 No.779
Broome House

GV II

House, now childrens' home. Early to mid C18, greatly enlarged
in earlier and later C19; altered. Pink-washed roughcast
render on brick, slate roofs. Irregular plan in 3 portions
(and 3 or more builds); the earliest, forming the entrance
block at the west end, double-depth with a large semicircular
bow added to the front and canted wings to the sides, plus an
outshut linking it to later additions at the rear.
Two-and-a-half storeys; a symmetrical 5-window facade
dominated by a central 2-storey 3-window bow, which has a
flight of 3 semi-circular steps up to a doorway with an
open-pedimented Ionic doorcase with decorated capitals,
panelled door and fanlight with radiating metal tracery,
segmental-headed 12-pane sashed windows with exposed boxes,
and a dentilled cornice. The main range either side of the bow
has a 1st-floor band (interrupted by the bow) and similar
sashed windows but with keystones, and a C19 roof with
projected verges at the gables; the canted 2-storey wings have
sashed windows without glazing bars, and dentilled cornices.
Additions to the rear. Interior: front range has hallway with
modillion cornice, and inner doorway with large fanlight;
centre portion contains former billiard room; rear block
contains former ballroom with small proscenium stage.

Listing NGR: SJ8477390781

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26560614

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)