Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8596 PLYMOUTH GROVE, Chorlton-On-Medlock
698-1/21/618 (South West side)
25/02/52 No.84
Mrs Gaskell's House

GV II*

Also known as: No.84 The International Society PLYMOUTH GROVE
Chorlton-On-Medlock.
Villa, now premises of International Society. c.1830-40.
Painted stucco on brick, shallow hipped slate roof. Square
double-fronted plan plus coach-house wing attached to
south-west corner. Classical style. Two storeys over basement,
3 bays, symmetrical; plinth, giant pilasters with lotus-leaf
capitals, 1st-floor sill-band, plain frieze, moulded cornice
and low parapet with raised centre. The centre has a shallow
rectangular porch with engaged columns distyle in antis
(capitals matching those of the pilasters), deep plain frieze,
cornice and blocking course, and 4 internal steps up to
recessed glazed and panelled divided doors with margin panes;
and at 1st floor a window with shouldered architrave. All the
windows are 12-pane sashes, those at ground floor taller and
with floating cornices on consoles. Two ridge chimneys.
Three-bay left return wall in matching style. Rear: prominent
segmental-ended bow to centre of ground floor, with steps up
to north side; 12-pane sashed windows with plain reveals.
Interior: entrance hall with round-headed doorway in screen
with fanlight; staircase with stick balusters. Coach-house
wing: basement and 2 storeys. History: home of the novelist
Mrs Gaskell during the latter part of her life (her 2 earlier
homes in Manchester, in Dover Street and Upper Richmond
Street, no longer exist).

Listing NGR: SJ8540596333

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• 84 Plymouth Grove at Wikipedia
• 84 Plymouth Grove official website
• Wikidata Q4644775

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed 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)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide