Description

BIRKENHEAD

SJ3386 ROCK PARK, Rock Ferry
789-1/12/259 (East side)
13/03/73 Nos.16 AND 17
with gatepiers to street

GV II

Pair of houses. c1836. Ashlar-faced with Welsh slate roof.
Neo-classical style, 2 storeys, each house a 3-window range
double-pile plan symmetrically-designed with outer hipped
gabled wings. Each house has central entrance in full-height
pyramidal roofed porch to angle formed by wing. 6-panelled
door in moulded stone architrave with narrow window over.
12-pane sashes flank this on each floor, the lower window to
the right in 16 cut by added lean-to verandah. Overhanging
eaves, end wall stacks. Rear elevation follows similar
configuration with outer hipped gabled wings with canted bays
to ground floor, and a balcony carried on cast-iron columns
and stone brackets with ornate wrought iron railings across
the central range. Paired gate piers to street front with
recessed panels and shallow pyramidal caps. The house forms
part of the original Rock Park development laid out in 1836 by
J.Bennison.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N and Hubbard E: Cheshire:
Harmondsworth: 1971-).

Listing NGR: SJ3365886433

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571449

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)