Description

BIRKENHEAD

SJ3089 CAVENDISH ROAD
789-1/7/36 (West side)
28/03/74 No.1

GV II

House, built as Lodge to Birkenhead Park. By Lewis Hornblower
and John Robertson. 1843-7. Snecked rubble with Welsh slate
roof. Picturesque Tudor style. 2 storeys, L-plan with gable to
left and doorway in projecting gabled porch. Square projecting
3-light mullioned window in gable with parapet over, and
2-light window above. Small dormer window over the doorway,
and chimney stack with cylindrical and diagonal flues
corbelled out alongside. Additional similar stack on side wall
of gabled wing. The lodge forms part of the original
development of Birkenhead Park, laid out by Joseph Paxton
between 1843 and 1847.

Listing NGR: SJ3073689226

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571517

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Recommended Books

• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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)