Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8595 LOWER PARK ROAD, Rusholme
698-1/22/801 (East side)
No.1
Greygarth Hall

GV II

Villa, now hall of residence. c.1880-90. Yellow brick with
some sandstone dressings, hipped slate roofs. Irregular plan.
Eclectic style. Two storeys with basement and attics, a 3-bay
west front with slightly-projecting wings flanking a 3-storey
stair-tower, and a gabled glazed porch attached to the
right-hand side. Two string-courses between floors, prominent
moulded eaves with modillions, pediments over the bays and
pyramidal roof to the tower. The tower has a large
round-headed stair-window with arched centre light and
radiating glazing bars and a small ornamental stone balcony, a
central pilaster strip above this and 2 small round-headed
windows to the top floor; the left wing has a 2-storey canted
bay which has sashed windows with margin panes (those at
ground floor segmental-headed); the right wing has a
segmental-headed window at ground floor with 2 round-headed
sashed lights, and a tripartite window at 1st floor with stone
pilasters and narrow sashed lights (2 in the centre). Various
tall corniced chimneys. Projecting rear wing to rear of porch;
C20 single-storey addition attached to right of porch. Left
return wall has (inter alia) a large tripartite window on each
floor towards the rear, and a single-storey wing to the rear
of this. Interior: some elaborate decoration, including
doorways with eared architraves, moulded plaster friezes,
pilastered hallway including tympana with lilies.

Listing NGR: SJ8539995627

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Greygarth Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5608394

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Recommended Books

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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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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)