Description

BIRKENHEAD

SJ3188 THE WOODLANDS
789-1/11/149 (South side)
28/02/75 No.42
Fearnley

GV II

Formerly known as: Fearnley Hall THE WOODLANDS.
House, now subdivided. Dated 1843. By Walter Scott.
Ashlar-faced with Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys with attics, the
plan comprising one long range with a shorter parallel front
range and gabled wing. Entrance in angle of rear range and
wing, a gabled canted porch with 4-centred arched doorway with
hood-mould and decoration in the spandrels. Tier of windows in
side wall of wing, with stepped hood mould over 3-light
mullioned window of first floor and traceried window in dormer
above. Expressed chimney corbelled out on gable wall, with
date in shield and 3 diagonal flues. 3-window range to front
range, with 2 bays expressed by gabled dormers over, each with
3-light mullioned window, and a narrower bay against the wing.
Return elevation to Fearnley Street has 4-light mullioned and
transomed window on each floor beneath gabled dormer, and
octagonal lantern turret over. Forms part of the original
development of Clifton Park, laid out by Scott in the early
1840's.

Listing NGR: SJ3180388383

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26579775

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  For the Record
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)