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Latitude: 53.3959 / 53°23'45"N
Longitude: -3.0437 / 3°2'37"W
OS Eastings: 330698
OS Northings: 389298
OS Grid: SJ306892
Mapcode National: GBR 7Y55.VC
Mapcode Global: WH876.6WWZ
Plus Code: 9C5R9XW4+9G
Entry Name: 4 5, Cavendish Road
Listing Date: 10 August 1992
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1292245
English Heritage Legacy ID: 389142
ID on this website: 101292245
Location: Claughton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH41
County: Wirral
Electoral Ward/Division: Claughton
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Birkenhead
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Merseyside
Church of England Parish: Birkenhead Christ the King
Church of England Diocese: Chester
BIRKENHEAD
SJ3089 CAVENDISH ROAD
789-1/7/38 (West side)
Nos.4 AND 5
II
Pair of houses. c1840-50. Probably by Walter Scott. Brick with
Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys and attic, each a 2-unit
double-depth plan symmetrically designed with paired central
gables and entrance halls in outer bays. Further recessed
outer gabled ranges to left. Segmentally arched doorways with
side lights in stone architrave with mullioned overlights, and
outer small stair windows. Principal rooms in gabled bays with
3-light mullioned windows with stone architraves and hood
moulds to ground and first floor, smaller attic windows at
apex. Recessed outer gables have 4-light mullioned and
transomed windows to ground floor room, paired 2-light windows
above. Diaper work in brick. Axial stacks with diagonal
shafts. The houses form part of the original development of
Birkenhead Park, laid out by Joseph Paxton between 1843 and
1847.
Listing NGR: SJ3069889298
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