Description

KNUTSFORD

SJ7478 DRURY LANE
792-1/3/17 (South side)
12/10/71 Nos.4-8 (Consecutive)
(Formerly Listed as:
DRURY LANE
Nos.4-13 (Consecutive)
Old Laundry (formerly listed as
workshop between 8 & 9). Water Tower
& Chimney)

GV II

Range of 5 cottages. c1900, incorporating earlier buildings.
By Richard Harding Watt. Painted brick with slate roof.
2 storeys, 9-window range. Paired doorways to left and centre,
single doorway to right, all with overlights. Lower windows
are casements, with fixed lights. Nos 7 & 8 have very high
overlights to doors and high ground-floor windows,
accommodating to the steeply sloping site. 2 oriel windows to
upper right, the other upper windows have wood balconies
carried on struts. Archway through to rear to left. Rear
elevations also incorporate balconies beneath overhanging
roofline. Mediterranean-style end wall stacks.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Part of a remarkable development in Free Style built under the
patronage of Richard Harding Watt.

Listing NGR: SJ7521978942

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667882

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability