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Latitude: 53.3035 / 53°18'12"N
Longitude: -2.3792 / 2°22'45"W
OS Eastings: 374824
OS Northings: 378572
OS Grid: SJ748785
Mapcode National: GBR CZT7.PH
Mapcode Global: WH997.F789
Plus Code: 9C5V8J3C+98
Entry Name: Heath House Numbers 19 and 20 and Attached Railings
Listing Date: 18 January 1949
Last Amended: 13 June 2000
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1388340
English Heritage Legacy ID: 476348
ID on this website: 101388340
Location: Knutsford, Cheshire East, Cheshire, WA16
County: Cheshire East
Civil Parish: Knutsford
Built-Up Area: Knutsford
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Knutsford St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Architectural structure
SJ 7478 KNUTSFORD GASKELL AVENUE
(South East side)
792/3/29
Nos.19 and 20
18/1/49 Heath House
GV II
Formerly known as: No.19 GASKELL AVENUE.
Pair of houses. Mid C18. Roughcast over brick with slate roof. 3 storeys, 5-window range, unequally divided and comprising 2 dwellings, one with a single room frontage, the other with three. Doorways towards the centre of the elevation, separated
by a window, and with 2-windows to left, single window to right. 6-panelled doors in pedimented cases. Inner windows are 12-pane sashes, the outer windows 16-pane sashes on each floor, with low windows of 6 and 8 panes to attic storey, where the left-hand window is blind. Parallel rear range, and long wing to rear of right-hand unit. Axial and end wall stacks.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HiSTORY: the building has a number of historical and literary associations, and was formerly known as the Cann Office where weights and measures were tested. It was also once the home of Edward Higgins, a C18 highwayman who appears in Elizabeth Gaskell's 'The Squire's Tale' and 'The Highwayman' of Thomas de Quincey.
Listing NGR: SJ7482478572
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