History

Designed by S Colwyn Foulkes, architect, of Colwyn Bay, 1926, for a Mrs Guy, whose family owned a motor business in Manchester.

Exterior

Buff style brick, red tiled roof with axial stacks. Neo-georgian style, 2 storeys, 3 window range with central entrance, and iron rail with interlaced circle motif to recessed loggia. This has lattice work 'pilasters' and a valence, and French doors with small panes. Ground floor windows are paired tall 12-pane sashes with straight brick heads and sills. The upper windows are shorter 12-pane sashes, paired with a central mullion. Similar windows in E gable return. The return elevation to Alexandra Road has a big canted bay to ground floor, and tripartite window above. Service wing to rear with paired 8-sash windows to W, and tall stair facing E. Sill band to first floor windows formed from a band of bricks layed alternatively flat and vertically. Reeded wood eaves cornice.

Interior

The house is simply detailed internally, but retains many original fittings. It is compactly planned about a wide central hall, off which the 2 principal rooms open. Staircase offset to rear, and kitchen,scullery etc. in rear wing.

Reasons for Listing

A good surviving example of the individually commissioned domestic work of the local architect, S Colwyn Foulkes, which uses an inventive neo-georgian style to produce a small house notable for its careful planning.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29492494

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)