Description

BIRKENHEAD

SJ3088 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, Claughton
789-1/10/192 (North side)
28/03/74 Nos.32 AND 34

GV II

Pair of houses. c1850. By Charles Reed. Ashlar-faced with
hipped Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, each a 2-room double-depth
plan with side entrance. Outer bow window with mullioned and
transomed window to ground floor, 2-light windows above and on
each floor in inner bay. Angle quoins and sill bands, moulded
cornice and parapet. Door in stressed architrave in side
elevation. End wall stacks. The houses form part of the
original development at Claughton, laid out by Reed for Sir
William Jackson from the early 1840's.
(Map of Claughton in 1848; Plan of Birkenhead and Claughton
cum Grange 1858: Mills and Fletcher, Surveyors: 1858-).

Listing NGR: SJ3067688391

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497286

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