Description

BIRKENHEAD

SJ3188 CLIFTON ROAD
789-1/11/55 (West side)
28/03/74 Nos.34 AND 36

II

Pair of houses. c1840-50. By Walter Scott. Stucco, part now
pebbledashed with Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, symmetrically
planned with side entrances and 4-window range to main
elevation, comprised of 2-unit plan to each house. Outer bays
advanced, each with canted bay window with parapet to ground
floor, and 12-pane sash-type windows renewed in original
openings with entablature carried on brackets above. Central
bays of rusticated stucco to ground floor with tripartite sash
windows with cast-iron fluted colonettes, and renewed 12-pane
sash type windows in original stressed architraves above.
Moulded cornice and parapet over. Side entrances in moulded
architraves with pediments carried on heavy brackets. The
houses form part of the original development of Clifton Park,
laid out by Scott as a villa estate.

Listing NGR: SJ3195088244

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497313

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)