Number 2 And Attached Boundary Wall

MACCLESFIELD

SJ97SW BROCKLEHURST AVENUE 886-1/4/220 (East side) 17/06/94 No.2 and attached boundary wall

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Lodge and attached boundary wall. Mid C19. Of narrow, snecked sandstone with chamfered quoins and ashlar dressings, wide copings to gables and a single ridge stack, with decorative corbelled capping. Welsh slated roof. L-plan house, with a deep, open-bed pediment to each gable. Front elevation (W); 2 storeys with advanced pedimented gable to left. To the right, an open integral porch with a semicircular-arched opening with moulded arched head. Set-back doorway with semicircular fanlight and 4-panel door. Ashlar storey band above, with blind plaque within moulded surround. Gable to left with ground-floor canted bay window, and central first-floor single-light window with semicircular head, and band which links with pediment base. Projecting sill with cast-iron window box holder. Sash windows without glazing bars except for main window to bay, which is a 2 over 2 pane sash. Gable to S elevation similarly detailed, but with flat-headed opening to ground floor. Rear elevation with door and window opening to ground floor, and shallow lean-to within SE angle. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: contemporary stone wall with moulded ashlar coping attached via C20 replacement gates to S of entrance. The wall is stepped to accommodate changes in ground level, and helps to enclose the garden. INTERIOR not inspected. The building is believed to have been built as a replacement for an earlier lodge to Hurdsfield House (qv) built by the Brocklehurst family, silk manufacturers and notable Macclesfield benefactors in the mid C19.

Listing NGR: SJ9222874122