9, 11, 15 AND 17, MANCHESTER ROAD

SJ 88 SW WILMSLOW FORMER U.D. MANCHESTER ROAD (West Side)

1/292 Nos.9, 11, 15 and 17.

8/12/1972

GV II

Terrace of 4 houses: 1792 for Lord Stamford some early-mid C19 alterations. Stuccoed with Welsh slate roof and 7 brick chimneys. Long rectangular terrace stepping downhill. 3-storey, 13-bay front. Houses divided by plain pilasters. Windows of lower 2-storeys, either 12, 16 or 20 pane sashes with stone sills. Top storey has 8-pane windows with stone sills. No. 9 has 2 doorcases with plain pilasters and heavy lintels. A 4-panelled half-glazed and a 6-panelled door. Also semi-circular headed entrance to passage to rear. No.ll has a similar doorcase with to right a now glazed elliptical headed coach entrance. No.15 has a symmetrical front with a glazed fanlight above an 8-panelled door. Interior has some original and Victorian plasterwork, good cast iron gates and 4 and 6-panelled doors. No. 17 has a reeded doorcase with rosettes in the corner under a projecting flat hood and containing a 6-panelled door. Simpler doorcase to office in basement. All doorways are approached by flights of stone steps that are included in the item.

A complex of buildings associated with fustian cutting founded by Lord Stamford, developed by the Deardens from mid C19. No.15 was the manager's house.

Listing NGR: SJ8485281299