Heath House Numbers 19 And 20 And Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1949. House. 2 related planning applications.
Heath House Numbers 19 And 20 And Attached Railings
- WRENN ID
- burning-gable-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 January 1949
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SJ 7478 KNUTSFORD GASKELL AVENUE (South East side) 792/3/29 Nos.19 and 20 18/1/49 Heath House
GV II
Formerly known as: No.19 GASKELL AVENUE. Pair of houses. Mid C18. Roughcast over brick with slate roof. 3 storeys, 5-window range, unequally divided and comprising 2 dwellings, one with a single room frontage, the other with three. Doorways towards the centre of the elevation, separated by a window, and with 2-windows to left, single window to right. 6-panelled doors in pedimented cases. Inner windows are 12-pane sashes, the outer windows 16-pane sashes on each floor, with low windows of 6 and 8 panes to attic storey, where the left-hand window is blind. Parallel rear range, and long wing to rear of right-hand unit. Axial and end wall stacks. INTERIOR: not inspected. HiSTORY: the building has a number of historical and literary associations, and was formerly known as the Cann Office where weights and measures were tested. It was also once the home of Edward Higgins, a C18 highwayman who appears in Elizabeth Gaskell's 'The Squire's Tale' and 'The Highwayman' of Thomas de Quincey.
Listing NGR: SJ7482478572
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