140,142,144 AND 146, CHESTER ROAD

This is a terrace of four cottages located on Chester Road in Walton, built around 1910. They were likely designed by Wright and Hamlyn of Warrington for Sir Gilbert Greenall. The cottages are constructed from sandstone with white-painted pebbledash and have gabled roofs covered in graded Westmorland green slates, topped with four large chimneys. They are built one window wide and extend to one-and-a-half storeys, being attached at right angles to numbers 138 and 138A. Features include a plinth, window surrounds with chamfered reveals and steeply-weathered cills, and stone gable copings. There are three gabled half-dormers and one canted bay window rising through both storeys. Small circular windows are positioned above each door, and the windows have leaded glazing. The doors are framed and boarded with half-glazed panels and small panes. The rear elevations are a combination of brick and pebbledash, with Queen Anne casement windows. Brick-walled yards, some with cast-iron crestings, contain gabled outbuildings also roofed in Westmorland slate. The architectural style is reminiscent of contemporary work by J Lomax Simpson for William Hesketh Lever at Port Sunlight. The interiors have not been inspected.