WILMSLOW ROAD (See details for further address information)

This is a pair of semi-detached houses located on Wilmslow Road in Didsbury, Manchester, likely built around 1870 and altered since. They are constructed of brown brick in header bond, featuring sandstone dressings and some applied black-and-white "half-timbering," topped with a slate roof. The houses have a square plan and are single-fronted, designed in a North Germanic vernacular style.

Each house is two storeys high with a layout of 2+2 windows, plus a blind window in the center. They have buttressed corners and ornamental geometrical half-timbering in the gables, along with projecting verges that include bargeboards and apex finials. The doorways are positioned close to the outer corners and feature panelled and glazed doors with rectangular stone lintels. The ground floor has three-light windows, while the first floor has two-light windows, all with raised sills and rectangular stone lintels. The three central windows on the first floor have continuous lintels but are topped with relieving arches made of red brick. The windows appear to be horizontal sliding sashes with central horizontal glazing bars, and those above the doors have small stone balconies protected by cast-iron latticed railings.

The rear and interior of the houses were not inspected. This pair is part of a small but distinctive settlement, believed to have been built for an immigrant North German community, and is a rare example of domestic architecture that reflects the cosmopolitan nature of 19th-century Manchester society. They form a group with other buildings in The Grove, including Nos 803-5 and No. 807 Wilmslow Road.