Av Roe House is a Grade II listed building in the Salford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1981. House. 2 related planning applications.
Av Roe House
- WRENN ID
- brooding-hearth-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Salford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1981
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SJ 79 NE, 4/7
ECCLES, LIVERPOOL ROAD (north side), No. 262 (A.V. Roe House)
20/8/81
II
House, now offices. Early C19. Flemish bond brick with slate roof. 3 x 2 bays with two storeys and addition to rear. Symmetrical elevation with projecting plinth, dentilled box gutters and a hipped roof with brick chimney stacks. The central panelled door has a fanlight and an open pediment on 3/4 Doric Columns. Two ground and three first-floor 4-pane sash windows with stone lintels and sills and a stone surround to the central first floor window. Similar window openings to sides, some of which are blind and one of which retains its original 16-pane sash. Tripartite sash windows to rear addition on right return. The house was that of James Nasmyth from (1836-43) who invented the steam hammer in 1842. Also the birthplace of A. V. Roe (1877-1958) who designed, built and flew the first British aeroplane in 1908 and was a key figure in the development of aviation.
Listing NGR: SJ7648898486
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