No. 230, Stamford Street

SJ 99 NW, 4/36

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, STAMFORD STREET (north side), No. 230

(formerly listed as Westminster Bank, (No 230))

12/01/67

G.V.

II

House, now offices and church. 1810-12 with alterations and additions. By Crowley. Flemish bond brick, ashlar dressings and graduated slate roof. 5-bay, 2-storey central-entrance house with later wings of three and two bays respectively to either side and an enclosed yard to rear. Ashlar plinth, first-floor band, eaves cornice, and pediment over central three bays which are slightly advanced. The central porch has an overlight and Ionic columns supporting a dentilled entablature. Four ground-floor and five first-floor sash windows (all with glazing bars removed) have stone sills and cambered brick arches. Hipped roof with ridge chimney stacks. The later wings retain some of the character of the original building. A small wing which is set behind a private garden to the right was possibly an orangery. It has three arched window openings and three arched door openings. All have glazing bars but two of the doors are now changed to windows. The rear yard is entered from the north by a panelled door which has pilasters supporting shell ornament within an arched tympanum all below an open pediment. The house, originally called Croft House, was the home of J. R. Coulthart, bank manager. W. K. Armstrong, Memoirs of John Ross Coulthart of Ashton-under-Lyne.

Listing NGR: SJ9368498881