Flixton House And Outbuilding Adjoining Immediately North Of Flixton House

SJ 79 SW (SJ 7494 SE), 4/29

URMSTON, FLIXTON ROAD (east side), Flixton House and outbuilding adjoining immediately north of Flixton House

08/01/81

G.V.

II

House. Late C18. For R. Wright. Flemish bond brick with white headers creating a chequered pattern. Slate roof, asbestos slate to outbuilding. 4 x 2 bays with two storeys, later additions and alterations to rear and the outbuilding (formerly a barn) at right angles to rear. Panelled door in bay 2 with delicate radial fanlight and an open pediment on 3/4 Doric columns. Large projecting conservatory to right of later date. Sash window to left and four sash windows on first floor. All have flat brick arches, stone sills and none retain glazing bars. Four similar windows on the left return retain 12-pane sashes. Eaves gutter on paired brackets. Hipped roof with ridge chimney stacks. Late C19 2-storey canted bay window to right return. INTERIOR: 6-panel doors and original fireplaces. The outbuilding has double barn doors below a timber lintel, stone dressed pitching holes and various door and window openings. Its most notable feature is the open octagonal cupola, columns supporting the lead covered canopy which has a ball finial. Illustrated prior to additions in D. H. Langton, A History of the Parish of Flixton, 1898.

Listing NGR: SJ7462594381