704, Warrington Road

WIGAN

SD50SE WARRINGTON ROAD, Hawkley 24-1/5/126 (East side) 11/07/83 No.704 (Formerly Listed as: WARRINGTON ROAD Nos.704 AND 706)

GV II

House. Mid C18, altered. Facade of handmade red brick in Flemish bond with sandstone plinth and dressings, left gable wall and rear of coursed sandstone rubble; slate roof. Double-depth double-fronted plan. 2 storeys and 2 windows, almost symmetrical; with a high chamfered plinth, rusticated quoins and 1st-floor sillband. Doorway, offset left, with a set-in wooden doorcase, board door, plain overlight and plain rectangular lintel (probably C19); 2 large rectangular windows on each floor, all with wedge lintels incorporating real keystones, and all now with C20 9-pane glazing; eroded rectangular stone plaque on centre of sillband. Left gable wall partly rebuilt with brick at the apex. Rear altered. INTERIOR not inspected, but noted to have features of interest. Forms group with No.706 adjoining to right (qv).

Listing NGR: SD5687202778