2-10, LODGE LANE

A group of five houses at 2-10 Lodge Lane, Bebington, built in 1900 as part of the Port Sunlight model village development, designed by William and Segar Owen. The houses are constructed of brick with tile hanging and pebbedashing, and have a tile roof. They are arranged as two storeys, six bays wide, with the first bay recessed under a gable, the fourth bay projecting under a gable, and the fifth and sixth bays recessed, the fifth bay featuring a projection under a half-hipped gable. A weathered sill band and a flat band mark the ground floor. The first floor of the first and fourth bays, and parts of the fifth and sixth bays, are tile hung, while the gable is pebbledashed. Some diapering is visible on the second and third bays. Ground floor windows have gauged-brick cambered arches and leaded casements, with most being three-light windows. The fifth bay has a tall, narrow window, and the sixth bay has a two-light window. The first floor windows are double-chamfered-mullioned, with cornices above those in the first and fourth bays and deep brick sills to those in the second and third bays. The end bay features a two-light casement window on its return. The entrances have gauged-brick cambered arches and plank doors; the end bay entrance has a lateral lean-to roof supported by a timber column. The right return of the first two bays has a tile-hung gable and two windows to the first floor, one of which adjoins the front. The rear elevation is similar, with small-paned casement windows and tile-hung gables.