42, Clifton Road is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1974. House.

42, Clifton Road

WRENN ID
ancient-soffit-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wirral
Country
England
Date first listed
28 March 1974
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

BIRKENHEAD

SJ3188 CLIFTON ROAD 789-1/11/57 (West side) 28/03/74 No.42

II

House. c1840-50. By Walter Scott. Ashlar-faced with Welsh slate roof. Single-storeyed, but full basement storey to rear of sloping site, asymmetrically planned in gothic style. Elevation to Hollybank Road has advanced gabled wing to the left with traceried Perpendicular style window with ogival hoodmould, and quatrefoil lancet on inner face. Quatrefoil panels in gable bargeboards. Stressed gable over doorway to right: paired panelled arched doors up steps with octagonal piers and fretted stone parapet. Elevation to Clifton Street has gable to left with shallow canted bay window with trefoiled lancets and hipped roof. Axial and side wall stacks, enriched with reeded flues, barley sugar swags and heavy octagonal caps. The house forms part of the original development of Clifton Park, laid out by Scott as a villa estate.

Listing NGR: SJ3191988193

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