Fearnley

BIRKENHEAD

SJ3188 THE WOODLANDS 789-1/11/149 (South side) 28/02/75 No.42 Fearnley

GV II

Formerly known as: Fearnley Hall THE WOODLANDS. House, now subdivided. Dated 1843. By Walter Scott. Ashlar-faced with Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys with attics, the plan comprising one long range with a shorter parallel front range and gabled wing. Entrance in angle of rear range and wing, a gabled canted porch with 4-centred arched doorway with hood-mould and decoration in the spandrels. Tier of windows in side wall of wing, with stepped hood mould over 3-light mullioned window of first floor and traceried window in dormer above. Expressed chimney corbelled out on gable wall, with date in shield and 3 diagonal flues. 3-window range to front range, with 2 bays expressed by gabled dormers over, each with 3-light mullioned window, and a narrower bay against the wing. Return elevation to Fearnley Street has 4-light mullioned and transomed window on each floor beneath gabled dormer, and octagonal lantern turret over. Forms part of the original development of Clifton Park, laid out by Scott in the early 1840's.

Listing NGR: SJ3180388383