59, Shrewsbury Road

BIRKENHEAD

SJ3088 SHREWSBURY ROAD, Oxton 789-1/10/228 (West side) 28/03/74 No.59

II

House. c1884. By George Smith of Chester. Brick with some mock timbering and plain tiled roof. Elizabethan style. 2-storeyed, 3 principal bays with central entrance, and recessed service wing to right. Central gabled bay of 3 storeys advanced with panelled and part-glazed 4-centred arched door in porch with timberwork carried on brick piers. 5-light mullioned and transomed window spans the gable above. 4-light mullioned window projecting on corbels in gable apex. Right-hand bay has triple round-arched moulded brick mullions to ground floor and timbered upper storey with casement window. Recessed range beyond has metal framed casement inserted to ground floor, and 4-light round arched moulded brick mullioned window above. Diaper work band below eaves. Crow stepped side gable. Left-hand bay has triple ogee arched moulded brick mullioned window with stained glass margin lights to ground floor, and 4-light mullioned window above. Return elevation a crow stepped gable with 2-light moulded brick ogee mullioned window to ground floor, 3-light windows above, but not aligning. Moulded brick sill bands to each floor. Recessed beyond, large single storey music room. Moulded brick axial stacks. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N and Hubbard E: Cheshire: Harmondsworth: 1971-).

Listing NGR: SJ3000288253