Numbers 3 And 4 With Gate Piers And Walling To Front Garden

Numbers 3 and 4 are a pair of houses built around 1836, located in Rock Park, Rock Ferry. They are faced with ashlar and topped with a Welsh slate roof. The houses are two storeys high, with an attic and basement, and feature a symmetrical double-pile plan, each having three windows and outer gabled wings. The side entrances are in projecting porches, with No. 3 having a raised and extended porch that incorporates the original architrave and parapet, which remains intact in No. 4.

No. 4 has 12-pane sash windows, while No. 3 has been updated with 2-pane sashes. The gabled wings have plain architraves and entablatures below the lower windows, and wood bargeboards adorn the gables. No. 3 has an inserted dormer window that cuts into the eaves. Both houses have axial stacks. The elevation facing the Esplanade mirrors this configuration, featuring 12-pane sash windows throughout, arranged in two-storey canted bays with cast-iron balconies in the gabled wings. The original bay remains intact in No. 4, while No. 3 has been extended with a larger early 20th-century window.

At the street, there are paired gate piers with cylindrical shafts and fluted caps, although one cap is now missing. These houses are part of the original Rock Park development laid out in 1836 by J. Bennison.