Kendrick View

LONDON ROAD 1. 5128 (North Side) No 39 (Kendrick View) SU 7272 9/156 22.3.57. II GV 2. Mid-late C18. 3 storeys and basement. Plum coloured brick with painted brick dentil cornice. Parapet with painted stone coping. Old tile roof with coped verges and end chimneys. 6 ranges of glazing bar sashes, 1 panel 2nd floor and 2 on 1st floor. 6 panel door with radiating and wreathed fanlight over, in arched recess with panelled reveals. Doorcase:- engaged Doric columns, broken entablature and moulded open pediment. Moulded stone steps. Early C19 6 bay wooden patterned trellis arcaded verandah across ground floor. Single storey extension to left altered: red brick with grey brick string, deep parapet with 2 grey brick panels each with elliptical roundel, 1 window and 1 door. Contemporary rails with modern gate. Mary Russell Milford (1787-1855) lived here (a local authoress of renown) see wall tablet. 2 local astronomers, the Rev Richard Sheepshanks and his sister Ann also lived here. Interior: contemporary stair with curled rail at base.

Listing NGR: SU7203372951