Havelock House And Wentworth House

WICKHAM THE SQUARE, NORTH WEST SITE SU 5711 10/10 Havelock House & Wentworth House 7.2.52 GV II*

Pair of houses. Early C18. Front walls of brickwork in blue headers with red dressings; cambered rubbed arches, bands at 1st and 2nd floors, and at eaves (low parapet): rear walls of English bond with blue headers, and cambered arches. Tile roof, with lower gables at the rear. Symmetrical south-east front elevation of three storeys, eight windows (two groups of four) to lst and 2nd floors, and four to the ground floor. Original sashes in exposed frames, ground-floor late C18 sashes in reveals. Identical wood doorcases (Wentworth sub- stantially repaired) in Roman Doric Order, with open pediment with dentilled cornice, supported on bold carved brackets, above fluted pilasters, arched opening with radiating fanlight, and 6-panelled door, above stone steps. The rear is two storeys and attic, 1.3.3.1 windows, with varied single-storeyed wings. The north side of Wentworth is a single-storeyed wing with a plain door and a carriage entrance. A low brick boundary wall has a stone capping, and in front of Havelock retains its original wrought iron rails. Havelock has a lead fire-insurance sign. Wentworth retains some interior panelling.

Listing NGR: SU5716311438