Beechview

Beechview, formerly known as Tank Cottages, consists of a pair of single-storey cottages built in the early 1850s for estate workers. These cottages were constructed during the time when John Naylor, a Liverpool banker, acquired the Leighton Estate and initiated a significant building program that included Leighton Hall and other structures designed by WH Gee. The cottages reflect a hierarchy of status in their design, with stone-faced lodges in prominent locations contrasting with these simpler brick labourers’ cottages.

The cottages are made of brick and feature rusticated stone quoins and a plinth band. They have a hipped slate roof with brick stacks located behind. The entrances are situated in the end walls, and the cottages are double-fronted with 12-pane sash windows framed in dressed stone surrounds. Each cottage has a two-window front with similar windows on the end walls. The rear walls also have sash windows with stone lintels and sills, overlooking walled gardens.

There is a modern porch and door added to the left side wall, as well as a porch at the rear garden. The property was not inspected in November 1996.