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1, Cavendish Road

A Grade II Listed Building in Claughton, Wirral

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.3953 / 53°23'43"N

Longitude: -3.0431 / 3°2'35"W

OS Eastings: 330736

OS Northings: 389226

OS Grid: SJ307892

Mapcode National: GBR 7Y55.ZL

Mapcode Global: WH876.7X5G

Plus Code: 9C5R9XW4+4Q

Entry Name: 1, Cavendish Road

Listing Date: 28 March 1974

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1282585

English Heritage Legacy ID: 389140

ID on this website: 101282585

Location: Claughton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH41

County: Wirral

Electoral Ward/Division: Claughton

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Birkenhead

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Merseyside

Church of England Parish: Birkenhead Christ the King

Church of England Diocese: Chester

Tagged with: House Building

Description


BIRKENHEAD

SJ3089 CAVENDISH ROAD 789-1/7/36 (West side) 28/03/74 No.1

GV II

House, built as Lodge to Birkenhead Park. By Lewis Hornblower and John Robertson. 1843-7. Snecked rubble with Welsh slate roof. Picturesque Tudor style. 2 storeys, L-plan with gable to left and doorway in projecting gabled porch. Square projecting 3-light mullioned window in gable with parapet over, and 2-light window above. Small dormer window over the doorway, and chimney stack with cylindrical and diagonal flues corbelled out alongside. Additional similar stack on side wall of gabled wing. The lodge forms part of the original development of Birkenhead Park, laid out by Joseph Paxton between 1843 and 1847.

Listing NGR: SJ3073689226

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