Park House

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

MANCHESTER

SJ8490 WILMSLOW ROAD, Didsbury 698-1/25/664 (North side) 03/10/74 No.813A Park House

GV II

Villa, now office. 1848. White-painted stucco on brick, slate roof. Irregular rectangular plan. Gothick style. Two storeys, a symmetrical 3-window facade composed of 2 projecting gables with a narrow one-storey link containing a 2-centred arched doorway with moulded surround and fanlight with Y-tracery, the deck above protected by a balustrade of cusped arches; the flanking gables each have a large 4-light canted bay window at ground floor, with quatrefoil frieze and cast-iron cresting, a segmental-pointed 2-light casement at 1st floor, a star-shaped oculus in the apex, and projected verges with ornamental bargeboards. East return side, to Didsbury Park, in similar style. Rear and interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ8512290492

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1094 IOE Records taken by Leo Jacobs; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Leo Jacobs. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project