Drayton House
DRAYTON HOUSE, 2, LULWORTH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379686
- Date first listed:
- 01-Nov-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Drayton House
- Statutory Address:
- DRAYTON HOUSE, 2, LULWORTH ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379686
- Date first listed:
- 01-Nov-1989
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 09-Jan-2003
- List Entry Name:
- Drayton House
- Statutory Address 1:
- DRAYTON HOUSE, 2, LULWORTH ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- DRAYTON HOUSE, 2, LULWORTH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Sefton (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD3289816635
Details
664-1/1/11 LULWORTH ROAD
01-NOV-89 BIRKDALE
2
Drayton House
(Formerly listed as:
LULWORTH ROAD
BIRKDALE
2
DRAYTON HOUSE)
(Formerly listed as:
LULWORTH ROAD
BIRKDALE
2A
DRAYTON HOUSE)
II
Detached villa. c1850. Brick in Flemish bond, with stone
dressings; Welsh slate roofs, both hipped and gable ended.
PLAN: axial entrance hall plan with principal rooms off,
lateral open-well stairs (the stair hall with its own side
entrance) and services to rear.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. North entrance front: slightly off-centre
entrance with gabled wing to right. Deeply overhanging eaves
with moulded gutter and moulded bargeboarding supported by
large shaped brackets (which continue round all except rear
elevation). Wing with 2-storeyed canted stone bay with horned
sashes above and French windows below.
Stone porch with entablature and pilasters and a prominent
cast-iron and glazed portico (barrel-vaulted glazed roof,
decorative brackets on Gothic columns, and fancy ironwork in
tympanum) projected over flight of steps. Sashed window in
stone architrave above.
To left, an extruded chimney stack flanked at ground floor by
round-headed single-light small-paned windows with radiating
glazing bars and stone surrounds. Along this part of the front
and returning along the left (east) front, a cast-iron
verandah of 4 and 6 unequal bays respectively with decorative
ironwork like that of the portico.
Left (east) elevation has 2 horned sashed windows at ground
floor with shouldered architraves, and at first floor 2 large
round-headed windows with keyed stone surrounds and run-out
sill and impost bands, under prominent projected gables with
finials. Beyond this portion is a porch which has a doorway
with panelled double doors and glazed overlight and a stone
surround and pediment, and paired round-headed windows in the
sides; and to the left of this a gabled wing which has a large
segmental-headed 2-light window at ground floor and at first
floor a window of 3 round-headed lights, all these windows in
keyed stone surrounds; and oversailing eaves with a finial.
Right-hand (west) elevation with gabled wing to right (with
fenestration like that of the east elevation, plus a
round-headed attic window with small cast-iron balcony on
stone brackets); left of this, one window bay under gable
(round-headed window to first floor with stone surround, its
apron connecting with ground-floor window with moulded
architrave), and a 2-bay expanse of plain panelled brickwork
with 2 small triangular projecting latticed windows at first
floor. Rear more simply treated, with later oriel.
INTERIOR: largely intact; hall with panelling which
incorporates door surrounds, decorative master ceilings and
tiled floor; staircase with cast-iron balusters and wreathed
handrail, fragments of coloured glass to stair window; some
elaborate fire surrounds.
Listing NGR: SD3289816635
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 479087
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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