These large semi-detached houses
stand on the west side of Rochdale Road in Middleton,
not far from a number of Wood's creations, including
Fencegate and his own home Redcroft. The building is
Grade II Listed and is described by Historic England
as a, "...
Pair of semi-detached houses. 1900. By Edgar
Wood. Brick
with stone dressings and graduated stone slate
roof. Total
of four bays and two storeys (plus attics) with
paired central
doorways and a wing to rear. Projecting plinth and
stone
quoins. ......
.................... Central
doors have leaded upper panels and leaded
overlights with moulded lintels in the Yorkshire
tradition
above flat hoods. Symmetry is avoided by having
single
storey canted bay window in bay 4 as opposed to a
2-storey
one in bay 1 which breaks through the overhanging
eaves: The
windows have chamfered stone mullions and leaded
lights,
they have transoms on the ground floor and are of
2 or 4
lights. Gabled dormer windows. Gable chimney
stacks. Leaded
casements below segmental brick arches to sides
and rear."
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