|  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."   ******************************* Older photographs   |