Edgar Wood built this house on
Mellalieu
Street in Middleton in 1906. We found it quite by
accident when we
parked our car off Long Street in order to walk back
and photograph the
Long Street Church. A glance along a row of terraced
houses took the
eye to the last house which demonstrated a touch of
style and a flat
roof. My reaction was, "That looks like an Edgar
Wood", and the commemorative plaque, beside the front
door, confirmed it.
Wood built the house for Fred Bagot, the owner of the local newspaper and his former employer. This was Wood's first venture into the use of reinforced concrete to make a flat roof. The building walls are made of common brick and the only ornamentation is achieved with raised designs below the parapet and dentils cut into the transom over the front door. Inside, the house had well designed fireplaces set in Norwegian marble. ******************************** The images below were taken in 2000 |