Briars Hey Mill Lane Rainhill St Helens

Detached Villa by William Hayward Brakspear for alkali and glass manufacturer John Crossley. Coursed rock faced red sandstone with ashlar dressings and decorative sculpture, tall chimney stacks with coupled shafts and corbelled caps and a Welsh slate roof covering incorporating decorative banding. Exuberant Gothic Revival style. It later became a children's convalescent home and care home.