“Firwood” Alderley Edge

The majority of villas at Alderley Edge are Italianate, sometimes stuccoed, as with Westwood, but often in yellow brick, such as Firwood, designed by J E Gregan. Firwood, with its asymmetrically placed tower, reveals the influence of the prototype of these Italianate villas, Prince Albert’s Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. [Matthew Hyde}

Reference    Julian Orbach: An Index of Architects, Engineers, etc, Working in Wales
Reference    Matthew Hyde