Heathfield (The Castle), Manchester Road, Rose Hill, Burnley

Originally called “Heathfield” it was nick-named “The Castle” by local people because of its battlemented roof and the name became “official” when trams which used to turn here carried the latter name on their signboards.  It is believed that Wood was also responsible for the design of some of the furniture including the sideboard in the dining room.

LISTING TEXT House. Dated 1908 on rainwater head. By Edgar Wood; altered and slightly enlarged. Snecked sandstone rubble, flat concrete roof with asphalt cladding (concealed by parapet). Eclectic style combining Modernist form with Arts-and-Crafts and Vernacular Revival detailing. PLAN: square plan with principal facades to west, south and east, plus small courtyard and outbuilding attached to north side and north-east corner respectively. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and 3 windows in an asymmetric composition, the walls carried up without interruption to form a parapet with flat stone coping (carried round), the doorway to the left and a full-height canted bay window to the right. The doorway, up 3 segmental steps, has a deeply splayed reveal protected by a segmental cornice with free "dentilled" enrichment to the rim, and a recessed studded board door; above the cornice is a shallow vertical slot (or sunk panel) carried up to the parapet, containing a very small 2-light mullioned window immediately over the cornice, a tall window at 1st floor, and an upstand in the parapet with a small 2-light opening which echoes the mullioned window below and has a lintel with nailhead enrichment. In the centre is a cross-window at ground floor and a 3-light mullioned window above; and to the right the canted bay which has a mullion-and-transom window at ground floor, a mullioned window above, and a raised parapet with an opening like that to the left. All these windows have flush flat-faced surrounds and leaded glazing, and some have cast-iron casement openings. Chimney behind parapet. The 2-window south facade has a full-height canted bay to the right, like that at the front but larger, a cross-window to the left and a 1-light window above this, and a rainwater head with raised lettering "1908". The east facade (which has added render at 1st floor) has a single-storey canted bay window to the left with an enriched upstand to the parapet, 3-light mullioned windows on each floor to the right, and a service wing attached to the rear corner (formerly single-storey but now raised to 2 storeys). The rear has (inter alia) a 2-stage stair-window, various 2-light mullioned windows, and an attached courtyard wall with a round-headed doorway.    INTERIOR: details altered, but simple dog-legged staircase and some original fittings survive. Forms group with front garden wall (qv).    Listing NGR: SD8325430968