“Plymyard,” New Chester Road, Bromborough

PLYMYARD, BROMBOROUGH, CHESHIRE - The plan and elevations given of this house are sufficiently explanatory. The exterior walls are of red sandstone from the Hooton quarries. The upper part of one wing of the house, together with the stables and the lodges, is of half-timber work; oak, as left from the saw, being used. The roofs are covered with red Staffordshire tiles, and the rain-water pipes and heads are of lead. The interior is somewhat elaborately fitted; all the principal rooms have panelling to the lower part of the walls, that to the hall being 9 feet high. The drawing-room fittings are of rosewood, the library of mahogany, and those of the dining-room, billiard room, and hall of oak. All the ceilings are richly ribbed and ornamented in plaster. The hall is two storeys high and has a gallery along one side of it connecting the two sides of the house. The walls of the kitchen, etc., are lined to the ceiling with Dutch tiles. The entrance gates are of wrought iron, and were made by Messrs. Barkentin & Krall, of London. Mr. Thomas Haigh, of Liverpool, was the sole contractor. The whole of the work was executed from special designs made by the architects, Messrs. Bell & Roper, of Manchester. [Builder 29 June 1889 page 488]

The Lodge (990 New Chester Road) and entrance gates as shown on original illustrations survive. Cost, including the whole of the furniture estimated at £30,000.

Reference     Builder 29 June 1889 page 488