Rectory, Wigan

ROYAL ACADEMY - Mr. Street, who seldom exhibits designs in domestic architecture sends a drawing of the new parsonage at Wigan; a house with a stone lower story very solidly treated; the upper story, slightly corbelled out, being formed mainly with brick and timber, the brickwork arranged at various angles between the posts. The general effect is satisfactory. We must regret the freak of corbelling out the chimney-stack directly over the opening of the garden entrance; it may look better from the other side, but in this view the effect is most annoying to the eye. [Builder 10 May 1873 page 359]

NEW RECTORY HOUSE, WIGAN - Our illustration of the new Rectory House, Wigan, is a facsimile of Mr. Street's drawing of the building in the Royal Academy Exhibition. The lower part of the house will be built in stone, and framed oak and brick will be used above the ground-floor. [Building News 3 October 1873 page 368 and illustration]