“The Gables” Brooklands Road Brooklands

AN ARCHITECT’S HOME AT BROOKLANDS - This house has been erected at Brooklands, Cheshire. The walls are cavity walls, faced with grey ends, and quoined with Ruabon bricks to level of first floor, and ornamental red tile hanging above. The roofs arc covered with Ruabon brindled tiles, the timbering of gables is stained with carbolinium. The dining-room ceiling is in sequoia wood left in its natural state, without stain or polish. The hall is finished with plaster between joists, which are also stained with carbolinium: the staircase has a pierced carved balustrade. The chimney-pieces and over-mantels are of hardwood. The accommodation provides a drawing-room, 18 feet by 16 feet 6 inches, a dining-room, 20 feet by 14 feet, and a large hall; on first floor are five bedrooms, linen room etc.;  and on second floor are provided three bedrooms, box, and cistern-rooms. The house is heated by the low-pressure water system. Mr Frank W. Mee, of Manchester, is the architect, and the drawing from which our illustration was taken is on view at the Royal Academy Exhibition. [Building News 22 May 1896 page  745]

Reference           Building News 22 May 1896 page  745