“The Homestead,” 20 Planetree Road, Hale, Cheshire

House. 1901. Edgar Wood. Brick, stone dressings, timber boarding and stone slate roof. Large asymmetrical detached house with 2 storeys plus attic. 3 bay elevation, the first bay being gabled and having an off centre 2 storey canted bay window with mullion and transom windows on the ground floor and mullioned on the first. Single storey canted bay window to bay 3. Otherwise 2 2 light and 3 3 light stone mullion windows. Diagonal chimney stack corbelled from first floor level in bay 2. Door on right gable with stone dressed semi circular headed keystone surround and 4 light door. Above the door a first floor room which is gabled and timber boarded is supported on 2 inclined moulded timber struts. Later extension to rear. Good door furniture, rainwater fittings and internal fittings. Built speculatively as part of the Richardson Estate. Listing NGR: SJ7829786594

Reference    John Archer partnership in style page 48
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