Three Houses Harborough Road Ashton-on-Mersey

HOUSES, ASHTON-ON-MERSEY. THE view shows a pair of semi-detached houses and a detached one, built in Harborough-road, Ashton-on-Mersey. The former have both the entertaining rooms to the front, and in addition to the accommodation shown on the plans, have cellars and three attic bedrooms. The half-timber gables and those in front are in Portland cement, finished a rich buff. The roofs are slated, and all the walls are finished with bricks, locally known as “white ends,” with red pressed brick quoins. All sills and heads are of red concrete, and all windows above the transoms are lead lights. The builders were Messrs. Neill and Sons, Strangeways, Manchester. The above remarks apply equally to the detached houses, only the fittings are more expensively finished, and there is a heating apparatus in the hall, which, having a large well-hole above, heats the entire house. Mr. Edward Wood, of Lower Broughton, was the builder, and both blocks have been carried out from the designs and under the superintendence of the architect, Mr Robert C. Whitelegg, of 29, Brazennose-street, Manchester. [Building News 17 April 1891 page 532]

Reference           Building News 17 April 1891 page 532