1 - 3 West Bank
Location/Address
Richmond Road, Bowdon
Type
Description
The building was erected between 1838-1877 and represents a part of the story of the historic evolution of the settlement. It comprises a row of three houses with interlocking ground floor plans as a single development to a coordinated design. The 1870s OS plan suggests a layout with the main building with what appear as attached outbuildings to the rear. The form of the existing building confirms these outbuildings were single storey and these may have been retained and altered to give the current single storey rear built form. Other than this possible limited change the existing building appears very much intact in terms of the original design including architectural features. The front elevation and much of the side elevations are in a light, cream coloured brick with limited use of stone such as for cills and window surrounds. A largely glazed roofed, open sided verandah runs across the principal elevation and returns to the side elevation of No.3. The remainder of the side elevations and the rear elevations are in a red brick with less architectural detailing. The roof is in slate and chimneys remain. Windows appear appropriate to the age of the building.
The original stone boundary walls to the road frontages remain (including two pairs of matching stone gate posts) and are augmented with characteristic mature hedge planting. The within curtilage external areas retain a sense of their original layout and functions including soft landscaped front gardens. The rear boundary is relatively tight to the house but reflects that shown on an OS map of the 1870’s.
The within curtilage layout retains a strong sense of the historic layout shown on an 1870’s OS map including the high status front garden spaces (with shared drive access from the corner of East Downs Road and Richmond Road/Rosemary Hill) and rear yard areas. The road boundary retains the original stone wall with stone gate piers to the driveway entrance and also to a now infilled pedestrian gateway further to the south near the junction with Langham Road.
Statement of Significance
None recorded
Date Listed
24 Jul 2023
Last Updated
18 Jun 2023
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