DOI issue:
No. 131 (February, 1904)
DOI article:Bare, Blommfield H.: Thornton Hough, Cheshire: a rebuilt village
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19881#0050
A Rebuilt Village
eluding its sloping site,
informal direction of its
highways, and well-tim-
bered environment, are
all favourable to aesthetic
development of its plan,
and there is a satisfac-
tion in finding how ad-
mirably these natural
advantages have been
seized upon and taste-
fully turned to good
account.
Messrs. William &
Segar Owen are the
architects of another
group of buildings, near
the crossing of Neston
and Manor roads. The
the village club and Messrs. grayson and ould and ingenuity exercised in
"the folds," thornton hough messrs. w. and s. owen, architects arranging this gTOUp of
six cottages with a broken
line of frontage to the
were often placed in the back row, and the cottage road has been very successful in its picturesque
dwellings projected alternately, something like the result. The plans follow the general type of
letter m thus forming enclosures or " foldsin three-bedroomed cottages, with rather more
this instance it is a departure from a formal build- elaboration of oak framing of the first floors and
ing line, which has been exercised with much taste, gables, the designs of the timber work being
In this block of cottages, again, the silvery-grey pleasantly varied. The red-bricked footways and
oaken timbers and other constructive materials narrow verge of grass and flower-beds at the
selected blend most harmoniously in colour. plinth base of the cottages have very agreeable
Close by The Folds,
and distinguished by a
swinging sign, hung to
an elegant wrought-iron
projecting bracket, is the
village club house,
designed by Messrs.
Grayson & Ould, together
with other cottages by the
same architects, and of
the same type of plan as
the rest.
Hereabouts the temp-
tation is to wander from
point to point in several
directions, to obtain the
interesting variety of
views and groupings of
the village as it surrounds
the fine bowling-green
and club pavilion.
The natural beauties
. village club and cottages in messrs. grayson and ould and
of Thornton Hough, in- "the folds," thornton hough Messrs. w. and s. owen, architects
34
eluding its sloping site,
informal direction of its
highways, and well-tim-
bered environment, are
all favourable to aesthetic
development of its plan,
and there is a satisfac-
tion in finding how ad-
mirably these natural
advantages have been
seized upon and taste-
fully turned to good
account.
Messrs. William &
Segar Owen are the
architects of another
group of buildings, near
the crossing of Neston
and Manor roads. The
the village club and Messrs. grayson and ould and ingenuity exercised in
"the folds," thornton hough messrs. w. and s. owen, architects arranging this gTOUp of
six cottages with a broken
line of frontage to the
were often placed in the back row, and the cottage road has been very successful in its picturesque
dwellings projected alternately, something like the result. The plans follow the general type of
letter m thus forming enclosures or " foldsin three-bedroomed cottages, with rather more
this instance it is a departure from a formal build- elaboration of oak framing of the first floors and
ing line, which has been exercised with much taste, gables, the designs of the timber work being
In this block of cottages, again, the silvery-grey pleasantly varied. The red-bricked footways and
oaken timbers and other constructive materials narrow verge of grass and flower-beds at the
selected blend most harmoniously in colour. plinth base of the cottages have very agreeable
Close by The Folds,
and distinguished by a
swinging sign, hung to
an elegant wrought-iron
projecting bracket, is the
village club house,
designed by Messrs.
Grayson & Ould, together
with other cottages by the
same architects, and of
the same type of plan as
the rest.
Hereabouts the temp-
tation is to wander from
point to point in several
directions, to obtain the
interesting variety of
views and groupings of
the village as it surrounds
the fine bowling-green
and club pavilion.
The natural beauties
. village club and cottages in messrs. grayson and ould and
of Thornton Hough, in- "the folds," thornton hough Messrs. w. and s. owen, architects
34