GATEACRE BROW (continued)

No.4. (Listed) Double fronted stucco villa, 2-storeys, apparently shown on 1835 map; centre panelled door (a wider proportion than No.2) in moulded doorcase with imposts, round arch with fanlight and glazing bars, 2 12-paned sash windows below, 3 above; stone side walls; large early Victorian extensions (? before 1840). Thomas Rodick J. P., merchant (15 Temple Street, Liverpool) born in Kendal 1789, died 1855, (memorial in Gateacre Chapel) appears as of 'Kendal Cottage', Gateacre as early as 1825, and he owned and occupied the house in 1840. In 1874 the solicitor James Thornely was living here, and by 1890 this too was owned by the Chapel Trustees.

Nos 6 & 8. (Listed) Adjoining stone houses on 1835 map; 2-storey and attics. No.6, double fronted, has panelled centre door (wide proportion) in round arched moulded doorcase; 12-paned sash on first floor (note jambs) and added rectangular stone bay to right; 2-storeyed canted timber bay to left with wood mullioned and transomed windows and 'Ipswich' centre feature (c.f. Black Bull, Gateacre Grange etc.). No.8 has 3-light stone mullioned window below with 12-paned sash over (note keystone worked in lintel) and added canted bay similar to No.6; doorway in left wing; at high level see resited (?) datestone carved "I P S" "1807" on a lintel also with keystone. In the 1805 enclosures 'the frontage of this site seems to be part of plot No.64 allotted to Margaret Webster (of the Bear and Staff ?); by 1840 No.6 was owned by James Greenough (of Quarry Street, Woolton) and No.8 was the property of the executors of John Pennington (the name Pennington (or Pinnington) appears in Quarry Street in 1813 and 1840 too. ). By 1890 both houses belonged to the Chapel Trustees, and No.8 was the residence of the Minister of Gateacre Chapel until 1961.

(We have not come to a conclusion as to which house was built first - the clue may be in the mullioned window.)

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