Wye Grove
Introduction
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Wye Grove
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 12 Mar 2024
Cul-de-sac of large Edwardian houses off Macclesfield Road, first shown on the 1922 25" map. The Buxton Conservation Area appraisal of April 2007 describes the road as follows: "... the outlandish character of Wye Grove, which comprises three-storey semi-detached houses built with a distinctive, jettied, third (attic) storey, marked by a broad, plastered, coved eaves and highly decorative bargeboards. The buildings are mainly stone and render but each pair is different and some also incorporate moulded bricks, terracotta and slate-hanging. The black and white timbering is not used in the vernacular tradition but is used as applied decoration in combination with tile-hanging, most of which has been painted white. Numbers 7 & 8 (the ones at the far end of the road in this photo) are the most unusual, incorporating a little of everything, with filigree details."
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Image Location
Latitude
53.253868
Longitude
-1.922485