Listed Building: DEER PARK COTTAGE (1136394)

SJ 4161 ECCLESTON C.P. EATON PARK-WEST OF ECCLESTON DRIVE 8/113 Deer Park Cottage GV II Cottage, 1873, by John Douglas, for 3rd Marquis and 1st Duke of Westminster. A picturesque asymmetrical design with oak framed walls on projecting sandstone plinth. 1½ storeys. Red tile roofs; shaped brick chimneys; tile-hung gables with shaped bargeboards. Shaped oak mullioned and transomed windows with leaded lights in iron casements. Arched oak porch under catslide roof. Oak bay to parlour with square oriel in bracketed projecting gable of main bedroom above. Carved spandrels to porch arch, carved bressumers and tie beams. Painted floral pargetting under main first floor windows. Framed and boarded oak door with ornate wrought ring handle. Interior: Newel staircase with shaped flat balusters, 6 panel-doors. The cottage shows John Douglas as a pioneer in the new vernacular movement, working with confidence and originality. (Pevsner and Hubbard). Listing NGR: SJ4134261810