Building record 16029 - The Wheatsheaf Public House, Orford Road

<1> Historic England, 2011, The National Heritage List for England, 1323683 (Web Site). SCH6528.

Grade II Listed, public house, with attached range of outbuildings and boundary wall. c.1900 with late C20 alterations. By William and Segar Owen, architects for the Greenall Whitley Brewery Company. Red brick with terra-cotta dressings, tall brick chimneys with banded decoration and a hipped Westmorland slate roof covering, laid to diminishing courses. PLAN: Courtyard plan, with public house part to main street frontages, and service courtyard, boundary wall and entrance gateway to rear. A substantial and well-detailed public house, designed by a notable architectural practice, which demonstrates the level of investment made by an influential regional brewery company in new and remodelled public houses.

<2> The Historic Environment Consultancy, 2019, Heritage Statement Part 1 - The Setting of Nearby Heritage Assets: Land at Winwick Road, Warrington, Cheshire. WA2 7PF, R4814 (Client Report). SCH9708.

Heritage assessment including details and photographs of The Wheatsheaf. Owen Williams was a prominent architect and town planner responsible for Port Sunlight. There are design flourishes such as the pyramidal roof to the stable tower.