Parrs Wood House
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Parrs Wood House in Wilmslow Road, Didsbury
, Manchester
, England, is an 18th-century Georgian
villa described by Pevsner
as "a poorer man's Heaton Hall." It was designated a Grade II* listed building on 25 February 1952.
The "white stucco
mansion" consists of a "square main block with (two) unequal service wings on (the) north side. It is of two storeys and [three] bays [with] a three-window service range to the left." The architect of the house is unknown, but "it may have been designed by a member of the Wyatt family". Parrs Wood House was bought in 1795 by Richard Farrington, whose brother, the diarist and artist Joseph Farrington, died there after falling down the stairs of the Church of St James, Didsbury
, in 1821.
The mansion is now the Sixthform centre centre at Parrs Wood High School.
Didsbury
Didsbury is a suburban area of the City of Manchester, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the north bank of the River Mersey, south of Manchester city centre, in the southern half of the Greater Manchester Urban Area...
, Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, England, is an 18th-century Georgian
Georgian architecture
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United...
villa described by Pevsner
Nikolaus Pevsner
Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture...
as "a poorer man's Heaton Hall." It was designated a Grade II* listed building on 25 February 1952.
The "white stucco
Stucco
Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as decorative coating for walls and ceilings and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture...
mansion" consists of a "square main block with (two) unequal service wings on (the) north side. It is of two storeys and [three] bays [with] a three-window service range to the left." The architect of the house is unknown, but "it may have been designed by a member of the Wyatt family". Parrs Wood House was bought in 1795 by Richard Farrington, whose brother, the diarist and artist Joseph Farrington, died there after falling down the stairs of the Church of St James, Didsbury
Church of St James, Didsbury
The Church of St James, Stenner Lane, Didsbury, Manchester is an ancient Anglican church of medieval origins with significant subsequent alterations in the 17th and mid-19th centuries. The church was designated a Grade II* listed building on 25 February 1952.The original chapel is believed to...
, in 1821.
The mansion is now the Sixthform centre centre at Parrs Wood High School.