Middleton Homes for the Blind (EHER 38484)

An early 19th century terrace of five houses, used as homes for the blind when listed in 1971. The terrace is built from grey Gault brick and has a slate-covered gambrel roof which is hipped on its north-east corner.

September 1971. Grade II listed. An early 19th century terrace of five houses, now a home for the blind. The terrace is built from grey Gault brick and has a slate-covered gambrel roof which is hipped on its north-east corner. The terrace is two storeys with attics, and the southernmost unit is double fronted. There is a parapet with stone coping and a moulded stucco cornice below the parapet. All but one of the original door openings have now been filled in with sash windows. The exception has a projecting Ionic porch with columns, a semicircular fanlight and a door with one large raised-and-fielded panel. To the rear, the ground floor is obscured by 20th century slate-roofed extensions projecting out at right-angles. <1> See photos <2>. Google Streetview imagery shows that between April 2009 and June 2017 the terrace ceased to be used as homes for the blind and appears to have been returned to five residential units. The central doorway with porch has been removed and the formerly blocked doorways have been returned to their original form as entrances. <3> The south end of the terrace abuts No.58 Wantz Road (EHER 38485).