This is Hollybank in St Michaels Road, built and lived in by John Cragg,the owner of the Mersey Iron Foundry.in the early 19th century. the windows and doorframes were made of cast iron.There has been some alterations,by
the second window you can see the archway which led to the stables.
Mr Cragg was a friend of Thomas Rickman the architect of the two "cast iron" churches,St Georges in Everton and St Michaels,hence the exstensive use of cast iron in the building of them.
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