Failsworth Lodge (The Lancaster Sports And Social Club)

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

SD 80 SE FAILSWORTH BROADWAY (west side) 6/31 Failsworth Lodge (The Lancaster Sports and 24/3/66 Social Club) - II House, now sports club. "JEB 1770" (Captain Birch) on door lintel at rear. Flemish bond brick with slate roof. Double- depth plan with 5 bays and 3 storeys (plus basement) and smaller 2-storey wings set back to either side. Stone band at basement level. Modillion eaves cornice and blocking course. Central entrance approached by opposed flights of stone steps has a 6-panel door with decorative fanlight and open-pediment on pilasters. Window openings have stone sills, cambered brick arches and C20 casements (although 4- pane sashes remain on the ground floor). Obtrusive fire escape stairs in front of wings. Gable chimney stacks and hipped roofs to wings which project at rear. Small 2-storey addition to rear which has several blocked windows but others retaining 12-pane sashes. Interior: ground floor much altered. Dogleg stair with moulded rail and boxed-in balusters. 6-panel doors and enriched mantels on upper floors. Formerly a private school said to have been attended by Robert Peel. P. Percival, Failsworth Folk and Failsworth Memories, 1901.

Listing NGR: SD8870001238

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1091 IOE Records taken by Pamela Jackson; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Ms Pamela Jackson. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project