Fisher House

FISHER HOUSE, RIVINGTON LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1072508
Date first listed:
17-Apr-1967
Statutory Address:
FISHER HOUSE, RIVINGTON LANE
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1072508
Date first listed:
17-Apr-1967
Statutory Address 1:
FISHER HOUSE, RIVINGTON LANE

Location

Statutory Address:
FISHER HOUSE, RIVINGTON LANE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Lancashire
District:
Chorley (District Authority)
Parish:
Rivington
National Grid Reference:
SD 62736 14459

Details

RIVINGTON RIVINGTON LANE SD 61 SW 14/181 Fisher House 17.4.67 - II

House. Late C18, altered. Stored stucco on brick, with stone plinth and dressings, roof of stone slate (front) and slate (rear). Double depth plan of 3 bays and 3 storeys, symmetrical, with gable chimneys and flanking 2 storey service wings (that on right mostly demolished); central round-headed doorway in moulded surround with imposts, door of 6 hexagonal panels, fanlight with radiating glazing bars; two 12-pane sashes at ground floor (that on the left larger in both dimensions and breaking the plinth) and 3 at 1st floor all with splayed stone heads, three 6-pane sashes at 2nd floor; wooden eaves gutter supported on brackets and lined with lead. Set back at each end a brick service wing, that on the left with one 12-pane sashed window (altered as garage), that on the right reduced to a screen wall with blocked window. Interior: kitchen has back door of double-layered horizontal and vertical planks; staircase: doglegged, with open string, stick balusters, ramped handrail. History: said to have been built by Rev John Fisher, incumbent of Church of Holy Trinity 1763-1813.

Listing NGR: SD6273614459

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184434
Legacy System:
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