Charnock Richard (Church of England) School Number 1 and Railings in Front
CHARNOCK RICHARD (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) SCHOOL, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1072627
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Charnock Richard (Church of England) School Number 1 and Railings in Front
- Statutory Address:
- CHARNOCK RICHARD (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) SCHOOL, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1072627
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Charnock Richard (Church of England) School Number 1 and Railings in Front
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHARNOCK RICHARD (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) SCHOOL, CHURCH LANE
- Statutory Address 2:
- NUMBER 1 AND RAILINGS IN FRONT, 1, CHARTER LANE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHARNOCK RICHARD (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) SCHOOL, CHURCH LANE
- Statutory Address:
- NUMBER 1 AND RAILINGS IN FRONT, 1, CHARTER LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Chorley (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Charnock Richard
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 55531 15712
Details
SD 51 NE CHARNOCK RICHARD CHURCH LANE
5/18 Charnock Richard (C of E) School 26.11.1975
GV II
Includes No.1 Charter Lane and railings in front. School and attached master's house, dated 1858. Sandstone rubble roofs of hexagonal slates; 3 ridge-chimneys, 2 part-corbelled side wall chimneys, one gable chimney at rear. T-shaped plan modified by slightly later addition of hall in angle at rear. All in Gothic style, with steeply-pitched roofs. School is rectangular, single storey, 4 bays long and has in both gables a large arched 3-light window with reticulated tracery; the east gable is continued to form a bellcote; 4 rectangular windows in side wall. At west end is a square privy house entirely in keeping and steeply gabled. At right angles to school is a range composed of porch and the master's house which is 2 bays (stepped back) and 2 storeys; this has in the centre a steeply gabled porch in style matching the school, and 2 rectangular windows on each floor, all with splayed reveals and stone mullions, those at ground floor being much taller (that on the left has 3 lights, others 2 lights). Included in the item are iron railings in front of house, which have fleur-de-lys heads. The item matches in style Christ Church (q.v.).
Listing NGR: SD5553115712
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 357533
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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