BURWAINS

BURWAINS, HALIFAX ROAD

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1072659
Date first listed:: 01-Apr-1953
List Entry Name:: BURWAINS
Statutory Address:: BURWAINS, HALIFAX ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1072659
Date first listed:: 01-Apr-1953
Date of most recent amendment:: 10-Mar-1987
List Entry Name:: BURWAINS
Statutory Address 1:: BURWAINS, HALIFAX ROAD

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: BURWAINS, HALIFAX ROAD

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

County:: Lancashire
District:: Burnley (District Authority)
Parish:: Briercliffe
National Grid Reference:: SD8871835824

Details

SD 83 NE BRIERCLIFFE WITH HALIFAX ROAD (off) EXTWISTLE 1/6 Burwains (formerly listed as "Burwains (3 occupations)" 1.4.1953 - II*

Farmhouse and attached cottage, now all one dwelling. Dated 1642 internally, altered; cottage C18; all recently restored. Coursed sandstone rubble with large quoins, stone slate roof. Three-bay baffle-entry plan with projecting porch in line with ridge chimney at junction of 1st and 2nd bays. Two storeys; 2-storey gabled porch has triangular-headed doorway with roll-moulded surround and carved spandrels on the lintel, above this a deep datestone recess with hoodmould (datestone missing), at 1st floor a recessed hollow-chamfered 2-light mullion window with hoodmould, and a restored gable finial; to left, 1st bay has one 2-light flat-mullioned window on each floor, the lower with a hoodmould, and next to the porch a small mid-level stairlight (blocked); to the right, 2nd bay has a 3-light window at 1st floor, its left end covered by the porch, an inserted window to the right, and a 2-light window at ground floor; 3rd bay has an inserted doorway under a hoodmould, a 2-light stairwindow to the left (and a little stairlight above this) and at 1st floor a 3-light mullioned window with saddle bars. Rear: 1st bay has a wide chamfered doorway with hoodmould (probably an altered window), a 2-light window above, with altered mullion; 2nd bay (housepart) has a 6-light window (lacking alternate mullions) and a 2-light firewindow (lacking the mullion) and 1st floor windows of 4 and 2 lights (lacking most mullions); 3rd bay has a window of 6 lights on each floor (the lower lacking the centre mullion and the upper lacking the 2nd and 4th): all these windows have chamfered surrounds and recessed hollow chamfered mullions, and those at ground floor have hoodmoulds. Ridge chimney and 3rd bay gable chimney have moulded cornices. North gable wall has a 2-light window to the front room at ground floor and a little square window to rear room at 1st floor. Cottage attached at left (south) end, of watershot squared sandstone, has a 2-light flush mullion window on each floor, a plain doorway, and a gable chimney. Interior: housepart has moulded plaster date "1642" on wall at lower end, 2 blocked doorways to 1st bay under former firehood, and 2 doorways in corresponding position at lower end; parlour with C17 and C18 decoration; kingpost roof trusses with angle struts (now exposed); some internal doorways have raised lintels. For further details see RCHM pp.134-5, et passim.

Listing NGR: SD8871835824

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Legacy System number:: 184012
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Farrer, W, Brownbill, J, The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster, (1911), 134-5

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.