Building at Former Arcon Engineering approximately 40 metres north east of Wallsuches House

20, 22 and 24, Mill View Lane, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6TL

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1162171
Date first listed:: 19-Aug-1986
List Entry Name:: Building at Former Arcon Engineering approximately 40 metres north east of Wallsuches House
Statutory Address:: 20, 22 and 24, Mill View Lane, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6TL

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1162171
Date first listed:: 19-Aug-1986
List Entry Name:: Building at Former Arcon Engineering approximately 40 metres north east of Wallsuches House
Statutory Address 1:: 20, 22 and 24, Mill View Lane, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6TL
Statutory Address 2:: 34, 36 and 38, Wallsuches, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6TT

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

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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:: 20, 22 and 24, Mill View Lane, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6TL
Statutory Address:: 34, 36 and 38, Wallsuches, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6TT

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

District:: Bolton (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:: Horwich
National Grid Reference:: SD 65311 11830

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 25 June 2024 to amend the name and address and reformat the text to current standards

SD 61 SE 4/19

HORWICH WALLSUCHES Nos 34, 36 and 38, and Nos 20, 22-24 MILL VIEW LANE, Building at Former Arcon Engineering approximately 40 metres north east of Wallsuches House

(Formerly listed as Nos 20, 22-24 and 34-38, Building at Former Arcon Engineering approximately 40 metres north east of Wallsuches House, Mill View Road, previously listed as Building at Arcon Engineering approximately 40 metres north east of Wallsuches House (q.v.) CHORLEY OLD ROAD)

GV II Former factory building. Late C18. For Wallsuches Bleach Works. Dressed stone with quoins and slate roof. Two storeys, seven bays, the sixth and seventh bays project and are roofless (when surveyed). Windows have narrow lintels and casements, those to first floor with small panes, one ground-floor window is blocked. Large round-headed archways to second and sixth/seventh bays. Octagonal-faced clock in gabled dormer between second and third bays.

Wallsuches Bleach Works, founded 1775, was one of the first chemical bleach works in the country. A rare and early example of a bleach works building.

Listing NGR: SD6531111830

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Legacy System number:: 210500
Legacy System:: LBS

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