Primrose Cottage and Keys Cottage
Primrose Cottage and Keys Cottage, 4 and 6, Main Street, Bolton by Bowland, BB7 4NW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1163227
- Date first listed:
- 16-Nov-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Primrose Cottage and Keys Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- Primrose Cottage and Keys Cottage, 4 and 6, Main Street, Bolton by Bowland, BB7 4NW
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1163227
- Date first listed:
- 16-Nov-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Primrose Cottage and Keys Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- Primrose Cottage and Keys Cottage, 4 and 6, Main Street, Bolton by Bowland, BB7 4NW
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.
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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.
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:
- Primrose Cottage and Keys Cottage, 4 and 6, Main Street, Bolton by Bowland, BB7 4NW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Ribble Valley (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bolton-by-Bowland
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 78443 49349
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 04/02/2019
SD 7849
13/48
BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND
MAIN STREET (south side)
No. 4 (Primrose Cottage) and No. 6 (Keys Cottage)
(Formerly listed as No. 4 (Primrose Cottage) and No. 6)
16.11.1954
GV
II
Pair of houses, formerly one, 1716. Slobbered rubble with stone slate roof. Two storeys. No. 6 (to the left) of one bay with four-light mullioned windows. The ground-floor one has an inner cyma moulding and outer chamfer, the first floor one being double chamfered. Door to the right. The moulding of the jambs forms an elaborate shape on the lintel. Above is a plaque 'YRY IM 1716'. Lintel and plaque are enclosed by a hood. No. 4, to the right, is of one bay. The ground-floor window is reconstructed, with the remains of chamfered jambs, with a central square mullion and with glazing bars. On the first floor is a four-light double-chamfered mullioned window. The door, with plain stone surround, is to the left. Chimney to the right.
Listing NGR: SD7844549352
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 183220
- 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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