The Lidgett House
THE LIDGETT HOUSE, TWISTON LANE, DOWNHAM, BB7 4BL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1163813
- Date first listed:
- 13-Feb-1967
- List Entry Name:
- The Lidgett House
- Statutory Address:
- THE LIDGETT HOUSE, TWISTON LANE, DOWNHAM, BB7 4BL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1163813
- Date first listed:
- 13-Feb-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 27-Apr-1984
- List Entry Name:
- The Lidgett House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE LIDGETT HOUSE, TWISTON LANE, DOWNHAM, BB7 4BL
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:
- THE LIDGETT HOUSE, TWISTON LANE, DOWNHAM, BB7 4BL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Ribble Valley (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Downham
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 78532 44270
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 27/05/2015
SD 78 44
13/20
DOWNHAM
DOWNHAM VILLAGE
The Lidgett House
(Formerly listed as Vicarage, DOWNHAM VILLAGE, previously listed as Vicarage, Twiston Lane)
13.2.1967
GV
II
Vicarage, 1830s, possibly by George Webster. Punched sandstone blocks
with hipped slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 bays, with cornice and corner
pilasters. Windows sashed with glazing bars and plain stone surrounds,
those on the ground floor having aprons and cornices. Only the central
window on the 1st floor has a cornice. A central single-storey porch has
Doric pilasters, each with a narrow plain sinking and a cornice. The
inner door has a plain stone surround, and a fanlight below a segmental
arch. To the east is a lower wing, with cornice and pilaster. On the
ground floor is a modern garage. Above is a sashed window with glazing
bars and plain stone surround. Chimneys to the left of the central bay
of the main house, and set back behind the ridge to the right. The west
wall is of 2 bays and has sashed windows with glazing bars and plain
stone surrounds. The south wall has 2 bays with similar windows, and has
a central stair window with plain stone surround, semi-circular head
with keystone, and glazing bars.
Listing NGR: SD7853244270
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 183339
- 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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