John O' Gaunt Public House

57, MARKET STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1194968
Date first listed:
09-Jul-1974
List Entry Name:
John O' Gaunt Public House
Statutory Address:
57, MARKET STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1194968
Date first listed:
09-Jul-1974
Date of most recent amendment:
13-Mar-1995
List Entry Name:
John O' Gaunt Public House
Statutory Address 1:
57, MARKET STREET
Statutory Address 2:
JOHN O' GAUNT PUBLIC HOUSE, 55, MARKET STREET

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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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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
57, MARKET STREET
Statutory Address:
JOHN O' GAUNT PUBLIC HOUSE, 55, MARKET STREET

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

County:
Lancashire
District:
Lancaster (District Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
SD 47554 61702

Details

LANCASTER

SD4761NE MARKET STREET 1685-1/7/170 (South side) 09/07/74 Nos.55 AND 57 John O' Gaunt Public House (No.55) (Formerly Listed as: MARKET STREET Nos.53, 53A, 55 AND 57 John O'Gaunt Inn (55))

GV II

House, now public house and shop. Early C19, altered C20. Sandstone ashlar with slate roof. 3 storeys and 3 bays under a cornice. The 2nd-floor windows have projecting sills and those on the 1st floor have a sill band. Their glazing bar sashes are mainly altered: the right-hand (3rd) window on the 2nd floor has a lower sash without glazing bars, as do the 1st and 2nd windows on the 1st floor. The 3rd window on the 1st floor has had its lower sash replaced by a casement. On the ground floor are 2 timber shop fronts with fascias. Recessed into the left-hand one is an early C20 public house front, with a doorway to the right of a bowed window which contains stained glass and has a low cellar doorway immediately below.

Listing NGR: SD4755461702

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
383203
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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