The Retreat
THE RETREAT, 4 AND 6, COBB'S BROW LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1196620
- Date first listed:
- 11-Aug-1972
- List Entry Name:
- The Retreat
- Statutory Address:
- THE RETREAT, 4 AND 6, COBB'S BROW LANE
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- Reference:
- IOE01/00739/03
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1196620
- Date first listed:
- 11-Aug-1972
- List Entry Name:
- The Retreat
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE RETREAT, 4 AND 6, COBB'S BROW LANE
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 RETREAT, 4 AND 6, COBB'S BROW LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- West Lancashire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Newburgh
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 48310 10175
Details
NEWBURGH
SD4810 COBB'S BROW LANE 663-1/6/104 (North West side) 11/08/72 Nos.4 AND 6 The Retreat
GV II
Small house and attached cottage, now all one dwelling. Early C18 (dated 1719 inside); altered. Handmade red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone rubble plinth and stone slate roof. Double-depth plan with small back extensions. Two storeys, 1+2 windows, the house double-fronted. No.4 to the right has a doorway offset to the left, with a wooden frame, board door and one-course flat-arched head; and two 3-light small-paned casement windows on each floor, all with flat-arched heads and those at ground floor of gauged brick. No.6 to the left has a similar doorway and one similar window on each floor to the left. Ridge chimney at junction, gable chimney to the right. INTERIOR: stone-framed fireplaces; date 1719 inscribed on one doorcase at ground floor.
Listing NGR: SD4831010175
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 386342
- 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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