Lathom House Almshouses

LATHOM HOUSE ALMSHOUSES, 1-11, HALL LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1196643
Date first listed:
11-Aug-1972
List Entry Name:
Lathom House Almshouses
Statutory Address:
LATHOM HOUSE ALMSHOUSES, 1-11, HALL LANE
Lathom House Almshouses. Probably from the 17th century, but altered and restored.
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Date:
1999-08-28
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1196643
Date first listed:
11-Aug-1972
List Entry Name:
Lathom House Almshouses
Statutory Address 1:
LATHOM HOUSE ALMSHOUSES, 1-11, HALL 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.

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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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
LATHOM HOUSE ALMSHOUSES, 1-11, HALL LANE

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

County:
Lancashire
District:
West Lancashire (District Authority)
Parish:
Lathom
National Grid Reference:
SD 45671 09429

Details

LATHOM

SD40NE HALL LANE 663-1/5/52 (East side (off)) 11/08/72 Nos 1-11 (consecutive) Lathom House Almshouses

GV II

Almshouses. Probably C17; altered and restored. Sandstone random rubble, the east side with scored render, composition tile roof. L-plan formed by a range on a north-south axis, containing Nos 1-6 and attached to the north gable of the Chapel of St John, with a westward return at the north end containing Nos 7-11. Single storey plus attics, one window to each unit, the main range with windows and doorways mostly in alternating pairs and the west range with windows and doors mostly in single alternation. The doorways are square-headed with hoodmoulds and board doors, and the windows, which are set in round-headed blank arches, are C20 three-light casements. Chimneys behind the ridge. Rear: low single-storey C20 additions and dormer windows. Forms group with Lathom House Chapel of St John (q.v.) and with associated Stable Block to rear (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SD4567109429

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
386293
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.

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