Summerhouse Circa 100 Metres East of Turton Tower
SUMMERHOUSE CIRCA 100 METRES EAST OF TURTON TOWER, CHAPELTOWN ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1241997
- Date first listed:
- 27-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Summerhouse Circa 100 Metres East of Turton Tower
- Statutory Address:
- SUMMERHOUSE CIRCA 100 METRES EAST OF TURTON TOWER, CHAPELTOWN ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1241997
- Date first listed:
- 27-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Summerhouse Circa 100 Metres East of Turton Tower
- Statutory Address 1:
- SUMMERHOUSE CIRCA 100 METRES EAST OF TURTON TOWER, CHAPELTOWN ROAD
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:
- SUMMERHOUSE CIRCA 100 METRES EAST OF TURTON TOWER, CHAPELTOWN ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Blackburn with Darwen (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- North Turton
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 73150 15246
Details
SD 71 NW TURTON (off) CHAPELTOWN ROAD 7/107 Summerhouse c.100 metres east of Turton Tower - GV II*
Summerhouse, also known as Prospect Tower, C17, probably restored in C19; now derelict. Coursed sandstone rubble with quoins, cross-gabled roof (stone slate covering now missing). Square single-cell building. Raised single storey with basement level beneath, gabled on each side with finials on the gables and at each corner (mostly damaged or missing). South side has raised doorway with moulded surround and Tudor-arched head, and a single round-headed light with similar moulding on each side of the door, a continuous dripstone, which carries round the whole building, stepped over the door. Each of the other 3 sides has a recessed 5-light window with ovolo-moulded mullions; at the lower level the left side has a doorway with chamfered Tudor- arched surround and the rear has a 2-light window with hood-mould. No glazing in any of the windows. The building is on a prominent site and may have served as a standing for viewing the hunt. (Reference: Baines History of Lancashire, ed. Croston, vol.3, p,218: illustration only).
Listing NGR: SD7315015246
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 440688
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Baines, E, The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, (1888), 218
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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