Sanctuary Rock Bar
COW LANE, BURNLEY
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1244983
- Date first listed:
- 19-Nov-1997
- List Entry Name:
- Sanctuary Rock Bar
- Statutory Address:
- COW LANE, BURNLEY
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2003-01-04
- Reference:
- IOE01/09817/14
- Rights:
- © Ms Pamela Jackson. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1244983
- Date first listed:
- 19-Nov-1997
- List Entry Name:
- Sanctuary Rock Bar
- Statutory Address 1:
- COW LANE, BURNLEY
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:
- COW LANE, BURNLEY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Burnley (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 83867 32571
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 20/02/2015
SD8332NE
906-1/15/128
BURNLEY,
COW LANE,
Sanctuary Rock Bar
(Formerly listed as Thwackums, SHED STREET (North side))
GV II
Warehouse or perhaps part of former cotton mill, later
restaurant and bar. Early to mid C19; altered and recently restored.
Coursed squared sandstone, composition tile roof. Rectangular
plan.
3 storeys and 4 windows plus a loading bay to the left. The
left corner has rusticated quoins up to about two-thirds
height, but they are reversed as if belonging to another
building formerly adjoining to the left; next to this corner
are 3 vertically aligned doorways, that at ground floor with
an altered plain surround and those above with convex moulded
surrounds; to the right are 3 windows at ground floor and at
the right-hand end an inserted or altered doorway; and the
upper floors all have 4 windows with chisel-dressed sills and
lintels, and C20 6-pane glazing.
INTERIOR not inspected.
Forms group with former Empire Theatre (Coral Bingo, St James
Street (qv)) to the left and rear, and with Free Trade Street
to the south (which is rear of Nos 31-47 Hammerton Street
(qv)).
Listing NGR: SD8386732571
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 467215
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 27-Jun-2026 at 07:45:35.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.