Former Main Entrance to Towneley Park Comprising Archway and Cottage
FORMER MAIN ENTRANCE TO TOWNELEY PARK COMPRISING ARCHWAY AND COTTAGE, TODMORDEN ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1247292
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1977
- List Entry Name:
- Former Main Entrance to Towneley Park Comprising Archway and Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER MAIN ENTRANCE TO TOWNELEY PARK COMPRISING ARCHWAY AND COTTAGE, TODMORDEN ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1247292
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1977
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 19-Nov-1997
- List Entry Name:
- Former Main Entrance to Towneley Park Comprising Archway and Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORMER MAIN ENTRANCE TO TOWNELEY PARK COMPRISING ARCHWAY AND COTTAGE, TODMORDEN ROAD
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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.
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:
- FORMER MAIN ENTRANCE TO TOWNELEY PARK COMPRISING ARCHWAY AND COTTAGE, TODMORDEN ROAD
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 84866 32084
Details
BURNLEY
SD8432SE TODMORDEN ROAD, Burnley Wood 906-1/21/179 (East side) 29/09/77 Former main entrance to Towneley Park comprising archway and cottage (Formerly Listed as: TODMORDEN ROAD Main entrance to Towneley Park comprising gateway and Townley Cottage)
GV II
Entrance archway to Towneley Park, with screen wall and attached cottage. Probably early C19; cottage altered 1856 (dated over window in north side). The archway, of coursed dressed sandstone blocks, in Gothick style, has a large round-headed arch with cavetto-moulded surround, a blank shield each side, and an embattled parapet, and is flanked by octagonal turrets which have blind loop-lights and pseudo-machicolation to embattled parapets. Attached to the north side is a low round-headed pedestrian doorway with a moulded rectangular surround and a parapet with ridged coping. A short screen wall to the south links to the cottage, which is of coursed squared sandstone with a stone slate roof, rectangular in plan and of 2 low storeys, gable to the road; with a chamfered doorway in the north side, 2 coupled windows at ground floor (those inside the screen wall segmental-pointed and lettered "1856 CT" on the head) a tall 2-centred arched window in each gable wall; and gable copings with kneelers. INTERIOR not inspected.
Listing NGR: SD8486632084
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 467225
- 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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