The Former Billiards Hall
THE FORMER BILLIARDS HALL, 148, TRAFALGAR STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1247304
- Date first listed:
- 02-Apr-1991
- List Entry Name:
- The Former Billiards Hall
- Statutory Address:
- THE FORMER BILLIARDS HALL, 148, TRAFALGAR STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1247304
- Date first listed:
- 02-Apr-1991
- List Entry Name:
- The Former Billiards Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE FORMER BILLIARDS HALL, 148, TRAFALGAR STREET
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 FORMER BILLIARDS HALL, 148, TRAFALGAR STREET
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 83231 32658
Details
BURNLEY
SD8332NW TRAFALGAR STREET 906-1/14/147 (South West side) 02/04/91 No.148 The former Billiards Hall
II
Formerly known as: No.146 The Former Billiards Hall TRAFALGAR STREET. Former billiards hall, standing empty at time of inspection (November 1990). 1910. Designed by Samuel Keighley; built for Willie Holt of Accrington Road, Burnley, billiard table manufacturer. Millstone grit ashlar; stone slab roof. Rectangular on plan;. 2 storeys with billiard room over. 5 bays to principal (Trafalgar Street) elevation. Deeply overhanging eaves on paired shaped brackets. 1st floor: each bay with 3 slit windows, those to the right taller to light stairs; leaded panes. Ground: paired windows with renewed casements under a bold cornice (which returns to right) broken by large and unusual consoles over pilasters that mark the bays. Entrance at corner to right, canted and rusticated to ground only, flanked by single-light windows. Cranmer Street end elevation: gable with coping and kneelers, the gable wall with apex ventilator and 3 plat bands; single light windows to both floors. Rear: fenestration similar to front (windows boarded), all plainly treated. Brick stack to rear roof slope. INTERIOR not inspected. A distinctive design by a little-known local architect, and a good and early example of a specialised games hall.
Listing NGR: SD8323132658
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 467235
- 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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