Memorial to Fairburn Family to West of Church of St Mary (12 Metres South South West of Memorial to John Brooks
MEMORIAL TO FAIRBURN FAMILY TO WEST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY (12 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF MEMORIAL TO JOHN BROOKS, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1263060
- Date first listed:
- 23-May-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Memorial to Fairburn Family to West of Church of St Mary (12 Metres South South West of Memorial to John Brooks
- Statutory Address:
- MEMORIAL TO FAIRBURN FAMILY TO WEST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY (12 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF MEMORIAL TO JOHN BROOKS, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1263060
- Date first listed:
- 23-May-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Memorial to Fairburn Family to West of Church of St Mary (12 Metres South South West of Memorial to John Brooks
- Statutory Address 1:
- MEMORIAL TO FAIRBURN FAMILY TO WEST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY (12 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF MEMORIAL TO JOHN BROOKS, CHURCH LANE
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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:
- MEMORIAL TO FAIRBURN FAMILY TO WEST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY (12 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF MEMORIAL TO JOHN BROOKS, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bury (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD8103803655
Details
SD 8103
CHURCH LANE
(west side)
326-/1/10013
Memorial to Fairbairn
family - to west of Church
of St Mary (12m SSW of
memorial to John Brooks,
qv)
GV II
Tomb chest, either c.1859-60 or c.1874-5. Commemorates Peter, son of William Fairbairn
(d.1859); John, eldest son of William Fairbairn (d.1867); George, 4th son of William Fairbairn
(d.1868); Sir William Fairbairn, L.L.D., First baronet of Ardwick (d.1874) and Dame Dorothy
Fairbairn his wife (d.1882). Polished grey granite on sandstone base. Broad rectangular base (with
remains of feet of former cast-iron railings), plain sandstone plinth, and shallow chest of elegant
design with deep cavetto sides and shallow hipped upper surface. the north slope of this bears the
inscriptions to the sons, and the south side to Sir William and Dame Dorothy Fairbairn. History:
Sir William Fairbairn (1789-1874), the eminent engineer, born at Kelso, the son of a farm servant,
began his engineering experience at coal mining sites in the north-east of England, came to
Manchester and formed partnership with James Lillie in 1817 making machinery for cotton mills,
member of Institute of Civil Engineers 1830, subsequently one of the pre-eminent bridge-building
and engineering consultants of the mid-C19. [Dictionary of National Biography (1900) vol. 18,
pp124-5].
Listing NGR: SD8103803655
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 433338
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Concise Dictionary of National Biography, (1939), 124-5
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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