ARKWRIGHT HOUSE
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1279775
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jun-1950
- Statutory Address:
- ARKWRIGHT HOUSE, STONEYGATE
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- ARKWRIGHT HOUSE, STONEYGATE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Preston (District Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 54297 29269
Details
PRESTON
SD5429SW STONEYGATE
941-1/12/276 (East side)
12/06/50 Arkwright House
GV II*
Formerly known as: Arkwright Arms STONEYGATE.
Town house, now partly occupied as office. 1728 with C19
addition; altered and renovated c.1979. Brick, with stucco
facade, slate roof. L-plan: single-depth front range with rear
wing, and addition to east side. Early Georgian. Three storeys
and attic over cellar, a 5-window symmetrical range, plus
2-window addition to right. The facade has a central doorway
with a C20 pedimented wooden architrave and panelled door with
overlight; and 12-pane sashed windows on all floors, with
raised sills and exposed boxes. Gable chimneys, C20 skylights
in roof. The left gable wall has a large 12-pane sashed
stair-window, a small 12-pane sash above this, and a very
small 12-pane sash to the attic. The addition to the right,
which is not stuccoed, has a C19 corner-shop front at ground
floor, sashed windows without glazing bars at 1st floor,
altered windows at 2nd floor.
INTERIOR altered. History: House was originally occupied by
headmaster of Grammar School; in 1768 Richard Arkwright and
John Kay occupied a back room for development of the spinning
machine known as the water-frame.
Listing NGR: SD5425429293
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 392172
- 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.
End of official listing