Heysham Head House
HEYSHAM HEAD HOUSE, BARROWS LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1279830
- Date first listed:
- 29-Dec-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Heysham Head House
- Statutory Address:
- HEYSHAM HEAD HOUSE, BARROWS LANE
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1279830
- Date first listed:
- 29-Dec-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Heysham Head House
- Statutory Address 1:
- HEYSHAM HEAD HOUSE, BARROWS LANE
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:
- HEYSHAM HEAD HOUSE, BARROWS LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Lancaster (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 40954 61244
Details
SD4061
939-1/7/7
MORECAMBE AND HEYSHAM
BARROWS LANE, Heysham
Heysham Head House
29/12/50
GV
II
House. Early-to-mid C19. Sandstone ashlar with hipped slate roof behind embattled parapet. Rectangular plan, with corners which project as clasping buttresses. 2 storeys. East front 3 bays. Windows have chamfered surrounds and are sashed with gothick glazing. Central window on 1st floor has similar glazing above French doors which open onto the porch roof. The porch is of a single storey, with round corner turrets and an embattled parapet. The doorway is chamfered and Tudor-arched. North elevation is blind except for one bay towards the right-hand side which has windows similar to those at the front. The south elevation has one window towards the left on the 1st floor. On the ground floor there is one window to the right and an opening to the left with gothick glazing above French doors. The rear elevation is roughcast and has been reconstructed following the demolition of extensive C20 additions made when the site was used as an entertainment complex. The house was undergoing extensive restoration work at the time of survey. Interior considerably altered.
Listing NGR: SD4095461244
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 391810
- 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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