County Court
COUNTY COURT, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1282527
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1973
- List Entry Name:
- County Court
- Statutory Address:
- COUNTY COURT, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1282527
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1973
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 08-Mar-1993
- List Entry Name:
- County Court
- Statutory Address 1:
- COUNTY COURT, CHURCH 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:
- COUNTY COURT, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Oldham (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 92684 05102
Details
OLDHAM
SD9205SE CHURCH LANE 780-1/5/22 (North side) 23/01/73 County Court (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH LANE Probate Office. County Court)
GV II
Court house and offices. 1894. By Henry Tanner. Red brick with white terracotta dressings and Westmorland slate roof. 2 storeys with attic, asymmetrically planned with entrance block to left and advanced and higher main range with flanking block to right. Entrance has shallow segmental arch with deep moulding and paired panelled doors. 3 foiled lights above with frieze of low relief arms and inscription, "County Court" on heavily foliate ground. 3 plain lights above, and embattled parapet. Central range has five 2-light mullioned and transomed windows to ground floor and continuous hood mould. Tall blind panels above forming aprons to upper windows which are paired foiled lights alternating with 3-tiered mullioned and transomed windows cutting into two gabled dormers which have polygonal pilasters terminating as finials, and a central chamfered finial. Additional doorway in right-hand block with paired foiled lights along side and oriel over with central moulded pilaster buttress springing from dog corbel. Small service windows beyond. Steep hipped roof with vents. Original construction intended to be fireproof, with glazed brick interior wall linings etc.
Listing NGR: SD9268405102
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 388884
- 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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