Former Premises of the Lancashire Watch Company Now Forming Part of the Prescot Trade Centre
FORMER PREMISES OF THE LANCASHIRE WATCH COMPANY NOW FORMING PART OF THE PRESCOT TRADE CENTRE, ALBANY ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1288239
- Date first listed:
- 21-May-1991
- List Entry Name:
- Former Premises of the Lancashire Watch Company Now Forming Part of the Prescot Trade Centre
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER PREMISES OF THE LANCASHIRE WATCH COMPANY NOW FORMING PART OF THE PRESCOT TRADE CENTRE, ALBANY ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1288239
- Date first listed:
- 21-May-1991
- List Entry Name:
- Former Premises of the Lancashire Watch Company Now Forming Part of the Prescot Trade Centre
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORMER PREMISES OF THE LANCASHIRE WATCH COMPANY NOW FORMING PART OF THE PRESCOT TRADE CENTRE, ALBANY ROAD
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:
- FORMER PREMISES OF THE LANCASHIRE WATCH COMPANY NOW FORMING PART OF THE PRESCOT TRADE CENTRE, ALBANY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Knowsley (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Prescot
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 47108 92824
Details
PRESCOT ALBANY ROAD SJ 49 SE 6/47 Former premises of the Lancashire Watch Company now forming part of the Prescot Trade Centre
II
Former watch making factory, now used for light industrial purposes. 1893 for the Lancashire Watch Company. Cast-iron frame with concrete floors and brick infill; roof material not visible. Long narrow range-runs parallel to Albany Street and is served by 2 external stair turrets to the rear. 3 storeys; 43 window bays, the glazing taking up the greater part of the elevation; all windows except to ground with small panes. Two inserted doors, one with concertina shutters. Iron stanchions externally expressed. Pedimented gable wall to N end, the parapet with moulded cornice; blocked round-headed windows, and oculus to gable wall. South gable wall altered 1990 after gate damage. Gabled stair and privy blocks to rear connected to main range by short corridor block. Fenestration to rear similar to front elevation. Interior structure intact but with later sub-divisions. Watch-making factories on this scale were rare and this is understood to be the sole surviving example in Britain. It also marks the high-water mark of a local industry that achieved national significance in the C19.
Listing NGR: SJ4657892702
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 215304
- 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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