Front Range Ado Building, Lodge, Gateway and Railings at Vickers Ship and Engineering Limited Engine Garteway
FRONT RANGE ADO BUILDING, LODGE, GATEWAY AND RAILINGS AT VICKERS SHIP AND ENGINEERING LIMITED ENGINE GARTEWAY, MICHAELSON ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1291983
- Date first listed:
- 20-Dec-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Front Range Ado Building, Lodge, Gateway and Railings at Vickers Ship and Engineering Limited Engine Garteway
- Statutory Address:
- FRONT RANGE ADO BUILDING, LODGE, GATEWAY AND RAILINGS AT VICKERS SHIP AND ENGINEERING LIMITED ENGINE GARTEWAY, MICHAELSON ROAD
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-06-10
- Reference:
- IOE01/03818/16
- Rights:
- © Mr CJ Wright. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1291983
- Date first listed:
- 20-Dec-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Front Range Ado Building, Lodge, Gateway and Railings at Vickers Ship and Engineering Limited Engine Garteway
- Statutory Address 1:
- FRONT RANGE ADO BUILDING, LODGE, GATEWAY AND RAILINGS AT VICKERS SHIP AND ENGINEERING LIMITED ENGINE GARTEWAY, MICHAELSON 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:
- FRONT RANGE ADO BUILDING, LODGE, GATEWAY AND RAILINGS AT VICKERS SHIP AND ENGINEERING LIMITED ENGINE GARTEWAY, MICHAELSON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 19707 68638
Details
BARROW IN FURNESS
SD1968 MICHAELSON ROAD, Barrow Island 708-1/13/92 (West side) Front range ADO building, lodge, gateway & railings at VSEL Engine Gate
GV II
Company offices and works entrance with gateway and attached railings. c1913. For Vickers Ltd. Ashlar and coursed red sandstone, slate roof. 3 storeys, 5x2 bays with lean-to gatehouse and double gates on left and with railings in 3 panels on right. Main building is symmetrical and has rusticated ashlar ground floor. Central entrance with Art Nouveau style iron gates; pilasters with diamond panels and console brackets to dentilled broken pediment over basket arch with keystone. Interrupted sill band to 4/1-pane casements in pairs; the outer windows have lower sills and ashlar transoms; lintel band and continuous dripmould over. 1st floor: moulded sill band and moulded cornice link three 4-light oriel bay windows with ashlar corbelling, curved corners, ovolo-moulded mullions and transoms and ashlar roofs; single-light windows to bays 2 and 4. 2nd floor: moulded sill band links cross-windows above each oriel and single-light windows to bays 2 and 4. Modillioned cornice with solid parapet; coped end gables. Adjoining on left is the workers' entrance with double-chamfered surround beneath panel marked 'WORKS ENTRANCE'; coped parapet with large ashlar scroll. Iron gates to left have close bars beneath twin mid-rails, scrollwork and arched rails above; spear finials and scrolled stiles. To right of main range is a curved wall with 3 sections of railings in Art Nouveau style. INTERIOR (not fully inspected): coffered ceiling to entrance lobby; margin-glazed doors and screen. Stair hall has eared door architraves; coffered ceiling and stone staircase with ornate wrought-iron balustrade. Built as part of a major phase of expansion of the shipbuilding and engineering works immediately prior to the Great War.
Listing NGR: SD1970768638
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 388532
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 25-Jun-2026 at 23:21:34.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.