Tower House and Former Stables and Barn Adjoining

TOWER HOUSE AND FORMER STABLES AND BARN ADJOINING, CHURCH BROW

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1362448
Date first listed:
04-Oct-1967
List Entry Name:
Tower House and Former Stables and Barn Adjoining
Statutory Address:
TOWER HOUSE AND FORMER STABLES AND BARN ADJOINING, CHURCH BROW
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1362448
Date first listed:
04-Oct-1967
Date of most recent amendment:
07-Nov-1983
List Entry Name:
Tower House and Former Stables and Barn Adjoining
Statutory Address 1:
TOWER HOUSE AND FORMER STABLES AND BARN ADJOINING, CHURCH BROW

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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.

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
TOWER HOUSE AND FORMER STABLES AND BARN ADJOINING, CHURCH BROW

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Lancashire
District:
Lancaster (District Authority)
Parish:
Halton-with-Aughton
National Grid Reference:
SD 49955 64692

Details

SD 49 64 NE HALTON-WITH-AUGHTON CHURCH BROW

16/87 Tower House and former Stables 4. 10. 1967 and barn adjoining (formerly listed as Tower House under Halton)

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House and former stables and barn to Halton Hall, late C18th. Sandstone rubble with slate roofs. House of 3 storeys with 3-bay north facade to road and battlemented parapet. Ground floor has 2 sashed windows with glazing bars and plain stone surrounds, in bays 2 and 3. 1st floor windows are sashed with glazing bars with moulded architraves, the outer 2 having cyma cornices and the central one having a moulded pediment. 2nd floor windows have plain stone surrounds, the outer 2 being blank and the central one being sashed with glazing bars. East wall of tower has a sashed window with glazing bars in a plain stone surround on the 1st floor and a 6-pane sash in a similar surround on the 2nd floor. 2-bay 2-storey portion of the house extends to the south under the same roof as the adjoining stables, having openings with plain reveals in the east wall, the 3 window being sashed with glazing bars. The west wall of the tower is blank except for one ground-floor window with plain reveals and one 1st floor window with a plain stone surround. Lean-to extensions at rear. West wall of former stables has 2 wide entrances with modern doors, the southern one having dressed jambs. Between them are 2 doors having plain reveals. At the southern end is a wide segmental-arched entrance and a door with plain reveals. At the south is a smaller 3-storey battlemented tower. Its south wall has a window with plain reveals on the 1st floor and an opening with a pointed arch on the 2nd floor, filled by stone openings for a dovecote.

Listing NGR: SD4995564692

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Legacy System number:
181851
Legacy System:
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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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