Canal Cottages With Attached Boundary Wall
CANAL COTTAGES WITH ATTACHED BOUNDARY WALL, 4 AND 5, POTTERY ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1384506
- Date first listed:
- 08-Dec-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Canal Cottages With Attached Boundary Wall
- Statutory Address:
- CANAL COTTAGES WITH ATTACHED BOUNDARY WALL, 4 AND 5, POTTERY ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1384506
- Date first listed:
- 08-Dec-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Canal Cottages With Attached Boundary Wall
- Statutory Address 1:
- CANAL COTTAGES WITH ATTACHED BOUNDARY WALL, 4 AND 5, POTTERY ROAD
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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.
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:
- CANAL COTTAGES WITH ATTACHED BOUNDARY WALL, 4 AND 5, POTTERY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wigan (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 57817 05108
Details
SD50NE
24-1/2/55
WIGAN,
POTTERY ROAD (South side),
Canal Cottages Nos 4 and 5, with attached boundary wall
GV II
Formerly known as: Canal House Nos 1 and 2 POTTERY ROAD.
Cottages, associated with Leeds-Liverpool Canal. Probably mid
to later C19. Brick, with slate roofs. T-plan formed by range
parallel to canal with crosswing at south end.
2 storeys, 3+1:1 windows. No.4, double-fronted and almost
symmetrical, has a square-headed doorway with overlight and
hood-mould, a sashed window above with margin panes and
similar hood-mould, flanked by tripartite sashes on both
floors all with hood-moulds (and a small inserted window to
the right of the upper left of these). No.5 continued to the
right has one similar tripartite sash on each floor, a doorway
in the angle with the wing, one window on each floor of the
re-entrant of this and one 2-light sashed window on each floor
of the gable. Shallow-pitched roofs with oversailing eaves and
verges; gable chimney at left end and ridge chimneys to both
ranges.
INTERIOR not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURE: the attached boundary wall to the front,
of coursed gritstone blocks with rounded coping, is
approximately 1.5m high, ramped up at the left end, and has a
gateway aligned with the front door of each cottage, each with
plain monolithic piers which have rounded tops; and to left of
the ramp a larger but similar gateway; to the left of which
the wall continues.
Forms part of interesting group with Trencherfield Mill (qv)
which towers above to the rear.
Listing NGR: SD5781705107
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 484940
- 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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