Tower Buildings and Station Chambers
TOWER BUILDINGS AND STATION CHAMBERS, 62-78, WALLGATE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1384553
- Date first listed:
- 08-Dec-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Tower Buildings and Station Chambers
- Statutory Address:
- TOWER BUILDINGS AND STATION CHAMBERS, 62-78, WALLGATE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1384553
- Date first listed:
- 08-Dec-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Tower Buildings and Station Chambers
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOWER BUILDINGS AND STATION CHAMBERS, 62-78, WALLGATE
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:
- TOWER BUILDINGS AND STATION CHAMBERS, 62-78, WALLGATE
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 58107 05466
Details
WIGAN
SD5805SW WALLGATE
24-1/8/102 (West side)
Nos.62-78 (Even)
Tower Buildings and Station Chambers
GV II
Commercial building, shops with offices over (part now Masonic
Hall). 1898, by Bradshaw and Gass of Bolton; altered. Brick
faced with red terracotta tiles and dressings, 2-span slate
roof. Rectangular plan incorporating 7 units at right-angles
to street, plus wagon entry to left. Free Baroque style.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic, 8 bays; with plain pilasters
and very large double-voluted consoles to cornice over ground
floor, semi-octagonal shafts and tourelles framing each bay of
upper floors and finished with Indian-style open-work finial
hoods (perhaps ventilators). The 6th bay has a large doorway
with a very elaborate segmental-pedimented canopy on
exceptionally large foliated consoles, panelled double doors
and a plain semicircular fanlight; above this, a square
4-stage turret with paired superimposed pilasters, and a
dentilled cornice (former dome now missing). Otherwise, the
ground floor has an original double-fronted shop window to the
left of the doorway in this bay, and similar shop windows in
the 5th and 8th bays (other shop fronts altered). On the upper
floors the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 8th bays have shallow canted
oriels with elaborately foliated terracotta panels between
floors and Jacobean balustrades above; the 2nd, 5th and 7th
bays have bowed 3-light windows at 1st floor with similar
balustrades (mostly missing from the 2nd and 7th), and arcaded
3-light windows at 2nd floor with vase balustrades above. All
these windows have panelled pilasters and moulded wooden
transoms. Tall panelled and cornice chimneys.
Rear: staggered stair windows with stained glass; 3 bridges
linking 1st floor with parallel service range.
INTERIOR not inspected. Forms group with No.80 (The Swan and
Railway Public House, qv) adjoining to left.
Listing NGR: SD5810705466
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 484988
- 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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