Court House and Attached Gates and Railings
COURT HOUSE AND ATTACHED GATES AND RAILINGS, ENCOMBE PLACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1386186
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jan-1980
- List Entry Name:
- Court House and Attached Gates and Railings
- Statutory Address:
- COURT HOUSE AND ATTACHED GATES AND RAILINGS, ENCOMBE PLACE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1386186
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jan-1980
- List Entry Name:
- Court House and Attached Gates and Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- COURT HOUSE AND ATTACHED GATES AND RAILINGS, ENCOMBE PLACE
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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:
- COURT HOUSE AND ATTACHED GATES AND RAILINGS, ENCOMBE PLACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Salford (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 82623 98676
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 20/06/2012
SJ8298NE
949-1/19/112
18/01/80
SALFORD
ENCOMBE PLACE
Court House and attached gates and railings
(Formerly listed under Upper Cleminson Street)
GV
II
Court house. 1860-65. Brick with stone-faced ground storey and
dressings, low pitched roof not seen.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 3-window range to Upper Cleminson Street.
Rusticated ashlar lower storey with central round-arched
doorway with paired doors. Flanking round-arched sash windows
with margin lights, all arches with stressed keystones.
Cornice over. Blind windows to first floor, in pedimented
cases alternately triangular and segmental, carried on console
brackets. Continuous sill-band to low upper-storey windows in
moulded architraves. Small central window, the others blind.
Stressed quoins and modillion eaves cornice. 2-banded stacks
with overhanging caps in front wall. Recessed to the right, a
further bay with paired round-arched sash windows to ground
floor, and segmentally-arched windows above.
7-window return to Encombe Place. Doorway to left, with
fanlight and carved keystone to arch. Lower windows all in
moulded recesses. Two 4-pane sash windows with margin lights
flank blind window spaces to first floor, the central window
space flanked by recessed stone panels. Alternately triangular
and segmental window heads. Painted Royal arms in free
standing relief over window to right. Sill-band to low attic
storey windows in architraves.
INTERIOR not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: spearhead cast-iron railings and gates
with low stone walls and piers to Encombe Place elevation.
Listing NGR: SJ8262398676
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 471611
- 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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