Municipal boundary stone
Hufling Lane, Burnley, BB11 3QQ
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1420229
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Municipal boundary stone
- Statutory Address:
- Hufling Lane, Burnley, BB11 3QQ
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 |
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:
- 1420229
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Municipal boundary stone
- Statutory Address 1:
- Hufling Lane, Burnley, BB11 3QQ
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:
- Hufling Lane, Burnley, BB11 3QQ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Burnley (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD8454131444
Summary
A late-C19 sandstone municipal boundary stone with an attached cast iron plaque located on Hufling Lane, Burnley, close to the site of the former Towneley railway station.
Reasons for Designation
The municipal boundary stone at Hufling Lane, Burnley, erected in 1889, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: the boundary stone illustrates clearly the extent of Burnley's late C19 municipal boundary in this part of the town;
* Design quality: the boundary stone is in a well-detailed, Gothic style;
* Degree of intactness: the boundary stone remains unaltered and retains its cast iron plaque depicting the town's coat of arms;
* Relationship with other buildings or setting; this in situ boundary stone possesses group value due to its proximity and historical functional association with the town's late-C19 municipal boundary.
History
The municipal boundary stone on Hufling Lane close to the site of the former Towneley railway station is one of a number of boundary stones erected by Burnley Council in the late C19. It dates to 1889 and is depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1:2500 Epoch 2 (1891-1921) map.
Details
A municipal boundary stone made of sandstone and erected in 1889 on the east side of Hufling Lane close to the site of the former Towneley railway station.
The round-headed stone pillar is approximately 1m tall. It has a moulded cast-iron plaque in the shape of a barbed quatrefoil set into its western face which, although weathered, contains in relief the coat of arms of Burnley surrounded by the lettering 'BURNLEY MUNICIPAL BOROUGH BOUNDARY 1889'.
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 27-Jun-2026 at 06:44:38.
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.