Description

PRESTON

SD5429SW STONEYGATE
941-1/12/276 (East side)
12/06/50 Arkwright House

GV II*

Formerly known as: Arkwright Arms STONEYGATE.
Town house, now partly occupied as office. 1728 with C19
addition; altered and renovated c.1979. Brick, with stucco
facade, slate roof. L-plan: single-depth front range with rear
wing, and addition to east side. Early Georgian. Three storeys
and attic over cellar, a 5-window symmetrical range, plus
2-window addition to right. The facade has a central doorway
with a C20 pedimented wooden architrave and panelled door with
overlight; and 12-pane sashed windows on all floors, with
raised sills and exposed boxes. Gable chimneys, C20 skylights
in roof. The left gable wall has a large 12-pane sashed
stair-window, a small 12-pane sash above this, and a very
small 12-pane sash to the attic. The addition to the right,
which is not stuccoed, has a C19 corner-shop front at ground
floor, sashed windows without glazing bars at 1st floor,
altered windows at 2nd floor.
INTERIOR altered. History: House was originally occupied by
headmaster of Grammar School; in 1768 Richard Arkwright and
John Kay occupied a back room for development of the spinning
machine known as the water-frame.

Listing NGR: SD5425429293

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Arkwright House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q16821789

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Recommended Books

• 
  For the Record
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)