Description

KIRKLAND CHURCH STREET (east side)
SD 44 SE
7/127 Churchtown
17-4-1967
Churchgate House
GV II
House, said to be dated by documentary evidence to 1698, although present
windows appear to be mid or late C18. Pebbledashed brick with slate roof.
L-plan. 2 storeys with attic. Facade, of 5 bays, has boxed sash windows
with glazing bars and rendered surrounds. On the ground floor there is a
single window below the 4th and 5th 1st-floor windows. Door, in 3rd bay,
has mid C20 porch in keeping, with 2 columns and pilaster responds. Gable
chimneys. Rear wall of rear wing includes a cross window lighting the
stair. Inside, the left-hand front room is said to have ornamental
plasterwork and the rear room to have a cupboard with fielded panels.
Stair said to have open string, ramped handrail, Ionic columns as newels,
and slender turned balusters. Described and illustrated in Watson, R.C.,
and McClintock, M.E., Traditional Houses of the Fylde, Lancaster, 1979, pp
38, 39.

Listing NGR: SD4815542869

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26328907

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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