Description

SD 63SW SAMLESBURY PRESTON NEW ROAD

2/99 Lodge to Samlesbury Hall
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GV II

Gate lodge, probably late C19. Rendered brick on stone plinth, steeply-
pitched roofs with 2 ridge chimneys. Square plan of one storey with roof
composed of 2 pairs of parallel ridges intersecting at right angles to
make 2 gables to each side. Symmetrical; walls painted and rendered to
match pattern of Samlesbury Hall (q.v.) i.e. black with 4 rows of white
quatrefoils; central front door flanked by 6-light mullioned and transomed
windows; each side wall has 2 similar windows. Incised inscription on
north side of plinth identifying as originally in south wall of
Blackburn Parish Church the following:-

(illegible) THOU DOE THY WORKE BEGINE THANK GOD CRAVE PARDON FOR THEY
SIN AND THEN THY WORKE SHAL PROSPER SO AS WANT SHAL NEVER
BREED THEE WOE. 1614. M. HAYE

Listing NGR: SD6251830491

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26336160

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)