Description

HAWKSHEAD THE SQUARE
SD 3598 SW
(North side)
12/152 The Minstrels'
25.3.70 Gallery (formerly
listed as Crown
Mitre Cottage)

GV II

Shop. C17. Roughcast stone with slate roof. 2 storeys, 4 bays, the 4th bay
recessed. Slate dripcourse to ground floor. Ground floor has casement window
with iron opening light to lst bay and leaded casements to 3rd and 4th bays.
1st floor has sashed windows with glazing bars, but 3rd bay has small-paned
casement. Entrance has open slate gabled porch with 6-fielded-panel door.
2 lateral stacks; squat cross-axial stack and paired gable-end stacks to left,
adjoining chapel (q.v.). Right return has 1st floor jettied on 3 arched
braces. 2 casement windows and 1st floor projecting window with 2 mullions,
transom and opening light. To right 1st floor projects under passage leading to
Vicarage Lane. Rear has stone stair to 1st bay over passage, 2nd bay has
jettied 1st floor and light with leaded glazing. 3rd bay projects with stair
window over small light; 4th bay projects and is weather boarded, 5th bay has
casement windows. Interior has chamfered beams and stud and plaster partitions;
dog leg stair has turned balusters and nave newels. 1st floor has alcove with
screen formed of 2 tiers of turned balusters. Rear window, now covered by later
extension to rear, has 4-light wood chamfered-mullioned frame, each light with
2 intermediate bars, leaded glazing behind is plastered over on outside.

Listing NGR: SD3518198158

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26379695

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