Description

SJ 58 SW FORMER BOROUGH OF WIDNES MERSEY ROAD

5/91
Gossages Tower

6.10.83 II

Offices, now Works, built circa 1860 for early chemical manufacturers
Hutchinson & Co. Rendered with slate roof, mainly four storeys with
two storey wing. Classical features include projecting plinth,
rusticated quoins, projecting bands at sill level, curved heads with
keystones and architrave to ground floor windows, flat moulded heads
elsewhere. There is a moulded string course midway up ground floor
windows and a moulded eaves cornice. Sash windows to main buildings,
triple at ground floor. Double two panel bolection moulded entrance
door, with plain fanlight, flanked by flat pilasters. The two storey
section and the interiors are not of interest. This is a dominant
building in the landscape which was formerly known as the Tower
Building.

Listing NGR: SJ5126184117

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26423515

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair