Description

RIVINGTON SHEEP HOUSE LANE
SD 61 SW
14/178 Bellhouse c.10 metres west of
church of Holy Trinity
II

Bellhouse, now store. Probably C16. Coursed squared sandstone with
quoins, stone slate roof. Small square building of one storery raised on a
basement, with a plain basement door on the south side, a raised door on
the north side approached by steps, a louvred 2-light window with chamfered
mullion on each side except north (mullion missing from south side), and a
round-headed louvred window on the north side. Said to have been built to
receive a large bell purchased from the church at Wigan in 1542. Reference
VCH Lancs V, p.293.

Listing NGR: SD6247414450

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458557

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)