Description

SD4108SE
663-1/8/166
11/08/72

ORMSKIRK
MOOR STREET
(South side)
Nos.52 AND 54
(Formerly Listed as:
MOOR STREET
(South side)
Nos.50, 52 AND 54)

GV
II

Row of 3 cottages, now 2 dwellings. c.1800, slightly altered.
Red brick in English garden wall bond (5+1), with sandstone
dressings and composition tile roof. Shallow double-depth,
plan, each cottage single-fronted. Two low storeys, 2+2+2
windows; 3 plain doorways with wedge lintels and now with
panelled doors; one square window to the right of each
doorway, all 2-light horizontal sliding sashes with 15 small
panes in each leaf; at 1st floor, one similar above each of
these and a 25-pane fixed window above the doorway; all these
windows with raised sills and wedge lintels. Two ridge
chimneys. HISTORY: probably associated with former handloom
weaving shop (No.58, q.v.) to the left. Unusually intact
survival. Forms group with this, and with No.50 adjoining to
the right (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SD4164008154

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491545

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)