Description

UP HOLLAND

SD5005 TOWER HILL ROAD
783-1/6/83 (West side)
25/06/73 Blackledge House

II

House. Early to mid C19 (said to have datestone 1847). Coursed
squared sandstone with quoins, slate roof. Rectangular
double-depth double-fronted plan, plus service wing attached
to rear left corner. 2 storeys and 3 windows, symmetrical;
central round-headed doorway with imposts, keystone, panelled
door and fanlight with radiating glazing bars, protected by
early C20 wooden and glazed porch; 12-pane unhorned sashed
windows with raised sills and wedge lintels; prominent moulded
gutter cornice. Gable chimneys and ridge chimney offset left.
Left gable wall has 2 similar windows except 1st floor rear
which is blind with painted glazing bars, and small porch to
rear. Rear: windows with small-pane glazing (probably
altered). Service wing in 2 portions, the first 2 low storeys
and one window, stone at the front and brick at the rear; the
second single-storey, all stone.

Listing NGR: SD5173105052

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497320

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)