Description

LANCASTER

SD4761NE MOOR LANE
1685-1/7/186 (North side)
22/12/53 Dukes Theatre
(Formerly Listed as:
MOOR LANE
(North side)
Church of St Anne)

GV II

Parish church, now theatre. 1796. Converted in 1971. Sandstone
ashlar with slate roof. South wall, facing Moor Lane, of 5
bays with raised quoins and a plinth and with a doorway to the
left and with an upper row of low round-headed windows which
originally lit the gallery. The windows have plain reveals and
projecting sills and have recent joinery with glazing bars.
The 4th bay now contains a doorway. The main doorway has a
cornice hood on plain console brackets. The west wall is of 5
bays and has similar windows but is treated more elaborately.
The ground-floor windows in the 2nd and 4th bays have cornices
on console brackets, and the stonework of the central bay
projects forwards slightly and has a triangular pediment above
gallery window level. To each side at a higher level is a
small window with plain reveals. At the apex of the gable is a
small pedimented bellcote with a round-arched opening. To the
east and north are C20 extensions.

Listing NGR: SD4794261748

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Dukes at Wikipedia
• The Dukes official website
• Wikidata Q5312719

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas