Description

BURNLEY

SD8332SE MANCHESTER ROAD
906-1/19/94 (West side)
09/01/92 Stable block on north side of yard
at Manchester Road canal wharf

GV II

Stable block for draught horses at canal wharf, now store.
c1870-80, for the Leeds-Liverpool Canal Company; altered. Red
brick in English bond, hipped slate roofs on 2 levels with red
ridge tiles. Linear plan formed by single-depth main range
with axial side wings.
2-storey 3-window main range, single-storey 2-and 3-window
wings; with saw-toothed eaves bands and segmental-headed
openings to all portions. The main range has a doorway offset
left of centre with a shallow overlight, and above this a
loading doorway with a raised stone sill and a gablet over it
with hoist-jib; one window on each floor to left and right,
and at the right-hand end a window and doorway at ground
floor, the latter with a recessed 4-pane overlight. Ridge
chimney offset right. The left wing has a doorway flanked by
widely-spaced windows; the right-hand wing has inserted garage
doors between the windows (probably replacing a smaller
doorway) and another doorway at the right-hand end with a
2-pane overlight. Most openings boarded or damaged at time of
inspection (1991).
INTERIOR: not accessible at time of survey, but known to have
many original features, including ramped stall partitions with
cast-iron columnar kicking posts, and iron hay racks.
HISTORY: rebuild of earlier stables.
Forms part of an important group at this wharf, including Nos
85 & 85A (Wharfmaster's House and Toll Office, qv), and 3
warehouses (south, centre and north (qv)). Included for group
value.

Listing NGR: SD8387732321

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26537476

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Recommended Books

• 
  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)