Description

BURNLEY

SD8332SE MANCHESTER ROAD
906-1/19/83 (East side)
29/09/77 No.112
Spring Hill

GV II

Villa. c1820-30; enlarged in later C19; altered, and
renovation in progress at time of survey (1991).
Chisel-dressed sandstone ashlar, hipped slate roof. Georgian
style. L-plan formed by rectangular double-depth
double-fronted main range with mid C19 kitchen wing added to
rear.
2 storeys with cellars and attic, 3 windows, symmetrical; with
a plinth, 1st-floor sillband, plain frieze and moulded gutter
cornice; a central porch up 4 steps, with panelled pilasters,
plain frieze, moulded cornice and blocking course, panelled
double doors with an overlight, and an inner door with etched
glass; windows with raised sills and plain surrounds, sashed
without glazing bars (and all protected by boarding at time of
survey). 2 square chimneys. 2-window left return wall in
matching style; 2:2 window right-hand return wall with a
square porch to the rear wing.
Rear: round-headed stair-window to the main range (the
original joinery and glazing with coloured margin panes
removed for repair at time of survey); large tripartite
windows at ground floor of rear wing (that on the outer side
removed at time of survey).
INTERIOR: original panelled doors and architraves; panelled
archway in entrance hall; elaborate moulded plaster cornices
in front rooms; mahogany panelling in rear left room;
doglegged staircase with elegant cast-iron balusters; cellar
with cast-iron oven-and-boiler range; iron water tank or
reservoir filling the whole of the roof space of the kitchen
wing, formerly filled by a pump (a very unusual survival,
antedating Burnley's public water supply).

Listing NGR: SD8361232058

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26537481

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (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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  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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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)