Description

PRESCOT ALBANY ROAD SJ 49 SE 6/47 Former premises of the Lancashire Watch Company now forming part of the Prescot Trade Centre

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Former watch making factory, now used for light industrial purposes. 1893 for the Lancashire Watch Company. Cast-iron frame with concrete floors and brick infill; roof material not visible. Long narrow range-runs parallel to Albany Street and is served by 2 external stair turrets to the rear. 3 storeys; 43 window bays, the glazing taking up the greater part of the elevation; all windows except to ground with small panes. Two inserted doors, one with concertina shutters. Iron stanchions externally expressed. Pedimented gable wall to N end, the parapet with moulded cornice; blocked round-headed windows, and oculus to gable wall. South gable wall altered 1990 after gate damage. Gabled stair and privy blocks to rear connected to main range by short corridor block. Fenestration to rear similar to front elevation. Interior structure intact but with later sub-divisions. Watch-making factories on this scale were rare and this is understood to be the sole surviving example in Britain. It also marks the high-water mark of a local industry that achieved national significance in the C19.

Listing NGR: SJ4657892702

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