Description

LANCASTER

SD4861 MOOR LANE 1685-1/5/188 (North side) 03/08/82 Block 2, Moor Lane Mills North (Formerly Listed as: MOOR LANE (North East side) Rear wing of Moor Lane North Mill, adjacent to Lancaster Canal)

GV II

Part of cotton mill, now caretaker's block and student accommodation. c1880, converted 1988. Built for Storey Brothers as a part of their additions to the Moor Lane Mills North complex. Squared coursed sandstone with slate roof. 3 storeys. The south wall, facing the road, has one window on the ground floor to the right of the central waggon entrance. On the 1st floor are 2 windows which have 3 lights separated by stone mullions, and on the 2nd floor are 3 windows. The left-hand return wall, facing downhill, is of 2 bays on the 1st and 2nd floors, above adjoining buildings. The right-hand return wall was rebuilt following the 1988 demolitions. The rear wall has a central 1st-floor bay of timber and glass with an iron crane. To the right is a disused iron fire escape at 2nd and 3rd floor level.

Listing NGR: SD4805761696

External Links

• Wikidata Q26578169

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2