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Latitude: 53.7793 / 53°46'45"N
Longitude: -2.3653 / 2°21'55"W
OS Eastings: 376022
OS Northings: 431498
OS Grid: SD760314
Mapcode National: GBR CSXQ.QZ
Mapcode Global: WH96X.M8VL
Plus Code: 9C5VQJHM+PV
Entry Name: Moor Side House
Listing Date: 9 March 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1362040
English Heritage Legacy ID: 183846
Location: Altham, Hyndburn, Lancashire, BB5
County: Lancashire
Civil Parish: Altham
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire
Church of England Parish: Altham St James
Church of England Diocese: Blackburn
ALTHAM BURNLEY ROAD
SD 73 SE
3/43 Moor Side House
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- II
House, c.1830. Scored stucco with quoins (painted white), moulded
gutter cornice, stone slate roof with gable chimneys and copings.
Double pile 3-bay plan, with service wing to rear of 1st bay. Two
storeys, symmetrical, in Perpendicular Gothic style: Tudor-arched
doorway with hoodmould, large 4-light stone mullion windows also
with hoodmoulds. Right return wall has one similar 3-light window
on each floor, rear has large Tudor-arched stairlight with glazing
bars (radiating in the head), and some sashed windows also with
glazing bars. Interior: stone staircase with iron twist balusters;
moulded plaster ceiling frieze and alcove in drawing roam; original
door furnishings, (panels of one door decorated with paintings of
flowers possibly by Lydia Becker). History: built by Hannibal Leigh
Becker, chemical manufacturer; early home of Lydia Becker, pioneer
of Women's Suffrage Movement botanist and painter.
Listing NGR: SD7602231498
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