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Latitude: 53.5527 / 53°33'9"N
Longitude: -2.638 / 2°38'16"W
OS Eastings: 357825
OS Northings: 406424
OS Grid: SD578064
Mapcode National: GBR BW0C.N5
Mapcode Global: WH97R.GY0S
Plus Code: 9C5VH936+3Q
Entry Name: Bandstand
Listing Date: 11 July 1983
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1384492
English Heritage Legacy ID: 484926
Location: Wigan, WN1
County: Wigan
Electoral Ward/Division: Wigan Central
Built-Up Area: Wigan
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester
Church of England Parish: Wigan All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Liverpool
WIGAN
SD50NE MESNES PARK
24-1/2/42 Bandstand
11/07/83
GV II
Bandstand. Probably c1880; altered. Sandstone plinth,
cast-iron columns, metal-clad wooden roof. 10-sided plan.
Single-storey, open-sided; cast-iron columns at the angles
with fluted bases, twisted shafts and crocket capitals (now
linked by a circular wooden beam attached to the inner faces,
probably a C20 addition); large pierced decorative brackets
springing from the capitals both laterally and forwards to
carry the oversailing eaves of a strongly-swept roof which has
a simple corona round a dome with renewed finial.
INTERIOR has flat boarded ceiling. Forms group with The
Pavilion (qv).
Listing NGR: SD5782506424
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
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