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245, 247 and 249, Ashworth Lane

A Grade II Listed Building in Astley Bridge, Bolton

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.6055 / 53°36'19"N

Longitude: -2.4222 / 2°25'19"W

OS Eastings: 372161

OS Northings: 412192

OS Grid: SD721121

Mapcode National: GBR CVJR.D7

Mapcode Global: WH97N.RMSS

Plus Code: 9C5VJH4H+64

Entry Name: 245, 247 and 249, Ashworth Lane

Listing Date: 26 April 1974

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1387864

English Heritage Legacy ID: 475856

ID on this website: 101387864

Location: Eagley Bank, Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL1

County: Bolton

Electoral Ward/Division: Astley Bridge

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bolton

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester

Church of England Parish: Astley Bridge St Paul

Church of England Diocese: Manchester

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Description


BOLTON

SD7212SW ASHWORTH LANE 797-1/6/6 (North side) 26/04/74 Nos.245, 247 AND 249

GV II

Terrace of 3 houses including a shop. c1840. Squared and watershot coursed stone with hipped slate roof. EXTERIOR AND PLAN 2 storeys, 3-window range comprising 3 single unit, double pile plan houses, the ground floor of No.245 a shop. Doorways in moulded stone architraves, and No.249 now has top-hung casements (with leading of c1930 in windows of central house) with wedge lintels. Shop window to No.245 in moulded wood architrave. Two ridge chimneys. INTERIOR: not inspected. The terrace forms part of the model factory community established by the Ashworth family of New Eagley Mill between 1835 and 1855 (Ashworth Lane, Eleanor Street and Hugh Lupus Street, qv) It forms a single build with No.2 Hugh Lupus Street (qv). (Boyson R: The Ashworth Cotton Enterprise: Oxford: 1970-; Smalley PJ: A Study of Model Villages (Manchester Polytechnic dissertation): 1983-).



Listing NGR: SD7216112192

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