Description

BOLTON

SD71SW GROVE STREET
797-1/2/103 (West side)
30/10/87 Nos.10 AND 12

II

Pair of houses including former loomshop. Dated 1808. Coursed
and squared sandstone, watershot to side and rear, with heavy
slate roof.
EXTERIOR AND PLAN: 2 storeys with cellar to No.10 only,
2-window range, comprising 2 single unit, double pile plans.
Angle quoins to left, and to right the springing of an
elliptical archway between Nos 10 & 8. Round arched doorways
with plain architrave with keystone, the windows all renewed
in original openings with flat arched heads. 5-light window
with plain mullions to former cellar loomshop of No.10.
Moulded plaque between the upper windows with date and
initials 'H' over 'T.A.'. Rear fenestration largely renewed.
Axial stack set forward of ridge-line.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORY: the former cellar loomshop (now converted to form
part of the domestic accommodation) is believed to have been
built and used by a velvet weaver (Grove Street was formerly
known as Velvet Walks).

Listing NGR: SD7086710814

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667617

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