Description

BOLTON

SD60NE HALL LANE, Lostock 797-1/3/245 (East side (off)) 23/04/52 Former gatehouse to Lostock Hall (demolished) with cottage range to rear

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Gatehouse to Lostock Hall (now demolished), with cottage to rear. Dated 1590, the cottage an addition of 1810. Coursed and squared stone with slate roofs. EXTERIOR: 3 storey gatehouse with wide central segmental arch with moulded jambs now infilled with modern doorway. C19 sash windows to either side. Paired 4-light mullioned and transomed windows to first floor forming a continuous band, and an 8-light mullioned and transomed window above, with coat of arms and the date above. The facade in articulated by coupled columns to either side of the windows, Tuscan order to ground floor, Ionic above, and Corinthian to third storey. Moulded stone cornices and string courses, and scalloped parapet. Gable end stack. The cottage forms a rear wing of the gatehouse: 2 storey, 3-window range, the sash windows and doorway renewed in original openings; 2 axial stacks. INTERIOR: not inspected. The medieval Lostock Hall has been demolished and its site is now occupied by a factory.



Listing NGR: SD6564209090

External Links

• Lostock Hall Gatehouse at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q6684518

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