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Latitude: 53.6038 / 53°36'13"N
Longitude: -2.4565 / 2°27'23"W
OS Eastings: 369890
OS Northings: 412006
OS Grid: SD698120
Mapcode National: GBR CV8R.ZW
Mapcode Global: WH97N.7PH5
Plus Code: 9C5VJG3V+GC
Entry Name: Smithills Coaching House
Listing Date: 26 April 1972
Last Amended: 30 April 1999
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1388281
English Heritage Legacy ID: 476281
Location: Bolton, BL1
County: Bolton
Electoral Ward/Division: Smithills
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester
Church of England Parish: Halliwell St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Manchester
BOLTON
SD61SE SMITHILLS DEAN ROAD
797-1/1/218 (East side (off))
26/04/72 Coach House Restaurant
(Formerly Listed as:
SMITHILLS DEAN ROAD
Smithills Coaching House)
GV II
Coach house and stables with coachman's cottage, now
restaurant complex. c1875. Probably by Devey, the architect of
alterations and additions at that time to the nearby Smithills
Hall (qv), which the coach house was built to serve. Coursed
and squared rubble with some half-timbering in gables and
stone flagged roof.
PLAN: asymmetrical courtyard plan, with former stables forming
the rear range, and coachman's cottage projecting from
south-west.
EXTERIOR: entrance towards left of courtyard, a 4-centred
archway with triple timbered coved gable above; single gable
on inner face with clock at apex; cupola to roof above. High
level mullioned windows in external wall, beneath gables.
Stepped roofed western range with ogival cupola surmounting
roof. A blocked 4-centred arch to left, flat roofed extension
obscuring other original features. Similar extension obscures
arched entrances to stable range to north, the arches now only
visible internally. Angled eastern range, with some original
mullioned windows with leaded lights to first floor.
Former coachman's cottage to south-west: jettied timber-framed
upper storey with quatrefoil panelled band, Single mullioned
window on each floor, and side entry to west (renewed).
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Listing NGR: SD6989012006
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
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