Description

BOLTON

SD7109SE
797-1/17/232
26/04/74

WOOD STREET
(South side)
Nos.14 AND 16
(Formerly Listed as:
WOOD STREET
Nos.14-20 (Even))

GV
II

Pair of houses now offices, forming part of a longer terrace
(Nos 18 & 20 Wood Street, qv). c1790. Brick with slate roof,
and slate hung gable.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 5-window range. Outer doorways, and
central passage entry. Pedimented case of left hand doorway
renewed, but right-hand door retains pedimented case with
engaged shafts and modillion cornice to pediment. Traceried
fanlight (probably wrought-iron) over door. 4-pane sash window
to its left, and canted bay window to ground floor of No.16.
First-floor windows of No.16 renewed in original openings, but
12-pane sashes survive in upper storey. 4-pane sash windows
throughout in No.14. All windows have flat arched brick heads
and painted stone sills. Moulded eaves cornice, the original
with fluted decoration surviving to No.16, renewed in No.14.
End wall stacks.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORY: No.16 was the birthplace of William Hesketh Lever,
1st Viscount Leverhulme, in 1851.

Listing NGR: SD7190409197

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667854

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)