Description

KNUTSFORD

SJ7478 DRURY LANE
792-1/3/20 (South side)
12/10/71 No.13
(Formerly Listed as:
DRURY LANE
Nos.4-13 (Consecutive)
Old Laundry (formerly listed as
workshop between 8 & 9). Water Tower
& Chimney)

GV II

Tower house. c1900. By Richard Harding Watt. Painted brick
with low pyramidal slate roof overhanging on struts. Severe
Germanic style.
4-storeyed with open upper storey. Arched entrance in return
elevation, and narrow windows paired in the upper storey,
single lights in ground and first floors. Small 2-storeyed
cottage extension beyond return elevation, with full-height
squared bay window. High entrance arch to left, in wall with
hipped roof overhanging on struts, and wide segmentally-arched
entrance with wooden main and side gates with Art
Nouveau-style iron work.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORY: the tower formed part of a complex including laundry
and workers' cottages established by Watt on the site of a dye
works and tannery. Part of a remarkable development in Free
Style built under the patronage of Richard Harding Watt.

Listing NGR: SJ7529878931

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667885

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)