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13, Drury Lane

A Grade II Listed Building in Knutsford, Cheshire East

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Latitude: 53.3067 / 53°18'24"N

Longitude: -2.3721 / 2°22'19"W

OS Eastings: 375298

OS Northings: 378931

OS Grid: SJ752789

Mapcode National: GBR CZW6.7B

Mapcode Global: WH997.J4MT

Plus Code: 9C5V8J4H+M4

Entry Name: 13, Drury Lane

Listing Date: 12 October 1971

Last Amended: 27 May 1999

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1388331

English Heritage Legacy ID: 476339

ID on this website: 101388331

Location: Knutsford, Cheshire East, Cheshire, WA16

County: Cheshire East

Civil Parish: Knutsford

Built-Up Area: Knutsford

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire

Church of England Parish: Knutsford St John the Baptist

Church of England Diocese: Chester

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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

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