Lytham is a conurbation in the Borough of Fylde, Lancashire, England that includes the town of Lytham and the districts of Ansdell and Fairhaven. It contains 91 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, four are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
Until the 19th century Lytham was a village and part of the estate of Lytham Hall, the seat of the Clifton family. The earlier listed buildings consist mainly of the hall and the church, and associated structures, smaller houses and cottages, a farmhouse, and a windmill. From the late 1830s the town began to develop as a seaside resort and commuter town, and larger houses overlooking the Green toward the estuary of the River Ribble were built. The listed buildings from this time and later are varied and, in addition to larger houses, include hotels, public houses, shops, churches, a church hall, a market hall, public buildings such as institutes and libraries, memorials, and telephone kiosks.
The wall was extended later, probably in the 18th century. It is built mainly in brick, is about 4 metres (13 ft) high on a plinth about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high, and extends for about 150 metres (490 ft) to the south of the hall. The wall incorporates an 18th-century two-storey cottage in the central portion, and a 19th-century lean-to privy towards the south end. The portion to the north of the cottage has half-height stepped buttresses, and to the south there are triangular buttress pilasters.[2][3]
The stable block was extended later. It is in brick, with some diapering and a slate roof, and consists of a four ranges around a rectangular courtyard. The north, east and south ranges have two storeys, and the west range is in a single storey. The openings include stable doors, other doorways, windows, and bull's eye pitching holes.[4][5]
The former farmhouse was remodelled in the 19th century with the addition of a rear wing, and extended by the addition of another bay to the right in the 20th century. It is built in renderedcobble, and has a slate roof. The house is in Jacobean style, with 1+1⁄2 storeys, and a four-bay front. On the front is a single-storey gabled porch. The windows are sliding sashes, those in the upper floor being in dormers. The cobbled garden wall is included in the listing.[6]
A country house designed by John Carr in Palladian style. It is built in red brick with some stucco, and has stone dressings and a roof of Cumberlandslate. The house has three storeys, with a symmetrical main front of nine bays. The central three bays project forward under a modillionedpediment, and contain a central round-headed doorway with a pedimented Doric doorcase. Flanking and dividing the bays in the upper two storeys are giant engaged Ionic columns. There are six bays on the left side, and five on the right, this side containing a pedimented Tuscan porch. At the rear is a Venetian window, the other windows being sashes.[8][9]
A pair of brick cottage with some cobbles, and roofs of asbestos sheeting and slate (formerly thatched). They have two low storeys (originally 1+1⁄2), and four bays with an extension to the left. Most of the windows are sliding sashes.[10]
A cottage in renderedcobble with a slate roof. It has 1+1⁄2 storeys with a projecting gabled porch that includes a hood mould and side windows. The other windows, two in each floor, are mullioned, those in the upper floor being in gabled dormers.[11][12]
The dovecote is in the grounds of the hall. It is built in red brick with a slate roof, and has a tall single storey and is in an octagonal plan. The dovecote contains a doorway and windows, and is surmounted by a louvred octagonal lantern with a lead roof and a ball finial. Inside are 850 nest boxes, and a finely balanced potence (rotating ladder).[4][13]
The statue of Diana is in the car park to the south of Lytham Hall. It is in white marble, and depicts Diana holding a deer by its horns in one hand, and reaching for an arrow with the other. The statue stands on a rectangular plinth and is surrounded by a circular wall.[4][14]
The wall is on the south and west boundaries of the estate, and it runs intermittently for 1.2 miles (1.9 km). The wall is built in cobblestones with renderedcoping, and is about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high. At the north end is a former gateway with four gate piers. The piers are in sandstone with mouldedcornices and shallow pyramidal caps, and contain cast iron gates.[15]
The windmill is a tower mill and stands on Lytham Green. It was operational until 1918, and was restored in 1987. The windmill is in rendered brick on a plinth of cobble walling, and has a wooden cap and sails. It contains a doorway and windows, and at the top is a boat-shaped cap and fantail.[16][17]
A pair of brick houses with sandstone dressings and a slate roof, in two storeys. There are four bays on West Beach, and three, under a pedimentedgable, on Beach Street. On both fronts there is a round-headed doorway with a fanlight, and the windows are sashes.[18]
A pair of houses in a terrace, in red brick with sandstone dressings and slate roofs. Both houses have symmetrical three-bay fronts and are in two storeys, with No. 7 also having an attic. No. 7 has a doorcase with Tuscan semi-columns and a fanlight which is flanked by bow windows. Above there are sash windows, including one in the pedimented attic. No. 5 has a central porch, and this is flanked by two-storey cantedbay windows.[11][19]
The former stable is built in cobble with some brick, and it has a slate roof. The building has a rectangular plan, and is in two storeys. It contains a central doorway with a round pitching hole above, with two windows to the right.[20]
The vicarage is in brick on a stone plinth with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. It has two storeys, and there are three bays and two gables on each front. The central doorway has a triangular head. On the garden front is a cantedbay window, and there are two ornamental chimney stacks with embattled caps.[21][22]
A row of four town houses with an annex at the south end. They are in red brick with sandstone dressings and hippedslate roofs, and have two storeys. Nos. 4–10 are symmetrical and each has a three bay front with a central round-headed doorway and a fanlight. No. 2 is set back at the right, and has a porch. The windows are sashes.[16][23]
The church was built to replace an earlier church on the site, and was altered and expanded later. It is in Perpendicular style, and built in brick with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. The church consists of a nave with a clerestory, aisles, a vestry, a chancel, and a west tower. The tower is in three stages, with buttresses, a west doorway, clock faces, and a sundial on the south side. The tower has an embattledparapet, as do the nave, aisles, and chancel.[21][24]
The walls surround the churchyard and extend to the south of the Victory Hall to the east. The original walls are in cobble with chamfered stone coping. Later extensions are in brick with stone coping.[25]
A row of three brick houses with sandstone dressings and slate roofs in Georgian style. They have two storeys, and each house has three bays. All houses have a central round-headed doorway with small pilasters, a cornice, and a semicircular fanlight, and to the right of the doorway is a two-storey cantedbay window. The other windows are a mix of sashes and casements.[26]
A terrace of eight pebbledashed cottages with sandstone dressings and slate roofs. They have two storeys and each cottage is in a single bay. On the front are three double gabled porches with doorways on the sides and two-light mullioned windows on the front. There are single porches on the sides; all the porches have apex finials. The windows are mullioned casements.[11][27]
The lodge has pebble walls, red brick dressings, and a slate roof. It is in a cruciform plan, consisting of a main range with short side wings. The lodge is in a single storey, with attics in the wings.[4][28]
A pebbledashed cottage with a slate roof in Georgian style. It has two low storeys and a symmetrical front. In the centre is a round-headed doorway with Tuscan quarter-columns, a mouldedlintel, and a fanlight. There are two sash windows in each floor. The cast iron railings in front of the cottage are included in the listing.[29]
A pair of houses in simple Georgian style, they are in brown brick with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. They have two storeys, No. 12 has three bays, No. 12A has two, and both have extensions at the rear. Most of the windows are sashes. The entrances are on the sides, through round-headed doorways. Also on the side of No. 12 is a bay window and two triangular oriel windows.[30]
The hotel was later extended. It is in red brick with sandstone dressings and a hippedslate roof, and is in three storeys. It originally had a symmetrical five-bay front with a central entrance and full height cantedbay windows in the outer bays. Later four bays were added to the right, including two more canted bays. The entrance is flanked by pairs of pilasters, and has an open pediment at the top containing a coat of arms in the tympanum. There are cast iron balconies in the upper two floors.[16][31]
A pair of houses in brown brick with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. They have three storeys and each house has two bays. The doorways are paired in the centre, and each has Tuscan columns, a plain entablature, a mouldedcornice, and a rectangular fanlight. The outer bays contains cantedbay windows. The other windows contain altered glazing.[32]
A pair of brick cottages with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. They have two low storeys, and each cottage has two bays. The doorways are in the outer bays, and have stone surrounds and hood moulds. In each floor of the inner bay is a mullioned and transomed window.[33]
A house in brown brick with sandstone dressings and a hippedslate roof, in Classical style. It has two storeys and a symmetrical three-bay front. There is a central Ionic porch, flanked by single-storey cantedbay windows. The windows are sashes, except that in the centre of the first floor, which is a French window.[16][34]
Originally one house, later divided into two, it is in brick with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. There are two storeys with cellars, and a four-bay front. In the outer bays are cantedbay windows. The entrances are on the sides, that on the left side having a Georgian-style porch. The windows are sashes.[35]
Originally a house, and later used as a nursing home, it is in red brick with sandstone dressings and a Cumbrianslate roof. The range facing the road has two storeys with cellars, and three bays. In the centre is a cantedbay window with a parapet forming a balcony, which is flanked by French windows. The upper floor contains sash windows with shutters. Across the front is a verandah, and on the right side is a conservatory.[36]
The wall forms the southern boundary to the vicarage garden. It is in cobble with rounded stone coping, and is about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high. Near the east end are plain stone piers.[37]
A pair of cottages in roughcastcobble with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. They have two low storeys, and each cottage has two bays. In the right bay of No. 16 is a gabled porch with a finial, and there is a window in each floor of the left bay, the upper window in a gabled dormer. No. 18 has a plain doorway in the right bay, a window above, and a window in each floor of the left bay. All the windows are mullioned, and above the windows and doorways are hood moulds.[38]
A row of four (originally five) cottages in stuccoedcobble with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. On the front are three small and one larger gabled porches. The windows are mullioned. The garden walls, also mainly in cobble, are included in the listing.[11][39]
A pair of brick houses with sandstone dressings and a slate roof, in two storeys and with a symmetrical three-bay front. In the centre is a gabled porch, with a small oriel window above. The outer bays project slightly forwards and contain two-storey cantedbay windows. The other entrance is on the left side through a gabled porch.[40]
The building is constructed in red brick with sandstone dressings and a slate roof, and is in Italianate style. It is symmetrical, and consists of a pair of single-storey, single-cell lodges flanking a two-storey round-headed archway. Along the tops of the lodges is a balustradedparapet, and above the arch is a modillionedcornice and a carved coat of arms. Within the arch are full-height wrought iron gates. Attached to each lodge is a short screen wall and, running from the east lodge for about 550 metres (1,800 ft), is a boundary wall built in cobbles.[4][41]
A small house in brown brick with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. It has two storeys and two bays, and an extension to the rear. In the right bay is a doorway with flutedpilasters and a fanlight, and above it is a narrow sash window. The left bay contains a two-storey cantedbay window with altered glazing.[42]
A pair of houses, later subdivided, in red brick with sandstone dressings and a slate roof, in Jacobethan style. They have an H-shaped plan with projecting outer wings and rear extensions. The houses have two storeys with attics, and a symmetrical five-bay front. The outer and central bays are gabled with finials, and the central bay contains a pair of gabled porches, above which is an oriel window. The outer bays contain two-storey cantedbay windows, and the adjacent bays have rectangular windows with hood moulds.[43]
The wall is on a brick plinth and consists of long rectangular brick panels filled with cobbles and with sandstonecoping. It is about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high.[44]
A pair of houses, later divided into flats, in red brick with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. They have two storeys, and each house has a two-bay front, with larger gables over the outer bays and smaller gables over the inner ones. The doorways are paired in the centre and are linked by a loggia. In the outer bays of both houses are two-storey bay windows, that of No. 17 being canted, and that of No. 18 being triangular. The gables have decorative bargeboards with obeliskfinials.[45]
The wall is on a brick plinth and consists of long rectangular brick panels filled with cobbles and with sandstonecoping. It is about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high.[46]
Since closure as a Methodist chapel, it has been used for other purposes. The building is in red brick with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. There are two storeys and a symmetrical front of three bays divided by giant pilasters. The central doorway has a mouldedarchitrave, a modillionedcornice, and a fanlight, and it is flanked by tall sash windows. At the top of the entrance front is an upstand containing the date. There are more sash windows along the sides of the chapel.[47][48]
A terrace of houses on a curving site, in red brick with sandstone dressings and slate roofs. The central house is the largest, with 2+1⁄2 storeys and a three-bay front with two gables. The other houses have two storeys, and each has two windows in the upper floor, and one window and a round-headed doorway in the ground floor. Four other houses have gables, and some have flat-roofed porches, while the others have flush doorways with canopies.[11][49]
A house, later converted into flats, in red brick with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. It is in 2+1⁄2 storeys, with one gabledbay facing the road, which contains a two-storey cantedbay window surmounted by a balcony. On the right side is a projecting wing, with a porch in the angle, and 20th-century oriel windows on three levels.[50]
The market hall was designed by Charles Reed, the clock tower was added in about 1870, and the building has since been adapted for other purposes. It is in red brick with sandstone dressings and a hippedslate roof. The main part is rectangular, in a single storey, and with a front of nine arcadedbays. There is a two-storey annex added to the west side, and in the centre of the east front is a clock tower. The tower is in Italianate style, and has three stages, with an archway in the bottom stage, a three-light window in the middle stage, and clock faces on the upper stage. On the top is an octagonal bellcote with an ogival cap.[51][52]
A pair of brick houses with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. They have two storeys and attics, and each house has a two-bay front. The doorways are in the inner bays and have pilasteredarchitraves with cornices and fanlights. Above the doorways are round-headed windows. The outer bays contain two-storey cantedbay windows. No. 30 also has a gabled half-dormer.[53]
A house later converted into flats, in red brick with sandstone dressings and a slate roof, and in Tudor style, It has 2+!⁄2 storeys and a symmetrical three-bay front. The narrow central bay contains a Tudor arched doorway with a hood mould, above which is an oriel window, and a half-dormer containing a casement. The outer bays contain casement windows in each floor.[55]
A pair of houses in Neo-Jacobean style, in red brick with sandstone dressings and a green slate roof. They are in two storeys with attics, and each has a two-bay front, with porches on the sides, and rear extensions. The outer bays have shaped gables with finials, and contain two-storey cantedbay windows with panels between the storeys and panelled parapets. The inner bays have windows in both floors with quoined surrounds.[56]
A brick house on a corner site, with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. It is in two storeys and has a three-bay front. There is a central doorway with a stone surround and a hood mould, and to the right is a cantedbay window. On the left side is another canted bay window. The windows are mullioned and transomed.[57]
A small brick house with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. It has two storeys and two bays, and there is a central doorway with a stone surround. To the right is a cantedbay window. To the left, and in the upper floor, are mullioned and transomed windows.[58]
Originally a hotel, later a public house known as The Hansom Cab, it is stuccoed with sandstone dressings and a hippedslate roof. There are two storeys with cellars, and a front of five bays, the lateral three bays being symmetrical with a central porch. The porch has two flutedDoric columns and an entablature. The windows in the ground floor are sashes, and in the upper floor they contain altered glazing.[60]
A terrace of six cottages in brick, partly roughcast and partly stuccoed, with sandstone dressings and a slate roof, in two storeys. In the centre of the symmetrical front is a gabled porch, and lateral to this are two gablets. All the windows and doors have hood moulds. Some mullioned and transomed windows remain, but most windows have altered glazing.[61]
The gate piers flank the entrance to the former drive to Lytham Hall. They are about 3 metres (9.8 ft) high, in red brick with cobble panels, each on a stone plinth and with a moulded cap. Radiating from the piers are convex walls about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high, with panels of similar materials, terminating in piers similar to those flanking the drive.[62]
The railings are in cast iron and form an inner boundary to the park. There are ornamental standards by the drive, with a short section to the south, and a longer section to the north.[63]
The hotel is in brick with sandstone dressings, all painted, and has a slate roof. It has three storeys, and an L-shaped plan, with a symmetrical five-bay main front, and a wing at the rear. In the centre is a wide single-storey porch with a round-headed opening. The outer bays contain two-storey cantedbay windows. Some of the windows are sashes, and others have altered glazing.[16][64]
A pair of brick houses with sandstone dressings, and roofs of composition tile and slate. They have two storeys and each house is in two bays. The doorways are paired in the centre and above them is a continuous verandahcanopy with a fretted fringe. Flanking the doorways are rectangular bay windows with swept roofs and similar canopies. In the upper floor are segmental-headed windows.[16][65]
A small brick house on a corner site with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. It has two storeys, with the single bay on Bath Street having a full-height cantedbay window containing sashes. The other front is gabled and contains a round-headed doorway with a fanlight and a trellised porch, and has a sash window above.[66]
A row of five small houses, in red brick with slate roofs. They have two storeys, and form a symmetrical block, each house having two bays. All the houses have a single-storey cantedbay window, and a doorway with a wooden panelled pilasteredarchitrave and a dentilledcornice. At the rear are tall cobblestone walls, which are included in the listing.[67]
A pair of stuccoed cottages with a slate roof. They have two storeys, and each cottage has two bays, with entrances on the sides, and extensions at the rear. In the ground floor of both houses are two French windows, and No. 2 has a latticed verandah. The windows in the upper floor have altered glazing.[69]
A brick house with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. It has two storeys and a front of three bays, the right bay projecting forward as a gabled wing. The two bays on the left each contain a tall window in both floors, and there is a ground floor verandah. In the right wing is a single-storey cantedbay window, above which is a window with two round-headed lights. On the left side is a doorway with a mouldedarchitrave.[70]
The office is in red brick with sandstone dressings and a hippedslate roof, and is in Italianate style. There are two storeys, five symmetrical bays on the front, and three on the sides. The central bay projects forward and has an open pediment. In the ground floor is a segmental-headed doorway with a large architrave including a keystone, an inscribed frieze, and a pierced parapet. In the upper floor is a Venetian window, above which is a stone plaque with a coat of arms. The windows all have keystones and are sashes. The attached screen walls are included in the listing.[11][71]
A large house later divided into flats, it is in brick with sandstone dressings and a hippedslate roof. The house has two storeys with basements, and a symmetrical front of seven bays. On each side is a single-storey, set-back, single-bay extension. Steps lead up to a central doorway with an architrave, keystone, frieze and modillionedcornice. All the windows have segmental heads and architraves, those in the ground floor with altered glazing, and those in the upper floor with sashes.[72]
Originally a Congregational church designed by W. F. Poulton, it was extended to the north in 1910. The church is in yellow sandstone with red sandstone dressings and a slate roof. The entrance front is to the south, and contains a gabled porch and a five-light window. On the right of the front is a slender tower containing doorways. The tower rises to form an octagonal spire containing tall gabled bell openings. The extension at the north end contains vestries and a meeting room. The windows along the sides of the church are lancets, and those in the extension have Perpendiculartracery. Outside the church is a boundary wall with Gothic gate piers, which are included in the listing.[47][73]
Designed by W. F. Poulton as a Sunday school for the Congregational church, it is partly in yellow sandstone with red sandstone dressings, and partly in brick, with a slate roof. The building is in Early English style, with a rectangular plan, and it has a gabled porch to the southeast, and a parallel annex on the west side. Most of the windows are lancets.[74]
The former lifeboat house is in cobble on a sandstoneplinth with dressings in red brick and a slate roof. It is in a single storey with sides of three bays. On the sides are louvred windows, benches sheltered under the overhanging roof that is carried on cast iron columns, and gableddormers with finials. On the roof is a wooden lantern with a pyramidal roof and a weathervane. Facing the former slipway are large double doors under a gable with a finial.[16][75]
A pair of red brick houses with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. They have an H-shaped plan with projecting wings and extensions to the rear. The houses have two storeys and attics, and a symmetrical front of six bays. The outer bays are gabled and contain two-storey cantedbay windows. There is a gabled porch in the angles of the wings containing an arched doorway. The inner bays contain windows with hood moulds.[76]
A pair of shops with plate glass windows in cast iron and wooden frames. They are in painted brick with rusticatedquoins and a slate roof, and have two storeys. No. 8 has a central entrance falnked by bay windows with curved corners and slender Ionic colonettes. No. 9 also has a central entrance with wide plate glass windows and, in the upper floor a full height three-light plate glass window.[11][77]
The wall stretches for about 330 metres (1,080 ft) round the boundaries of the gardens of Fairlawn and other private houses. It is built in cobblestone with brick facing and sandstonecopings. The wall is about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high, and contains gateways in various styles.[78]
A summer house, or gazebo, in the grounds of a large house, it is in brick with sandstone dressings, and has a slate roof. The building has an octagonal plan, and stands on a square plinth. It is in a single storey, and has a Tudor arched doorway, sash windows, and a tall pyramidal roof with a weathervane.[11][79]
The wall on the southern boundary of the churchyard is about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high and consists of panels formed by sandstone. about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) long, containing pebbles. The lychgate is dated 1897, and has open timber-work with Tudor arched openings. It contains wooden gates, and has an overhanging slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and wooden finials.[80]
A terrace of eight cottages with cobble walls, red brick quoins, some sandstone dressings, and slate roofs. They have two storeys, and form a symmetrical block with each cottage having a two-bay front. In the centre is a two-storey gabled porch. Almost all the windows are mullioned two-light casements. At the front is a wall of coursed cobbles about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high, containing pairs of simple gate piers.[81]
Built as an institute with a billiard room and lecture room, and later also used as a public library, it is in red brick with dressings in sandstone and polychrome brick and with slate roofs. It is in Gothic style, and has a U-shaped plan. The main block has two storeys and a three-bay front, the outer bays being gabled with finials. In the central bay is a gabled porch, and at the top is a stepped parapet. The outer bays contains bay windows. Behind the main block is a single-storey block with five bays and two gables.[83]
The drinking fountain is in sandstone and consists of four oval bowls on a pedestal and surmounted by a carved superstructure. This is contained in a square shelter with sandstone pedestals and timber posts carrying a pyramidal tiled roof. On the west side is a horse trough.[84]
The monument is to the memory of the crew of the St Annes lifeboat Laura Janet who were lost in an attempted rescue in 1886. It is in Gothic style, constructed in sandstone, and consists of a pinnacled tabernacle about 4 metres (13 ft) high, on a stepped plinth. On the east side is a carving depicting a crew rowing a lifeboat through a rough sea, and beneath this are inscribed the names of those who were lost.[85]
Originally a bank manager's house, it is in red brick with red sandstone dressings and a slate roof. There are two storeys and a symmetrical three-bay front. The central doorway has a three-light fanlight, and it is flanked by two mullioned and transomedbay windows. Above the doorway is a two-light window under a shaped gable. The outer bays contain half-dormers with hipped roofs and apex finials.[11][86]
Originally designed for the Manchester and County Bank by Mills and Murgatroyd in Tudor style, it was later used for other purposes. The building stands on a corner site, and is in red brick with red sandstone dressings and a slate roof. It has a rectangular plan with a canted corner, it is mainly in a single storey, and has fronts of three and five bays. On the corner is a Tudor arched doorway with an elaborately carved surround, above which is a panelled parapet and a shaped gable containing a plaque with the date.[11][87]
The shelter is in cast iron with a wooden felted roof. It contains a longitudinal partition and benches. The roof is carried on six decorative columns. The ends and the partition contain panels in the lower part and arcades in the upper part, all decorated with various motifs.[88]
Designed by Henry Littler, the building is in red brick with dressings in sandstone and timber, and it has a hippedslate roof. The building is in Edwardian Baroque style, with the police station at the front; this has two-storeys and four unequal bays. In the second bay is an entrance turret that starts square, rises to octagonal, and has an ogival cap with a finial. In the upper floor of the wider third bay is a large Venetian window with a balcony. At the rear are two magistrates' courts. No. 2 court has been refurbished, but No. 1 court has retained many original fittings.[47][89]
The lecture hall is attached to Lytham Methodist Church. It is built in yellow brick with red sandstone dressings and has a slate roof. The building is in Edwardian Baroque style and is in a single storey with a linear plan, and with an entrance porch to the left, above which is a lead dome. The main range has a symmetrical front of five bays, and there is a Venetian window on the north front.[47][90]
The walls form the boundary of the churchyard and consist of low red brick walls with terracottacopings. These incorporate low brick piers at intervals. At the entrance to the churchyard are four larger square piers in Baroque style with dentilledcornices and domed caps.[91]
Originally a Congregational church, it was designed by Briggs, Wolstenholme and Thornely, in a free Byzantine style. It is built mainly in white faience, with a hall at the rear in red brick with yellow terracotta dressings; it is roofed in slate and bituminous asphalt. The main part of the church is square with a domed roof. At the northeast corner is an octagonal minaret tower, and at two other corners are smaller octagonal turrets with domed lanterns. The hall contains a Diocletian window.[92][93]
The Baptist church was designed by Haywood and Harrison in Perpendicular style with Arts and Crafts features. It is built in Accrington brick with sandstone dressings and a Cumbrianslate roof. The church consists of a nave with a narthex, transepts, an apse, and a northwest tower. The tower is in three stages, with buttresses rising above the height of the parapet, and it contains a doorway. The parapet is arcaded with triangular shafts in the centre of each side, and on top of the tower is a narrow spire.[94][95]
The institute and adjoining public were designed by G. H. Willoughby, and are built in Accrington brick with orange terracotta dressings and red tiled roofs. The institute has two storeys and three bays in Jacobean style. The central doorway has an entablature with urns. At the top is a Dutch gable containing a datestone, and a parapet with urns. To the right is the public hall, in Baroque style. This has two and three storeys, and a single-storey three-bay front containing a central entrance and flanking windows, all round-headed.[96][97]
The hall is the parish hall of St Cuthbert's Church, and was built to commemorate those who served in the First World War. It is in red brick with sandstone dressings and a slate roof, with a rectangular plan, and is Perpendicular in style. The hall has a main part of six bays, with lower two-bay service wings on each side. The bays are separated by buttresses rising above the eaves, the second and fifth bays being larger and gabled. There is a porch in both service wings.[21][100]
The memorial is to those fallen in the First World War. It is in white Portland stone, and consists of a tall, slightly tapering cenotaph with a decorative top. The names are inscribed in columns.[101]
The war memorial is in sandstone. It has a two-stepped base, and a square plinth on which is a tapering shaft surmounted by a cross. There are inscriptions on the sides of the plinth, including the names of those lost in the First World War.[102]
The house was designed by Lumb and Walton in Art Deco style, and it was extended in the 1960s. It is built in brick, partly rendered, and has a roof of Belgian green glazed tiles. The house has two storeys and a front of three bays, the central bay projecting forward and containing a porch. All the windows have metal frames. At the rear is a single-storey extension and a timber-framedbow window, and there is a similar bow window on the west side.[103]
Three K6 type telephone kiosks, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, arranged as a pair and a single kiosk. Constructed in cast iron with a square plan and a dome, they have three unperforated crowns in the top panels.[104]
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