Survey Data
Reg No
41307011
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1865 - 1875
Coordinates
271575, 320495
Date Recorded
02/10/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay former gasworks manager's house, built c.1870, having single-storey to front, street, elevation and two-storey to rear with slightly lower projecting middle bay. Pitched slate roof, overhanging to gables, with red brick chimneystacks. Coursed squared snecked sandstone walls to front elevation with cut limestone plinth and quoins, over rubble sandstone base. Other walls are pebble-dashed. Square-headed window openings, front having red brick surrounds and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, and rear having replacement uPVC. Square-headed entrance doorway having red brick surround and timber panelled door with overlight, approached by two steps. Gateway to east comprising coursed brick and roughly dressed limestone piers with recent double-leaf metal gate.
Appraisal
This modest house is a reminder of the town's former gasworks, established in the 1870s and now gone. The careful detailing of the front elevation is evident, with the use of date-stone, limestone and red brick, and the retention of the timber panelled door and timber sash windows enhances its architectural value.