Description

BURNLEY

SD8433SW BANK PARADE
906-1/10/12 (East side)
29/09/77 Shorey Well in garden of Burnley
College Adult Education Centre
(Formerly Listed as:
BANK PARADE
(East side)
Shorey Well in the grounds of Old
Grammar School)

GV II

Superstructure of former public well; now ex situ. The well to
which it belonged was on the east side of the River Brun,
opposite Dawson Square; the structure there was renewed in
1736, and this portion was removed to this site probably
c1881. Sandstone rubble, with a roughly-hewn monolithic
rectangular basin (the front now damaged) set in a short low
rubble bank (approx 2m long and 0.5m high); with a simple
recess and plain lintel.
HISTORY: commemorates what was formerly the only source of
pure water in St Peter's hamlet.
Forms group with Cross of St Paulinus (qv) and with base of
former market cross (qv).

Listing NGR: SD8424533069

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26273545

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings