Description

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SJ 3484 SE
15/219

BEBINGTON
MARSHALL CLOSE
Candle Factory Court

(Formerly listed as POOL LANE (west side) Bromborough Pool Unichema office building)

26.3.86

G.V.
II

Industrial Building. 1853. For James and George Wilson. Brick with stone dressings, slate roofs. Three storeys, five x eight bays; later extensions. Central tower, two bays to either side are gabled, that to right recessed. First and second floor sill bands, top frieze. Windows have lintels and small-panel casements; round-headed recesses between first and second, third and fourth bays. Tower has triple round-headed lights and clock face, deep eaves and pyramial roof. Right return has similar details, fifth bay projects under gable, sixth to eighth bays of two storeys, gabled. Some sashed windows with glazing bars; C20 porch.

Part of a planned village for Price's Patent Candle Company, one of the earliest examples of a model industrial village.

Listing NGR: SJ3453684393

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26480647

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)