Description

OLDHAM

SD90SW MANCHESTER ROAD
780-1/3/55 (North West side)
23/01/73 Former Coach house to No.38
(Formerly Listed as:
MANCHESTER ROAD
No.38
Werneth lodge with coach house at
rear)

GV II

Former coach house incorporating ball-room, subsequently
leather works and now disused. c1820, but possibly earlier, as
there is clear evidence for 2 phases of construction. Brick
with hipped Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 5-window range.
Arcaded ground floor, with 3 segmentally-arched carriage
entrances, a wide central entrance flanked by narrower arches
each side. Similar disposition to round-arched inner
entrances. 5 round-arched 4-pane sash windows above. Moulded
cornice and blocking course. Front wall clearly refronted,
probably during early C19. Two round-arched ground floor
openings in rear elevation , and 4-paned sash windows above,
with loading door with hoist in gable wall. Upper room
approached by staircase in the arcade: remains of ornate
plaster panelled ceiling with bosses possibly relating to
reputed use as ball room, cut by inserted cross beams probably
associated with subsequent use of building as leather works.

Listing NGR: SD9134604252

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497384

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)