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Latitude: 53.6331 / 53°37'59"N
Longitude: -2.4075 / 2°24'27"W
OS Eastings: 373150
OS Northings: 415247
OS Grid: SD731152
Mapcode National: GBR CVMF.LC
Mapcode Global: WH97G.ZYQ6
Plus Code: 9C5VJHMV+62
Entry Name: Summerhouse Circa 100 Metres East of Turton Tower
Listing Date: 27 September 1984
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1241997
English Heritage Legacy ID: 440688
ID on this website: 101241997
Location: Chapeltown, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, BL7
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Civil Parish: North Turton
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire
Church of England Parish: Turton St Anne
Church of England Diocese: Manchester
Tagged with: Summer house Garden house
SD 71 NW TURTON (off) CHAPELTOWN ROAD
7/107 Summerhouse c.100 metres
east of Turton Tower
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GV II*
Summerhouse, also known as Prospect Tower, C17, probably restored in
C19; now derelict. Coursed sandstone rubble with quoins, cross-gabled
roof (stone slate covering now missing). Square single-cell building.
Raised single storey with basement level beneath, gabled on each side
with finials on the gables and at each corner (mostly damaged or
missing). South side has raised doorway with moulded surround and
Tudor-arched head, and a single round-headed light with similar
moulding on each side of the door, a continuous dripstone, which
carries round the whole building, stepped over the door. Each of the
other 3 sides has a recessed 5-light window with ovolo-moulded mullions;
at the lower level the left side has a doorway with chamfered Tudor-
arched surround and the rear has a 2-light window with hood-mould.
No glazing in any of the windows. The building is on a prominent
site and may have served as a standing for viewing the hunt. (Reference:
Baines History of Lancashire, ed. Croston, vol.3, p,218: illustration
only).
Listing NGR: SD7315015246
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