Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 20/02/2015

SD8332NE
906-1/15/128

BURNLEY,
COW LANE,
Sanctuary Rock Bar

(Formerly listed as Thwackums, SHED STREET (North side))

GV II

Warehouse or perhaps part of former cotton mill, later
restaurant and bar. Early to mid C19; altered and recently restored.
Coursed squared sandstone, composition tile roof. Rectangular
plan.
3 storeys and 4 windows plus a loading bay to the left. The
left corner has rusticated quoins up to about two-thirds
height, but they are reversed as if belonging to another
building formerly adjoining to the left; next to this corner
are 3 vertically aligned doorways, that at ground floor with
an altered plain surround and those above with convex moulded
surrounds; to the right are 3 windows at ground floor and at
the right-hand end an inserted or altered doorway; and the
upper floors all have 4 windows with chisel-dressed sills and
lintels, and C20 6-pane glazing.
INTERIOR not inspected.
Forms group with former Empire Theatre (Coral Bingo, St James
Street (qv)) to the left and rear, and with Free Trade Street
to the south (which is rear of Nos 31-47 Hammerton Street
(qv)).

Listing NGR: SD8386732571

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26537559

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Recommended Books

• 
  For the Record
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)