Description

LANCASTER

SD4861 MOOR LANE
1685-1/5/188 (North side)
03/08/82 Block 2, Moor Lane Mills North
(Formerly Listed as:
MOOR LANE
(North East side)
Rear wing of Moor Lane North Mill,
adjacent to Lancaster Canal)

GV II

Part of cotton mill, now caretaker's block and student
accommodation. c1880, converted 1988. Built for Storey
Brothers as a part of their additions to the Moor Lane Mills
North complex. Squared coursed sandstone with slate roof. 3
storeys. The south wall, facing the road, has one window on
the ground floor to the right of the central waggon entrance.
On the 1st floor are 2 windows which have 3 lights separated
by stone mullions, and on the 2nd floor are 3 windows. The
left-hand return wall, facing downhill, is of 2 bays on the
1st and 2nd floors, above adjoining buildings. The right-hand
return wall was rebuilt following the 1988 demolitions. The
rear wall has a central 1st-floor bay of timber and glass with
an iron crane. To the right is a disused iron fire escape at
2nd and 3rd floor level.

Listing NGR: SD4805761696

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26578169

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)