Description

BURNLEY

SD8332NE WESTGATE
906-1/15/153 (North side)
29/09/77 Nos.39, 41 AND 43
Burnley House

GV II

Terrace of 3 town houses, now integrated as residential
nursing home. Early to mid C19; altered. Sandstone ashlar,
slate roof hipped at right-hand end. Double-depth plan, each
house double-fronted, plus a set-back receding wing at the
right-hand end.
2 storeys over cellars, 3+3+3 windows, formerly symmetrical;
with raised rusticated quoins and a moulded gutter cornice.
Each house has a symmetrical facade with a large central
doorway which has an Ionic architrave with engaged columns,
plain frieze and moulded cornice, and a recessed panelled door
with plain overlight (No.43 to the left now lacking the
cornice); No.41 now has an enlarged window to the left at
ground floor, otherwise, all the windows are
vertical-rectangular with raised sills and plain surrounds,
and all now with altered glazing. Coped gable and gable
chimney to No.43, ridge chimney at junction of Nos 41 & 43
(both these chimneys corniced), and 2 other ridge chimneys cut
down. Left gable wall of watershot masonry, with 4 windows at
ground floor and one above, and an unusual horizontal gutter
at carried on a corbel-table at eaves level (presumably to
convey rainwater from the front gutter to a downspout at the
rear). Receding wing at the right-hand end, single-storey, in
similar style to front. C20 extensions to the rear.
INTERIORS not inspected.

Listing NGR: SD8351632780

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599827

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)