Listed Building: BRIDGE HOUSE (1329775)
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| Grade | II |
|---|---|
| Authority | Department for Culture Media and Sport |
| Volume/Map/Item | 64, 3, 62 |
| Date assigned | 23 December 1983 |
| Date last amended |
Description
SJ 68 NW WALTON C.P. WALTON HALL PARK
3/62 1 & 2 Bridge House
II
Two houses (formerly Schoolhouse and Schoolmaster's House) 1838 for the Walton Hall Estate. Stone-dressed Flemish bond brown brick with steep gabled roofs of Westmorland green slate and diminishing chimneys with octagonal flues. A picturesque T-shaped block; the schoolhouse, left, forms the T-head and the schoolmaster's house, right, the leg. The schoolhouse is of 2 storeys plus attic with 2 windows to lower storeys and one (in gable) to attic; the schoolmaster's house has projecting gabled porch with Jacobean doorway, a window to each side and 2 gabled half-dormers. Projecting sandstone plinths. Timber mullioned and transomed windows with leaded glazing in octagonal and diamond panes in iron casements (including hipped bay at side of schoolhouse). School closets and wash-house with hipped graded slate roof and shaped chimney, attached to schoolhouse by yard walls at rear. Interior. Bolection-moulded 4-panel doors; simple staircases; moulded plaster cornice to former schoolroom (with bay window).
Listing NGR: SJ6002985125
External Links (1)
- https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1329775 (National Heritage List for England)
Sources (2)
Location
| Grid reference | SJ 6002 8512 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SJ68NW |
| Civil Parish | WALTON, WARRINGTON |
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Record last edited
May 30 2022 11:36AM