Building record 2520/1/4 - The Three Pigeons Inn

<1> Ashmore, O, 1982, The Industrial Archaeology of North West England, p.66 (Book). SCH3181.

Dallam Lane Station was the original terminus of the Warrington and Newton Railway which opened 1831. Little remains, but the Three Pigeons Inn is said to have been the booking office.

<2> Norton P A, 1984, Railways and Waterways to Warrington, p.15 (Book). SCH2793.

<3> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 58792 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Corner of Tanners Lane. Built 1831 as the original booking office of the Warrington and Newton Railway, the route of the lines being still visible. Later nineteenth century public house frontage added to ground floor. Brick, with boxed eaves, two storeys. Ground floor stuccoed with segmental arched windows and round-arched doors, pilasters and cornice. Upper floor has three sixteen-paned sash windows to Tanners Lane and one twelve-paned sash to Dallam Lane. Rear portion to right along Dallam Lane is three storeys but same eaves line and same roof.

<4> Grealey S, 1976, The Archaeology of Warrington's Past, p.68 (Book). SCH3046.

The first railway station to be built in Warrington was the Dallam terminus. The Three Pidgeons Inn is thought to have been the booking office and waiting room.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1850-1, Five-feet to the Mile Scale Town Plan of Warrington (Maps and Plans). SCH4485.

This map depicts the Three Pidgeons P.H. as occuping the western half of the present building. The railway line running down Dallam Lane to a coal yard is immediately adjacent.

<6> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps, 31/01/2019 (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.