Description

BOLTON

SD70NW RADCLIFFE ROAD
797-1/4/188 (East side)
26/04/74 No.121

II

Park keeper's lodge, now house. Dated 1854. Render over stone
with banded scalloped roof.
EXTERIOR: Single storey, comprising a symmetrical block of
paired gables with central entrance, and a gabled wing set
back to the left. Doorway in gabled porch with double
chamfered 4-centred archway, diagonal boarding and ornamental
strap hinges to door. 2-light mullioned windows each side of
doorway, with ogee arched trefoiled lights with leaded
glazing. Painted coat of arms of Bradford family in high
relief beneath apex of right-hand gable, and a trefoiled panel
carrying the date balancing it in the left.
A further 2-light window with foiled lights in wing recessed
to left. Ornamental stone stack to wing, and heavy diagonal
stack rising between the paired gables of the main block.
Gables are coped with finials, and there is ridge cresting to
left hand gable and to wing.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORY: the lodge was built to serve Bolton's first public
park, established by the Earl of Bradford on his estate, but
later closed by him.
(Bolton and District Civic Trust: Buildings of Bolton: Bolton:
1983-).

Listing NGR: SD7272508960

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667805

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  For the Record
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock