The Elms is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1951. Villa, health authority offices, nursing school. 3 related planning applications.

The Elms

WRENN ID
white-moat-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wigan
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1951
Type
Villa, health authority offices, nursing school
Source
Historic England listing

Description

WIGAN

SD50NE WIGAN LANE 24-1/2/123 (West side) 24/10/51 The Elms

II

Villa, now Health Authority offices and nursing school. c1820-40, altered. Red brick in English garden wall bond, with sandstone plinth and dressings, hipped slate roof. Double-depth double-fronted main range with large service wing to rear. Late Georgian style. 2 storeys and cellars, 2:1:2 windows, symmetrical, the centre breaking forwards slightly; with a plinth, 1st-floor sillband, plain frieze, moulded cornice, and blocking course stepped up in the centre. Square porch with Tuscan columns and pilasters, plain frieze, moulded cornice and lead-clad blocking course; square-headed doorway with C20 double doors and deep 4-pane overlight. Unhorned 12-pane sashed windows on both floors, with wedge lintels. Pair of ridge chimneys flanking the centre. Generally similar fenestration in return sides. (C20 garage now attached to right-hand corner.) Rear service wing of 3 storeys to the same height. INTERIOR: doglegged staircase with 2 elaborate cast-iron balusters per tread; in front left room, a good moulded plaster cornice with bead-and-reel, stiff-leaf and scrolled foliated enrichment; otherwise, altered.

Listing NGR: SD5835907182

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