The Receptacle is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. A C18 Almshouses.

The Receptacle

WRENN ID: fallow-chimney-vermeil
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Wigan
Country: England
Date first listed: 22 February 1967
Type: Almshouses
Source: Historic England listing

Description

HAIGH HALL LANE SD 50 NE (south side) 5/56 The Receptacle 22.2.67 - II Almshouses, now 3 houses. Dated 1772. Dressed stone with ashlar dressings and hipped stone slate roof. 2 storeys, 5 bays. Rusticated quoins. Windows of paired pointed lights with small-paned glazing, those to 2nd and 3rd bays of ground floor are paired. Entrances have pointed tympana, the 2nd and 4th are now windows, the others with C20 doors. 3 cross-axial stacks. Left return has external stair to 1st floor entrance, now window. Rear similar.

Listing NGR: SD5884707559

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