St Catherines Vicarage

WIGAN

SD50NE LORNE STREET 24-1/2/33 (East side) 30/01/89 St Catherine's Vicarage (Formerly Listed as: CATHERINE TERRACE St Catherine's Vicarage)

GV II

Vicarage. Probably c1840-50; altered. Red brick in Flemish bond, with painted sandstone dressings, hipped slate roof. Double-depth double-fronted plan, plus small wing to right (C20 garage attached to rear left corner). 2 storey 3-window symmetrical main range, the centre breaking forwards and raised to a very shallow gable (apparently remodelled), containing a square-headed doorway with stone architrave including cornice on consoles and shallow triangular blocking course, and at 1st floor a round-headed window with radiating glazing bars; other windows with raised sills and wedge lintels, formerly sashed but now 9-pane top-hung casements. Moulded gutter cornice (except to centre); 2 side-wall chimneys to left (one cut down). Single-storey wing to right with similar window and gable chimney. INTERIOR (inspected 1989): several original features including a good open-well stair with stick balusters and moulded tread-ends; panelled partitioning below stairs, dividing hall from internal porch, the double doors half-glazed with margin panes; 4 panelled doors and door surrounds. Forms group with Church of St Catherine (qv) and associated boundary wall (qv).

Listing NGR: SD5925305667