487, Padiham Road

BURNLEY

SD8033 PADIHAM ROAD 906-1/6/110 (North side) 22/05/74 No.487

GV II

Formerly known as: No.487 and Habergham Nursery School PADIHAM ROAD. Master's house to former school (demolished), now private dwelling house. Dated 1840 over doorway; altered, recently renovated, and the school buildings formerly attached at both ends and the rear demolished and partly rebuilt. Coursed squared sandstone (rear of random rubble), stone slate roof. Jacobean style. Double-depth double fronted plan. 2 storeys and 3 windows, almost symmetrical, with a coved gutter cornice; a Tudor-arched doorway in the centre with a square-headed reveal, a restored Tudor-panelled door and an overlight with 3 arched panes; a small datestone above the doorway with raised lettering "JS / 1840" (=Janet Shuttleworth); and 2 restored 2-light mullioned windows on each floor, all with restored sashed glazing and hood-moulds. Cut-down gable chimneys. (C20 single-storey wing to left replacing former school range, and rebuilt single-storey wing to right. INTERIOR not inspected. HISTORY: school established by Janet Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe Hall, in association with the Dugdale family of Lowerhouse, calico printers and cotton spinners and manufacturers.

Listing NGR: SD8081633440