Tarleton House

Tarleton House, now a Burnley Borough Council hostel, was built in the mid-19th century, likely in two or three phases. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar, with the rear and sides using coursed squared stone, and has a hipped slate roof. The building is arranged in an elongated plan perpendicular to the road, comprising three distinct sections: a double-depth, double-fronted main block facing the road, a crosswing added to the left, and a set-back service wing attached to the left of the crosswing.

The principal section, including the crosswing, features a symmetrical 1:3 window arrangement. It has rusticated quoins, a first-floor sillband, and a moulded gutter cornice with acroteria on the wing. A prominent Ionic porch protects a doorway with round-headed panels and a plain overlight; the porch's capitals are enriched with lion masks between the volutes, and it has an entablature with a moulded cornice and blocking course. The ground-floor windows have altered glazing, while the first-floor windows are unhorned sashes without glazing bars. The right-hand return wall includes a corniced doorway to the rear and an iron fire escape positioned where a window once stood; it also has two unhorned sashed windows with vertical glazing bars at ground floor and two unhorned sashes without glazing bars at first floor. The projecting crosswing has steps leading to a Venetian-style French window at ground floor, framed by a pilastered architrave including a cornice with urns and a radiant tympanum with a keystone. Above this is a tripartite sash window with a shouldered architrave. A side-wall chimney is located to the right of this wing, with another chimney at the junction with the service wing. The four-window service wing has raised quoins and openings with plain surrounds. The rear wall of the main range abuts the gable end of the adjacent property, No. 87, and displays a three-light stair window above the shared gable.

Inside, a fine open-well staircase features elaborate cast-iron balusters and a coved plastered ceiling. Tarleton House forms a group with No. 75.