16, St James Street

BURNLEY

SD8432NW ST JAMES STREET 906-1/16/130 (South East side) 18/02/92 No.16 (Formerly Listed as: ST JAMES STREET (South East side) No.16 Fit Rite Shoes)

GV II

Shop. 1911. By H Thompson of Blackpool; altered. Sandstone ashlar, slate mansard roof. Edwardian Baroque style. Structurally continuous with No.18 (Yates Wine Lodge) to the right (qv), constituting one rectangular bay at right-angles to the street. 2 storeys plus attic, one bay; the ground floor altered and the upper floor, treated as a semicircular open pediment with ball-finial terminals, containing a large Venetian window which has an architrave with a crested cornice on consoles. The roof has a flat-topped 3-light dormer, and a coped gable to the right with a tall corniced chimney. INTERIOR not inspected. HISTORY: with No.18 (formerly known as the Boot Inn), part of this architect's scheme for replacing former farm buildings on this site. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SD8424132538