Mercer House is a Grade II listed building in the Hyndburn local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1984. House. 3 related planning applications.
Mercer House
- WRENN ID
- twisted-stronghold-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hyndburn
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1984
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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SD 73 SW 2/65
CLAYTON-LE-MOORS MERCER PARK Mercer House
(Formerly listed as Oakenshaw Cottage)
II
House, 1802; now unoccupied. Coursed dressed stone, slate roof with gable chimneys. Double-pile three-bay plan with attached service wing at rear. Two storeys, with quoins, moulded cornice, parapet; almost symmetrical: offset slightly left is panelled door with semi-circular fanlight and open-pedimented architrave, with a tall window above; otherwise, two coupled tall windows on each floor, all with plain one surrounds and all now boarded. Rear has in centre a continuous three-tiered opening with panelled door at ground floor and stairlight with glazing bars above; left of this a triple window on each floor, right of it coupled windows, all sashed with glazing bars.
History: built by Thomas Hargreaves (partner in Oakenshaw Printworks), later occupied by John Mercer (inventor of Mercerisation).
Listing NGR: SD7435431089
Detailed Attributes
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