Unicorn Inn is a Grade II listed building in the South Ribble local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1978. Inn. 6 related planning applications.

Unicorn Inn

WRENN ID
errant-cobalt-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Ribble
Country
England
Date first listed
4 August 1978
Type
Inn
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SD 52NE WALTON LE DALE CHORLEY ROAD

5/112 No. 34 (Unicorn Inn) 4.8.1978 - II

Inn, C17, C18 and C19, now restaurant. Pebble-dashed walls, probably brick, roof of concrete slates and corrugated sheet covering, stone slates and possibly thatch; chimney to near gable. Various builds, now making T-shaped plan, the earliest, forming the leg, now much altered, of one storey, the rest of 2 and 1½ storeys. Entrance at the back, on north side of wing, a mounting block built into the end of the wall to the right of it. Some C19 sashed windows and later casements. Gable to road is now oblique. Rear has part of large vaulted brick arch attached at ground level, purpose unknown. Interior said to have exposed timber- framed partitions. History: part said to have been used by Cromwell's forces as headquarters during Battle of Preston 1648; subsequently a Jacobite "Mock Corporation" used it as a meeting place.

Listing NGR: SD5568928006

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