12, Church Street

SD4108SW 663-1/7/142 11/08/72

ORMSKIRK CHURCH STREET (East side) No.12

GV II

Shop with dwelling over, now shop with storage. Late C18 or early C19; altered. Red brick in Flemish bond with sandstone dressings, and slate roof with red ridge tiles. Double-depth plan with courtyard entry to left. Three storeys and 3 windows; a pilastered C19 shop front at ground floor, altered and the fascia now covered by a C20 sign board except for a lead-clad cornice; to the left of this, a semi-elliptical arched wagon entry with stone jambs, gauged brick head, wooden double doors opening back into recesses, and cobbled pathway with stone-flagged wagon tracks; 16-pane sashed windows at 1st floor, with wedge lintels, and square 12-pane sashes at 2nd floor (8+4 panes), their heads under a moulded gutter cornice. Rear: short back extension to the main range, with loading doors at 1st and 2nd floor of the side next to the entry, and two 12-pane sashes at 2nd floor (like those at the front), but otherwise covered by C20 extensions.

Listing NGR: SD4139008279