Moorcroft House is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1953. House. 1 related planning application.
Moorcroft House
- WRENN ID
- swift-remnant-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1953
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moorcroft House is a house that has been converted into flats, dated 1741 as indicated on the rainwater head. It has been altered and internally remodelled. The building is constructed of handmade red brick in Flemish bond, with some sandstone dressings and a slate roof. It is two storeys high with attics and features three symmetrical windows. The house has a low plinth made of sandstone rubble and a large moulded gutter cornice.
The entrance is accessed by one semicircular step and features a doorway with a moulded architrave. The door consists of eight fielded panels and has an overlight with four shouldered panes, topped by a large semicircular canopy supported by elaborate carved console brackets. The two ground floor windows and the three above are all unhorned 12-pane sashes with exposed boxes, featuring flat-arched heads made of gauged brick with keystones. The windows to the left of the doorway each have one opening pane as a casement.
To the right of the doorway, there is a downspout with a large rainwater head that has raised lettering: O R C 1741. The house has gable chimneys that are corbelled out, and attic windows are present in the gable walls. The right-hand gable wall is mostly covered by an attached former barn. At the rear, there are segmental-headed openings, most of which have been altered. Moorcroft House forms a group with Nos 1 and 3 to the left.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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