HISTORY - WESTERN HOUSE

 

 

Building Name: WESTERN HOUSE

Parish: GREAT ECCLESTON

District: WYRE

County: LANCASHIRE

Postcode:

LBS Number: 185019

Grade: II

Date Listed: 03/10/84

Date of Last Amendment: 03/10/84

Listing Text:

SD 44 SW GREAT ECCLESTON THE SQUARE

5/7 Western house on southern side of The Square

GV II

 

House, possibly early C18th, altered. Rendered, with corrugated iron roof over thatch. Cross-wing plan. 2 storeys. Windows modern with plain reveals. Main front of 2 bays. On the ground floor the left-hand bay has a narrow window at the left of the door. Between bays on the ground floor is a 3rd window. The cross-wing, at the left, has a modern bay window on the ground floor and a window with segmental head above. A parallel wing further left is a later addition of no architectural interest. Chimneys on right-hand gable and on ridge of cross-wing at junction with main roof. Interior said to have exposed ceiling joists.