Listed buildings in Westhoughton

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Westhoughton is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It includes the town of Westhoughton and the settlements of Wingates, White Horse, Four Gates, Chequerbent, Hunger Hill, Snydale, Hart Common, Marsh Brook, Daisy Hill and Dobb Brow. The area contains ten listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The listed buildings include churches and items in churchyards, memorials, a dovecote, a public house, a school, and houses later used as offices.

Westhoughton town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England

Westhoughton is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It is 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Bolton, 5 miles (8 km) east of Wigan and 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Manchester.

Civil parish Territorial designation and lowest tier of local government in England

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government, they are a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of ecclesiastical parishes which historically played a role in both civil and ecclesiastical administration; civil and religious parishes were formally split into two types in the 19th century and are now entirely separate. The unit was devised and rolled out across England in the 1860s.

Metropolitan Borough of Bolton Metropolitan borough in England

The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, named after its largest town, Bolton, but covering a far larger area which includes Blackrod, Farnworth, Horwich, Kearsley, Westhoughton, and part of the West Pennine Moors. It has a population of 276,800.

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II*Particularly important buildings of more than special interest
IIBuildings of national importance and special interest

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Name and locationPhotographDateNotesGrade
Sundial
53°32′57″N2°31′35″W / 53.54910°N 2.52632°W / 53.54910; -2.52632 (Sundial)
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1735The sundial was in the churchyard of St Bartholomew's Church. It is in stone and consists of three square steps, a baluster and a square cap. On the top was a brass plate and gnomon. [2] It was stolen in 1992. [3] II
Dovecote, Hulton Hall
53°32′36″N2°29′08″W / 53.54340°N 2.48561°W / 53.54340; -2.48561 (Dovecote, Hulton Hall)
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Early 19th centuryThe dovecote of the demolished hall is in red brick with a hipped grey slate roof. It has an octagonal plan, and on the roof is a lantern with a conical slate roof. The dovecote has a plain entrance and two circular openings on the sides, and inside are nesting boxes. [4] II
White Lion public house
53°32′55″N2°31′12″W / 53.54859°N 2.51992°W / 53.54859; -2.51992 (White Lion public house)
The White Lion, Market Street, Westhoughton - geograph.org.uk - 533787.jpg
Early 19th centuryThe public house, which was altered in the 1920s, is in brick, mainly rendered, with a grey slate roof. There are two storeys, four bays, and rear single-storey outshuts. The windows in the upper floor are casements, and in the ground floor they are fixed. Many of the internal features have been retained. [5] II
Church of St John the Evangelist
53°33′42″N2°31′37″W / 53.56169°N 2.52694°W / 53.56169; -2.52694 (Church of St John the Evangelist)
St.John the Evangelist - geograph.org.uk - 96516.jpg
1858–59The church is in stone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave, a north porch, a chancel, and a north vestry. On the west gable is a bellcote. [6] [7] II
110 and 112 Market Street
53°32′56″N2°31′32″W / 53.54902°N 2.52548°W / 53.54902; -2.52548 (110 and 112 Market Street) 		110-112, Market Street, Westhoughton.jpg c. 1860A pair of houses, later offices, in brick on a stone plinth, with stucco dressings, a top cornice, and a hipped slate roof. There are two storeys, and each house has three bays. In each central bay is a doorway with a segmental head, an inset Doric doorcase, and a fanlight. The windows are sashes with wedge lintels, and on the left side is a two-storey canted bay window. [8] II
Westhoughton Church of England Primary School
53°32′56″N2°31′36″W / 53.54893°N 2.52669°W / 53.54893; -2.52669 (Westhoughton Church of England Primary School) 		Westhoughton C of E Primary School.jpg 1861The school, which is in Gothic style, is in brick with stone dressings and a slate roof with coped gables. There is one storey, eight bays, and lean-to extensions on the sides. The fifth bay is larger and gabled, and contains a five-light window with a hood mould, the other windows having three lights. In the fourth bay is a plain entrance, and there are more entrances in the extensions with segmental heads and hood moulds. [6] [9] II
Tower of St Bartholomew's Church
53°32′57″N2°31′34″W / 53.54922°N 2.52615°W / 53.54922; -2.52615 (Tower, St Bartholomew's Church)
Tower, St Bartholomew Parish Church of Westhoughton - geograph.org.uk - 533768.jpg
1869–70The rest of the church was destroyed by fire in 1990, and the tower stands detached from the new church. It is in stone, with four stages, and is in Gothic style. The tower has buttresses rising to gabled niches in the second stage, a stair turret at the southeast corner ending in a pinnacle above the rest of the tower, and clock faces. At the top is a corbel table, a cornice, and an embattled parapet. [10] [11] II
St James' Church, Daisy Hill
53°32′05″N2°31′04″W / 53.53466°N 2.51788°W / 53.53466; -2.51788 (St James' Church)
St James' Church, Daisy Hill.jpeg
1879–81The church, by Austin and Paley, is in brick and terracotta with some stone dressings and a slate roof. It consists of a nave, a north porch, a chancel, a north transept, organ chamber and vestry, and a south bell turret. The nave has a sill course, a top cornice and a parapet, and the windows contain Perpendicular tracery. The large bell turret has three stages, a gabled roof, and a weathercock. [12] [13] II*
Pretoria Mine Monument
53°33′00″N2°31′38″W / 53.54998°N 2.52730°W / 53.54998; -2.52730 (Pretoria Mine Monument)
Pretoria Pit Memorial.jpg
1911The monument commemorates the Pretoria Pit disaster when 344 coal miners were lost. It has a square granite base, a marble plinth, and an inscribed pedestal. On the cap is a small cupola and a large urn decorated with flowers. [6] [14] II
War memorial
53°32′56″N2°31′33″W / 53.54898°N 2.52575°W / 53.54898; -2.52575 (War memorial)
War Memorial, Westhoughton - geograph.org.uk - 106119.jpg
1923The war memorial stands at a road junction in an enclosure approached by steps, and with a rear wall. It is in stone, and consists of a cross fleury with a moulded foot on a tapering octagonal shaft. This is on an octagonal plinth on a three-stepped base. There are inscriptions of the front of the shaft, and on the front face of the plinth, with the names of those lost in the First World War on the other faces. In the central block of the rear wall is an inscription and the names of those lost in the Second World War and since. [15] II

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  1. ↑ Historic England
  2. ↑ Historic England & 1067274
  3. ↑ "From the Evening News, August 6, 1992". Bolton Evening News. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Historic England & 1391407
  5. ↑ Historic England & 1429216
  6. 1 2 3 Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner (2004), p. 676
  7. ↑ Historic England & 1067314
  8. ↑ Historic England & 1162880
  9. ↑ Historic England & 1162908
  10. ↑ Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner (2004), p. 675
  11. ↑ Historic England & 1356786
  12. ↑ Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner (2004), pp. 676–677
  13. ↑ Historic England & 1067273
  14. ↑ Historic England & 1162905
  15. ↑ Historic England & 1432800

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Historic England Executive non-departmental public body of the British Government, tasked with protecting the historical environment of England

Historic England is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). It is tasked with protecting the historical environment of England by preserving and listing historic buildings and ancient monuments and by advising central and local government.

The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England’s official list of buildings, monuments, parks and gardens, wrecks, battlefields and World Heritage Sites. It is maintained by Historic England and brings together these different designations as a single resource even though they vary in the type of legal protection afforded to each. Conservation areas do not appear on the NHLE since they are designated by the relevant local planning authority.

Nikolaus Pevsner German-born British scholar

Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, The Buildings of England (1951–74).

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