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Margaret Clitherow House 390764

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1975-01-10
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Margaret Clitherow House
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Orphanage, later used as priory. 1865 to the designs of Joseph Hansom. Local grey rock-faced limestone, laid to course with ashlar quoins and freestone dressings; gabled slate roofs; stacks with ashlar stone shafts and brattished cornices. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and basement. Long 9-window entrance front with 6 coped gables; moulded string at first-floor level. Moulded arched doorway to left with hoodmould and recessed 2-leaf plank front door with elaborte strap hinges. Stone mullioned windows with chamfered mullions, transomed on the ground floor some with trefoil-headed or lancet lights above the transom. First-floor windows square-headed. Some second- floor windows with trefoil-headed lights. 6th bay from the left has a 2-storey canted bay with hipped stone roof. Square bay with stone roof across left-hand ground-floor corner, facing towards the church. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest. Listing NGR: SX9194665862
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390764
start-date
1975-01-10
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