Gatehouse to Church of St Wilfrid
GATEHOUSE TO CHURCH OF ST WILFRID, MARKET PLACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1228470
- Date first listed:
- 10-May-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Gatehouse to Church of St Wilfrid
- Statutory Address:
- GATEHOUSE TO CHURCH OF ST WILFRID, MARKET PLACE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1228470
- Date first listed:
- 10-May-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Gatehouse to Church of St Wilfrid
- Statutory Address 1:
- GATEHOUSE TO CHURCH OF ST WILFRID, MARKET PLACE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- GATEHOUSE TO CHURCH OF ST WILFRID, MARKET PLACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wigan (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 56306 10229
Details
SD 51 SE
2/120
STANDISH-WITH-LANGTREE
MARKET PLACE
(north side)
Gatehouse to Church of St. Wilfrid
G.V.
II
Gate house. 1927. By Austin and Paley. Stone. 2 storeys with
small lean-to bay to left return and octagonal turret to
right. Cornice with bosses carved with cardinal virtues and
embattled parapet; 3 angles have projecting angels with
symbols of biblical virtues. Weathered buttress to left.
Tudor-arched entrance has continuous moulding and enriched
spandrels, with rose and pomegranate. 1:2:1-light canted
oriel has cusped lights and frieze with carved harp,fleur-
de-lys and trinity fishes; hipped roof. Small light with
label to lean-to bay. Turret has inset war memorial plaque
and Standish arms. Cornice and top panelled sides with
mullion and transom, and cusped panels; leaded lights;
cornice and embattled parapet. Rear similar; statue in
niche with nodding ogee over arch; flanking buttresses and
2 mullioned windows of 2 lights to left. Lean-to bay has
elliptical-headed entrance. Entrance passage has inscribed
frieze and memorial tablets.
Listing NGR: SD5630610229
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 29 August 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 403068
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 29 August 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/27144
War Memorials Online, accessed 29 August 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/169694
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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