Back to ContentsBack to Introduction     Appendix 10 BUILDINGS OF LOCAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST     Introduction The list is not exhaustive but provides exemplars.  The list will be extended for each of the sub-areas of the Borough and any additions will be published as Supplementary Planning Guidance and incorporated into the Plan at Review. The Borough has a large collection of buildings which, although they do not merit Listed Building status on a national basis or are unsuitably located for inclusion in a Conservation Area, nonetheless are of local architectural or historic interest.  Such buildings contribute significantly to the familiar and cherished scene for the Borough’s residents and visitors. Recent Mori polls undertaken on behalf of English Heritage indicated that people care about the historic environment.  For example 98% of the population think that all schoolchildren should be given the opportunity to find out about the historic environment.  Respondents to a poll in Liverpool also thought that heritage education in schools was, alongside physical regeneration, the top priority for funding.  95% of people think that the historic environment is important because it gives them places to visit and things to do.  (From State of the Historic Environment Report 2002. Pub. English Heritage Nov 2002).   Importance Buildings of local interest provide:- i. physical evidence and positive reminders of the Borough’s rich social and economic history and physical development; ii. significant stimulants for individual, family and communal memory and community history; iii. a rich and diverse resource for educational interpretation for children and adults; iv. valuable evidence and markers of the Boroughs material culture at various periods in relation to design, materials, technology and craftsmanship; v. a major contribution to the interest and quality of landscapes and townscapes; vi. a major contribution to local identity and distinctiveness; vii. stability in the environment of daily life and occasional events; viii. a useful stock of occupied buildings for the long term; ix. a significant input to local property markets and national, regional and local sustainability objectives when the buildings are re-used and conserved.   Selection Criteria Criteria for the selection of the buildings are similar to those used for Listed Buildings but the buildings are assessed on their local significance rather than on a national basis.  The criteria used include age, rarity, and architectural quality, including group value and townscape contribution and historic interest.  For these criteria the degree of local interest will increase directly in relation to the buildings value in respect of each criterion.  In contrast interest may be diminished by extensive or particularly damaging alterations. i. Age   up to 1870 most buildings which are recognisable as belonging to historic periods will qualify; from 1870 to 1918 more selection is required because of greater numbers surviving; from 1918 to 1945 greater selectivity is required; after 1945 only particularly good examples are included. ii. Rarity   some types of buildings or building materials are extremely rare in the Borough.  For instance despite the widespread occurrence of coal mining in the Borough only a few mining buildings remain, similarly buildings associated with the metal trades of Tyldesley, Atherton, Ashton and Orrell are now rare as are those of the engineering industries of Leigh and Wigan.  Buildings using header bond brickwork and, between 1910 and 1945, faience are extremely rare. iii. Architectural Quality   derives from many sources including:- builders and architects using either characteristic or unusual architectural styles or materials or details for particular periods in the Borough; the use of essentially local or vernacular materials and details; how the form of buildings relate to specific functions; buildings illustrating the work of local or other architects; buildings whether detached, semi-detached or in terraces may have group value based on uniformity or with formal variations (such as introducing gables at regular intervals) or the use of architectural features or details or materials to promote variations on a theme or diversity; buildings may contribute to townscape for instance by containing or enclosing attractive spaces or by responding to a particular location such as a main corner with a corner feature. iv. Historical Interest includes:   rural settlement patterns including farms, hamlets and villages and the evolving pattern relating to agricultural  improvement and the transformation of villages to suburbs or commuter settlements; the buildings may define and illustrate periods of growth in the Borough’s towns; and the associated form and layout of town development; other buildings show the rise and evolving needs of various industries and other businesses sometimes on a widespread scale; such building may be associated with the reason for the settlements origin and subsequent growth. buildings and structures representing the industrial archaeology of the Borough. the buildings also illustrate the evolving forms of housing for different social groups especially in relation to size, layout, external spaces and decoration; various buildings are associated with the evolving patterns of local administration and services and entertainment; the form, layout and details of farm buildings also evolved in relation to farming practices and estate policies; some buildings are associated with particular local people of note or historic events. v. Degree of Alteration   the significance of alterations for interest will vary between building types and locations.  Often the form and fundamental character of buildings remains recognisable despite considerable changes.  Other buildings may be far more sensitive to change.       Building Types   typical building types can be recognised for a range of uses. i. Houses   types include rural and urban vernacular houses, architect designed detached, semi-detached and terrace houses aimed at the middle classes and workers with a range of three dimensional forms and levels of architectural quality and group character; of particular note are domestic handloom weavers’ cottages found mainly around Leigh which incorporated loom shops associated initially with muslin weaving and subsequently silk weaving. early and some later local authority housing estates are notable. ii. Industrial   the Borough’s historic industries have produced an evolving range of characteristic buildings typified by the contrast between multi-storey spinning mills and single storey weaving sheds; a number of rural smithies can still be identified and a small range of Atherton bolt works survive as do engineering workshops at Wigan, Leigh and Tyldesley. iii. Farm Buildings   a range of characteristic forms of threshing barns, hay barns, stables, cow shippons and cart and shelter sheds and granaries occur in the Borough.  A small number of “model” farmsteads are also present. iv. Shops   types include corner shops, shops formed in residential properties, purpose built parades of shops, local branches of regional or national retail businesses and cooperative central and branch premises. historic shop fronts are of special interest. v. Community Buildings include:   churches, chapels and schools; own halls and civic buildings. park and cemetery buildings; cinemas, theatres, halls and swimming pools; public houses and hotels; such buildings have particular forms and features and have strong communal memory and community history associations. vi. Transport Buildings   the Borough has a number of buildings and structures associated with canal, tram and railway transport. vii. Other Structures   include bridges, war memorials, electricity sub-stations, industrial remains, walls and water structures.     Planning Powers and Buildings of Local Interest Whilst the presence of a building on the local interest list does not currently provide any special powers to control demolition, Policy EV4C is a material consideration in determining planning applications affecting the premises.  The reasoned justification to Policy GB1C makes it clear that replacement dwellings will not be permitted in the Green Belt where houses of local interest are demolished.  Additionally, Regional Planning Guidance for the North West has introduced a sequential test requiring justification for not re-using existing buildings and Policies R1B, R1G and EHIC in the UDP reflect this.  Other policies of the UDP refer to buildings of local interest and as far as windows are concerned such buildings are exempt from Part L of the Building Regulations, so enabling the continued use of historic window frame materials, design and details.  The Council has already had a number of decisions using the previous policy upheld at appeal.   Code Name No Road etc Area ABRAM Blint AB 1 Naylor's Farm   Bickershaw Lane Abram Blint AB 2 Naylor's Farm Barn   Bickershaw Lane Abram Blint AB 3 Queen's Hotel 323 Bickershaw Lane Abram Blint AB 4 Bickershaw Hall, Farm Barn, (J Winstanley Paper Recycling)   Bickershaw Lane Abram Blint AB 5 Bucks Head Hotel 256 Warrington Road Abram Blint AB 6 St John's Evangelist Church   Warrington Road Abram Blint AB 7 Maypole Colliery Disaster Monument   Warrington Road Abram Blint AB 8 Former Town Hall 313-315 Warrington Road Abram BILLINGE WITH WINSTANLEY Blint BW1 Entrance Lodge to Bispham Hall Brick and Terracotta Works (North side)   Smethurst Road Billinge and Winstanley Blint BW2 Brickworks Building   North of and parallel to Smethurst Road Billinge Blint BW3 Brick Kiln   off Smethurst Road (National Grid Ref. 3522/402909) Billinge Blint BW4 Brick Kiln   off Smethurst Road (National Grid Ref. 3521/402855) Billinge Blint BW5 Former winding and engine house   off Smethurst Road (National Grid Ref. 3522/402830) Billinge Blint BW6 Colliery Building   adjoining Smethurst Road Billinge Blint BW7 Fixed crushing machine   located to South West of Blint BW6 off Smethurst Road Billinge GOLBORNE Blint GL1 Locking Stoop Farmhouse   Winwick Lane Lowton/Golborne Blint GL2 Locking Stoop Farm Threshing Barn   off Winwick Lane Lowton/Golborne Blint GL3 Locking Stoop Farm Cart Shed and Granary   off Winwick Lane Lowton/Golborne STANDISH WITH LANGTREE Blint St.1 Ashfield House   off Ashfield Park Drive Standish Blint St.2 Barkers Farm 24 Chorley Road Standish Blint St.3   12 Chorley Road Standish Blint St.4 Water Tower   Green Lane Standish Blint St.5 St Marie's RC Church   Almond Brook Rd Standish Blint St.6 St Marie's RC Presbytery   Almond Brook Rd Standish Blint St.7 St Marie's Church School   Almond Brook Rd Standish Blint St.8 Garage Premises 50 Wigan Lower Rd Standish TYLDESLEY Blint TY1 Head-stock structure to Gin Pit Shaft   Ley Road Tyldesley Blint TY2 Colliery "Workshop" adjoining North side of Ley Road   Ley Road Tyldesley Blint TY3 Workshop Complex   off Ley Road Tyldesley Blint TY4 Business Premises   North Lane (to North) Tyldesley Blint TY5 Prosperity 105 off Hen Fold Road Tyldesley TY6 Prosperity 106 off Hen Fold Road Tyldesley TY7 Prosperity 107 off Hen Fold Road Tyldesley TY8 Prosperity 108 off Hen Fold Road Tyldesley TY9 Prosperity 109 off Hen Fold Road Tyldesley TY10 Prosperity 110 off Hen Fold Road Tyldesley Blint TY11   120 Hen Fold Road Tyldesley Blint TY12   102 Sale Lane Tyldesley Blint TY 13 Scout HQ (former chapel)   Shuttle Street adjoining Police Station Tyldesley Blint TY14   87 Manchester Road Tyldesley TY15   89 Manchester Road Tyldesley TY16   91 Manchester Road Tyldesley TY17   93 Manchester Road Tyldesley TY18   95 Manchester Road Tyldesley TY19   97 Manchester Road Tyldesley TY20   99 Manchester Road Tyldesley TY21   101 Manchester Road Tyldesley TY22   103 Manchester Road Tyldesley TY23   105 Manchester Road Tyldesley TY24   107 Manchester Road Tyldesley TY25   109 Manchester Road Tyldesley TY26   111 Manchester Road Tyldesley TY27   113 Manchester Road Tyldesley Blint TY28 Hillcrest Residential Home   Elliott Street Tyldesley     top