The Padiham Heritage Appraisal - Burnley Borough Council

This photograph shows John Paul Webster’s butcher’sshop in Burnley Road c.1880 (Lancashire Libraryphotograph).1-13 Burnley Road 20063.4.7 Messrs J. and P. Webster also constructed 2-8 GuyStreet and 6-12 Moor Lane in 1885 as a corner block of 8 housesand shops. The block was built on land at the rear of Webster’sBuildings, which for a few years had been used as a site for themarket before it moved to a new site at the back of the Liberal Club(Haines & Jones, 2006, pers. comm). A datestone on 12 Moor Lanereads ‘J.W. Market Square AD 1885’ (J.W. being John Webster).Although only three of the properties remain in commercial usetoday evidence of the original shop frontages still remains. Theretention of such features adds to the special character of the areaand suggests the types of activity that would have once taken placeat this junction (Plan A). The properties at 2-8 Guy Street havebeen sensitively converted to residential use and original shop frontfeatures including pilasters and decorative corbels have beenretained.3.4.8 A number of properties on the island block between MillStreet and Burnley Road pre-date the OS 1844 plan and todayillustrate the vernacular style of buildings prior to the industrialrevolution. A number have retained their original features includingstone flag roofs (Plan B).3.4.9 In 1868 there were two banks in Padiham, the CravenBank on Burnley Road and the Post Office Savings Bank onChurch Street (Mannex, 1868, pp.820 & 821). The Craven Bankappears to have been rebuilt in 1893, having been formerly locatedwithin 4-8 Burnley Road (Hanson Buildings BCR 54230). The newCraven Bank of 1893 was designed by William Dent of Nelson andconstructed from sandstone ashlar and polished pink granite with agreen slate roof. Later the Mercantile Bank of Lancashire occupiedthe building before it became Barclays Bank.3.4.10 In 1901 Manchester architects Mills and Murgatroyddesigned a branch bank with chambers above for ManchesterCounty Bank. A branch of the same bank had been formerly locatedat 69 Burnley Road in 1879 and then at 45 Burnley Road in 1887(Barrett, 1879, p.183 & Barrett, 1887, p.239). The new building wasboldly designed on a sloping corner site in the Free Jacobean style.It was constructed from sandstone ashlar with a slate roof andbears a datestone and shields of Manchester and Lancashire. TheNational Westminster Bank now occupies this building.2-8 Guy Street and 6-12 Moor LaneBuilding Control Record 54196 details the block of8 houses and shops built c. 1885 on the junctionof Guy St and Moor Lane. It is easy to see fromthis elevation that alterations to the exterior of thebuildings have been carried out sympathetically.3.4.11 Today, both these banks are statutorily listed Grade II andare prominent buildings on the hill with a row of locally listed two/three storey shops in between. This row and the adjacent block ofcommercial premises twists and turns up the hill providing a senseof enclosure and an essential element in the townscape character ofArea 1 (Plan A).18 heritage appraisal