The Padiham Heritage Appraisal - Burnley Borough Council

Pendle Street party c1919 (Lancashire LibraryCollection donated by Mr Taylor)6.3.14 Within a planned estate framework, development occurredin a piecemeal fashion, usually in small groups of houses oftenincluding a residence for the builder himself. One such builder wasJames Simpson, listed in the directory of 1879 as a stonemason,builder and quarrymaster of 12 Hapton Street. In the same year hisplans for six cottages on Peel Street were approved (BCR 54436).A year later he submitted plans for six higher quality houses, thefirst on Victoria Road (12-22) and he was listed as living at No 12in 1887 (BCR 54978). Many of the houses on Cardwell Street werethe work of J & G Duxbury, one of Padiham’s leading family buildingfirms who were based outside the character area (see Areas 1and 6). Built between 1888 and 1890, the superior quality of thesehouses, fronting proudly onto the railway, with their bay windows,gardens and, on some, dormers, is very evident in relation to thesimpler adjacent streets (BCRs 54321, 54322).This row of shops on Burnley Road were originallyin residential use and known as Victoria Terrace.6.3.15 Little or no architectural detailing is evident in the plainearly houses on Graham Street, Bright Street, Pitt Street, HaptonStreet and Wesley Street while some minimal detailing is evident ondoors and windows (sometimes only ground floor ones) on PendleStreet and Hambledon Street.155-159 Burnley Road, once known as part of‘Veevers Houses’.2-10 Veevers Street 23-35 Cardwell StreetView down Peel Streetheritage appraisal 59