The Padiham Heritage Appraisal - Burnley Borough Council

7.3.12 Thompson Street lies in the centre of Area 5 and connectsGreen Lane to Abingdon Road. During the late 19th and early 20thcenturies the street would have been busy with vehicles and peoplegoing to and from Levant, Holme and Jubilee Mills (see 7.5). Theblocks of terraces, which only line the eastern side of the street,appear to have been built in the 1880s, around the same timeas these mills. 11-25, constructed in 1883, were the first terracedhouses to have been built on Thompson Street. This block appearsto have been built on a split-level with two storeys facing ThompsonStreet and three storeys on Livesey Street.7.3.13 Wheat Street, Oat Street and Levant Street wereconstructed at a similar time to the properties on Thompson Street.Bright and Sagar built blocks on Wheat Street in 1886/7 whilstMessrs J and G Duxbury built Oat Street in 1888. Dickinson built anumber of properties on Levant Street during the 1880s and laterbuilt Barley Street in 1894 (BCRs 54875, 54876, 54731, 54732 &54186).7.3.14 These blocks of terraces all slope steeply downhill towardsThompson Street in the east, and this has created a number ofviews across the grey slate terraced roofs within Areas 4 and 5(Plan F). The design of the properties within these blocks is simplealthough Wheat Street has short front gardens and the propertieswithin 2-26 Oat Street have two windows on the first floor. BarleyStreet and Levant Street are more distinctive as they lie adjacent toan open green space, which sets them apart from the other terracedblocks in the area.7.3.15 The final blocks of terraced housing to be built within Area5 during the early 20th century are located in the south east of thearea at Beech Street and Burns Street. In 1911 Griffith and Co.built the 36 houses on Beech Street, which slopes downhill towardsGreen Brook. The houses have plain window and door surroundsand open directly onto the pavement. The blocks on Beech Streethave rear yards and are surrounded by open green space, whilst1-25 have additional allotment gardens. The terraced propertieson Burns Street built in 1913/14 are also of a simple design andthey too are front of pavement. 1-21 Burns Street back on to theembankment of the former rail line whilst a narrow piece of grasswith railings divides the rear of 2-20 from Green Brook (BCRs55477, 55534, 55535 & 55536).View over Green Brook taken from the footbridge atthe end of Palmerston Street.The front elevation of 1-29 Thompson StreetView from the top of Levant Street.The Padiham and Hapton Local Board approvedplans by Messrs Duxbury for 4 cottages and abakehouse at 22-30 Burns Street in 1914.heritage appraisal 73