The Padiham Heritage Appraisal - Burnley Borough Council

ninecharacter area 79.1 introduction9.1.1 Character Area 7 lies south west of the town centre and is bordered by Padiham GreenC E School and allotment gardens to the south, the disused railway line to the north, StationRoad to the east, and the River Calder to the west. There is no housing within this smallcharacter area, which is given over predominantly to light industrial and municipal uses.9.1.2 Municipal uses, including gas works and waste disposal facilities, were dominant in thearea until the latter part of the 20th century. Remaining buildings relating to these uses datefrom the late 19th and early 20th century and provide the area’s main interest.9.2 Movement and key routes9.2.1 Park Road runs straight and in a southerly direction through the character area in whichit is the only road. Private development adjoins both sides of the road until it terminates atthe southern boundary of the character area. Public footpaths continue south, west and eastthrough and around allotment gardens. Traffic movement within the area is limited largelyto daytime business access only. Through movement of pedestrians/cyclists accessing thefootpath network may be constrained by a negative perception of the Park Road corridorcreated by poor legibility/signposting and by poor lighting and lack of surveillance after close ofbusiness.9.3 Former municipal buildings9.3.1 The yard and buildings adjacent to the railway on the west side of Park Road are usedas a Burnley Borough Council depot. At the southern end of the yard at right angles to ParkRoad is an attractive two storey former stable block. Constructed of Yorkshire point masonryfeaturing ashlar dressed arched windows (blocked) and small central turret set in a cobbledcourtyard with ornate stone gateposts, this building is considered to be a feature of localheritage value (Plan F). A plain two storey stone built former Padiham UDC office buildingfronts onto Park Road. The offices and stable block were in place by 1910 (see Plan D). Afurther block in engineering brick on the opposite side of the courtyard is of later origin (before1930).Former stable block, Park RoadFormer Padiham UDC office block, Park Road96 heritage appraisal