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Lancashire Historic Town SurveyHornbyMany buildings have mullioned or sash windows, and nos. 41-43 feature an embattledparapet. The majority of the buildings are of two storeys, although some are of one orthree. A high proportion of these are listed.– Huntsman’s Cottage, Deer Park Lane (Area 5)This detached cottage with adjacent kennels lies on a plot of land that once formed part ofthe deer park within the castle estate. Dating to the second half of the nineteenth century,it lies in an isolated location to the north of the early settlement area.– South-east Quarter (Area 6)The post-medieval extension of Hornby in the southern part of this area has generallyimparted the character of a rural settlement, with farmhouses and barns such as those atStrands Farm (Haigh 2003). The area retained some evidence of burgage plot layout intothe nineteenth century, but later nineteenth century redevelopment has obscured this.The present buildings include the post-1919 Institute, a post office and a bank. Most of thebuildings are of plain stone, with a small number rendered. One features a datestone of1872. Although the buildings are almost all of two storeys, the actual height varies. Thearea is mainly in residential use. It includes a number of listed buildings, includingeighteenth-century houses and a nineteenth-century drinking fountain. Buildings are ofmixed character, built in rows rather than terraces.Medieval planned borough (Area 7)– South-west Quarter (Area 7)This part of the settlement retainsevidence of former burgage plot divisionswith perhaps at least two original plotssurviving. At the rear of the properties is abank, at the core of which are the remainsof a low wall. This appears to be aremnant of the original boundary to theborough. The character area comprisesseveral listed buildings of eighteenthcentury date and also the listed formerpolice station, now converted toresidential.Plate 13: Castle gatewayMiddle-class Housing (c1860-1914) (Area 8)– Lancaster Road (Area 8)This single house lies adjacent to the former police station at the western edge of Hornby,just beyond the area of the planned medieval borough. It dates to the second half of thenineteenth century.Private Landscape Grounds (Area 9)– Castle Demesne (Area 9)Hornby Castle is stone-built and was first mentioned in1362-3. The main tower dates tothe sixteenth century, but the eighteenth century south-west front was completely remodelledin a domestic Gothic style in 1849-52 by Sharpe and Paley, with further additionsand alterations in 1881 and 1889-91 by Paley and Austin.© Lancashire County Council 2006 22
Lancashire Historic Town SurveyHornbyThe eastern part of the defined urban area, north of the River Wenning, appears to havebeen castle demesne land and included the castle chapel and a deer park. By the midnineteenthcentury part of the road frontage of this area had been developed north of thechurch, the remainder having become the private landscaped grounds of the castle.The character area includes a walled garden with polytunnels and a glasshouse, shown asa ‘hot house’ on the 1847 mapping (OS 1847 1:10560, 25), a lodge, Park Cottages,housing on Monteagle Square and Castle Park, an ornate gateway, a pond and a fountain.Hornby Castle is listed at grade I; the lodge, a terrace wall and Park Cottages are listed atgrade II.Agricultural (Areas 10)This area comprises an area of allotments near to the Royal Oak Hotel. Early mappingreveals this area was formerly open land.C20 Industrial/commercial (Areas 11)A small industrial estate situated on the southern edge of the survey area. Nineteenthcentury mapping shows that this area was the former site of the Wennington to Lancasterrailway line, sidings, cattle pens and a signal box (OS 1891 1:2500, 25.11).C20 Public (Area 12)– Fire Station (Area 12)There is only one public building in Hornby, the Fire Station. This occupies a small plot ofland on the main street adjacent to the Royal Oak Hotel.C20 Recreational (Area 13-14)– Playground to rear of Main Street (Area 13)This rectangular play area is situated south of the River Wenning and west of the MainStreet, on land which was formerly part of a burgage plot aligned roughly east-west.– Hornby Bowling Club (Area 14)Hornby Bowling Club is situated to the rear of 76 and 88 Main Street, on the edge of thecastle grounds. The character area comprises a bowling green and a small pavilion.C20 School or College (Areas 15-16)Hornby contains two schools, Lunesdale County Secondary School and Hornby C of EPrimary School, both of which are situated in the north-western quarter of the town. Bothlie adjacent to areas of twentieth-century housing, beyond the historic core of thesettlement and include playing fields. The secondary school also includes, a schoolcottage, tennis and netball courts and a swimming pool.C20 Transport (Areas 17-19)There are three small areas of this character type within the defined survey area, a smallcar park beside Hornby Bridge which is part of a former medieval burgage plot, a car parkadjacent to the Royal Oak Hotel and the road junction of Fleet Lane with the A683 MellingRoad.© Lancashire County Council 2006 23
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