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Lancashire Historic Town Survey Ormskirk
Middle-class Housing (c1860-1914) (Areas 12-16)
– Burscough Road (Area 12), Derby Street West (Area 13)
Areas of middle-class housing constructed in the late nineteenth of early twentieth century,
comprising both semi-detached villas and terraced houses, nearly all with large rear
gardens, as well as small front
gardens.
– Southport Road (Area 14)
Plate 6: Derby Street West
An area of large, middle-class houses, comprising semi-detached villas with large gardens,
built in the second half of the nineteenth century.
– Wigan Road (Area 15)
A large area of middle-class housing, comprising both semi-detached villas and terraced
houses, nearly all with large rear gardens, as well as small front gardens.
Bye-law Terraced Housing (Areas 17-19)
There are three defined areas of nineteenth century terraced houses, two of these are
situated on the south-west side of the town, near the boundary with Aughton. Both Park
Avenue and Dyers Lane houses were built in the second half of the nineteenth century, and
were probably intended as lower middle-class accommodation. The other area is situated
on Station Road and was mainly constructed in the early years of the twentieth century.
Pre-NHS Hospital (Area 20)
– Ormskirk Hospital (Area 20)
Built as the former Union Workhouse in 1853, the original buildings have now been
incorporated into the Ormskirk and District General Hospital
Twentieth Century Hospital (Area 21)
Ormskirk and District General Hospital is a purpose-built hospital constructed in the latter
half of the twentieth century on the site of the Union Workhouse, incorporating some of the
original buildings (area 20). The hospital is also built on the site of a sandstone quarry and
Fairfield House that were both situated in the south of the character area (OS 1849
1:10560, 92; OS 1893 1:2500, 92.01).
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