Until the coming of the Industrial Revolution, Oldham was a small settlement in an agricultural region. By the early 19th century, it had become an important centre for handloom weaving. The cotton spinning industry grew, initially though small firms, and later by large mills. By the late 19th century "Oldham was the leading mill town in the world".[1] In the town were the factories of Platt Brothers, who were the largest manufacturers of cotton processing machines in the world.[1] Many of the cotton mills were designed by members of the firm of Stott and Sons. Since the decline of the cotton industry, many mills have been demolished, and others have been converted for other uses.[2]
The listed buildings reflect this history, the oldest ones being houses, farmhouses and farm buildings. Then came houses with facilities for domestic weaving, with workshop windows in the upper storeys, and later the large cotton mills. As the wealth of the town grew, so did the buildings, including churches, civic buildings and commercial buildings. Local philanthropists contributed to some of the buildings, and they are commemorated in memorials.
Originally Hathershaw Hall, later divided into five dwellings, and later into two. It is in stone and has a stone-flagged roof with copedgables, two storeys, a central range, and two parallel ranges. The windows are mullioned or mullioned and transomed, and on two of the gables are ball finials.[4][5]
The barn is in sandstone with a stone flagged roof and four bays. It contains a wide entry, a narrower entry opposite, windows, doorways, some of which are blocked, and two small loft openings.[6][7]
The building has been extensively altered. It is in sandstone with a roof partly in Welsh slate and partly in stone flags. There are two storeys with a cellar, and a main range with two cross-wings and copedgables, and later extensions. The windows are mullioned and transomed. The main entrance has a mouldedarchitrave, and to the left is an inserted French window.[8][9]
The house is the earlier, the cottage dating from the 18th century. They are in stone with stone flagged roofs, and have two storeys. The house has two bays, a double-depth plan, and a parallel range at the rear. The cottage projects forward from the left part of the house, and has one bay. The windows are mullioned, and some contain replacement casements.[10]
The house was altered and extended in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is in stone with a Welsh slate roof, and has two storeys, three bays, and a double-depth plan. The central doorway has a mouldedarchitrave and a segmental pediment, and the windows have chamferedmullions in moulded architraves.[11]
A stone farmhouse with a stone flagged roof. There are two low storeys and three bays. In the centre is a gabled porch, and to the right is another doorway. The windows are replacements.[4][12]
The farmhouse, later a private house, has been extensively altered. It is in stone with a stone flagged roof, two storeys, and three bays. On the front is a porch, most of the windows are replacements, and some mullioned windows remain.[13]
Originally a farmhouse with a cottage to the left and a barn further to the left, later one house. It is in stone with a Welsh slate roof, and two storeys. The former farmhouse has three bays and a gabled porch, the former cottage has two bays, and the barn has a gabled porch. The windows are mullioned.[14]
The farmhouse possibly contains earlier material. It is in sandstone with a stone flagged roof, it has two storeys, and consists of a main range and cross-wings. Some windows are mullioned, others have been altered, and over the doorway is a datestone. To the east is a dairy with two low storeys, one bay, and a gabled wing at the rear.[6][15]
Originally one house, later divided into two, it is in brick with a mouldedeavescornice, and has a Welsh slate roof with copedgables.. There are two storeys and five bays, the central three bays projecting slightly and pedimented. In the middle is a doorway that has a Tuscanarchitrave with draped urns on the columns, a traceriedfanlight, and a pediment. To the left a window has been converted into a doorway to No. 61, and the windows are sashes.[16]
Originally three houses, later two, in stone with a stone-slate roof. They have two storeys and mullioned windows. Nos. 1 and 3 have two bays and a lean-to porch on the left gable end. No. 5 is higher, and has two bays, one added later.[17]
A group of seven cottages that were extended in the 19th century. They are in stone and have roofs partly of stone flags and partly of Welsh slate. The outer cottages project forward. Many of the openings have been altered, including blocked and inserted doorways. The windows are a mix of mullioned windows and casement windows.[18]
A stone house with a stone-slate roof, two storeys and two bays. The main doorway has a stone architrave, and there are two further doorways, one blocked, and one converted into a window. The windows have chamferedmullions.[19]
A terrace of eight brick cottages with a stone flagged roof. They have two low storeys, and each cottage has one bay. The end cottages have doorways in the gable ends, and the other cottages have central doorways. Some of the cottages have mullioned windows, and in the others the windows are replacements.[20]
A stone house with a stone-flagged roof, two low storeys, two bays, and a rear outshut. On the front is a gabled porch with a doorway flanked by windows with angled heads. Elsewhere there is one casement window, and the other windows are mullioned. To the left is an extension with a central gable.[21]
A row of four weavers' cottages in stone with stone flagged roofs. Each cottage has three storeys, a double-depth plan, and one bay. Projecting from the front is a half-gabled extension, and there is a lean-to extension on the right gable end. The windows are mullioned, including an eleven-light workshop window in the top floor, and there are some replacement casements.[22]
A terrace of eight stone houses with Welsh slate roofs. They have two storeys, and each house has one bay. The three houses to the right are taller, and have lean-to extensions. The windows are mullioned.[23]
A row of four cottages extended to the right and to the front in two later phases. They are in stone and have Welsh slate roofs, two and three storeys, and a basement on the right. The original two cottages have mullioned windows, and in the other two cottages the windows are replacements.[24]
A stone house with a stone flagged roof, two storeys and three bays. There are two doorways, the main doorway with a chamferedarchitrave. Some windows are casements, and others are mullioned.[25]
A stone house with a stone-late roof that was extended in brick to the right by one bay in the early 19th century. It has two storeys, four bays, a doorway with a heavy stone lintel, and two further doorways, one with a gabled porch. The windows are replacements with mullions, and in the left gable end are steps leading to the upper floor.[26]
The house was refronted in 1874. It is in brick with stone dressings, a mouldedeavesband, slate-hanging on the gables, and a stone flagged roof. There are two storeys and three bays, a recessed lower wing with a hipped roof to the right, a later single-storey extension further to the right, and a small two-storey extension at the rear. The central doorway has a segmentally-headed architrave and a fanlight, and above it is a sash window. The outer bays project forward as a two-storey bay window, with sash windows in both floors.[27]
A pair of houses, later offices, in brick with quoins on the left, a mouldedmodillioneavescornice, stone dressings, and a Welsh slate roof. They have three storeys and a symmetrical front of five bays. There are three doorways, two on the front and one in the left return, all with rusticated surrounds, and the windows are replacements in architraves.[28][29]
A house, later offices, in brick with a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and a symmetrical front of five bays. The central doorway has a rusticatedarchitrave and a fanlight, and the windows are replacement sashes.[28][30]
A house, later an office, in brick with stone dressings and a Welsh slate roof. There are three storeys and a symmetrical front of five bays. In the centre is a Tuscan doorway with a fanlight and a pediment. The windows are sashes with flat brick arched heads and stone sills.[28][31]
A row of cottages, originally four, later three, in brick with a Welsh slate roof. They have two storeys and four bays. All the windows are replacements.[32]
Also known as Acorn Mill, it was extended up to 1823, and partly rebuilt in about 1830–40. The mill is in stone with string courses, parapets, and a slate roof, and it consists of two ranges at right angles with four storeys. The east range has twelve bays, and the south range has eleven bays and an extension to the northeast. Most of the windows are flat-headed, and in the gable end of the south range are Palladian windows.[33]
The chapel is in brick with a Welsh slate roof on a sloping site. It has four bays each containing a tall window, and a basement at the rear. To the right is a doorway with an architrave and a pediment, and in front are cast iron railings and gates. Inside there are galleries on three sides and box pews.[34][35]
A house, later offices, in brick with a slate roof, three storeys, three bays, and angle pilasters. The central bay projects slightly, and contains a round-headed doorway with a mouldedarchitrave, an entablature on console brackets, and a fanlight. The windows are sashes, those in the ground floor having three lights. At the top is a cornice, a blocking course, and a shallow central pediment. At the rear is a round-arched stair window.[36]
The coach house, later used for other purposes, is in brick with a mouldedcornice, a blocking course, and a hipped Welsh slate roof. It has two storeys and five bays. On the front are three segmental-headed carriage entrances, the central one the largest, and in the upper floor are five round-headed sash windows. At the rear are two round headed openings and four sash windows above, and in the gable end is a loading door and a hoist.[8][37]
A house, later offices, incorporating earlier material, with a front in brick on a stone plinth, angle quoins, a stone right return, and a Welsh slate roof. It has three storeys and a front of two bays. In the left bay is a tall round-headed archway leading to internal stairs, and the windows are sashes with stuccoed heads. In the return are two gabled wings and a wing beyond.[28][38]
A terrace of ten brick houses with stone flagged roofs. They have two low storeys, one bay each, and a doorway at the front and the rear. On the front the windows are sashes, and at the rear they are mullioned.[6][39]
The church, designed by Richard Lane, is in stone with a Welsh slate roof. It consists of a nave and aisles under a single roof, a shallow chancel with vestries, and a west tower flanked by porches. The tower has four stages with a west doorway above which is a three-light Perpendicular window, octagonal angle buttresses rising to pinnacles, clock faces, and an embattledparapet. Between the bays of the nave and at the corners of the chancel the buttresses rise to form pinnacles with coronets, and along the sides of the church are embattled parapets.[42][43]
The school was designed by Richard Lane in Tudor style. It is in ashlar stone with a Welsh slate roof, and has a front of 17 bays. In the centre is a three-storey entrance block, linked by two-storey ranges to three-storey pavilions. There are octagonal embattled turrets in the entrance block and in the pavilions. The windows are mullioned, or mullioned and transomed, and above the linking ranges are embattled parapets.[44][45]
The public house was extended and refronted in 1872 and its interior remodelled in 1928–29. It is in brick on a sandstoneplinth, with sandstone dressings and a slate roof, hipped to the right. The public house stands on a corner site, it has three storeys and a cellar, and a front of three bays. The central doorway has a round head, a semicircular fanlight, voussoirs, a large shaped keystone, a mouldedhood mould, and a double string course. It is flanked by decorative windows, and in the upper floor are sash windows. In the right return is a round-headed doorway, and the windows are casements.[48]
A row of three brick houses with stone flagged roofs and two storeys. Nos. 13 and 15 are the earlier, and have three bays. The doorways, ground floor windows and the central window above have Gothick arches, the windows with Y-tracery. The other two windows in the upper floor are mullioned, and above the doorway of No. 15 is an inscribed and dated plaque. No. 11 to the left is taller and probably later. It has two bays, a central doorway and ground floor windows with Gothick arches, and mullioned windows in the upper floor.[6][49]
The former town hall was extended in 1879–80, and again in 1917. It is in Greek Revival style, with a front in ashlar stone, the ground floor rusticated, and a slate roof. There are two storeys and seven bays, the middle three bays forming portico with four unflutedIonic columns and the city arms in the pediment. In the outer bays are full-height pilasters and sash windows. The sides are in brick with stone dressings.[50][51]
The church is in stone with Welsh slate roofs, and is in Romanesque style. It consists of a nave, north and south aisles, north and south transepts, a chancel with north and south vestries, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, a round-arched doorway, a clock face, buttresses rising to form pinnacles with overhanging pyramidal roofs, and an openwork parapet. On the sides of the church are lancet windows, the transepts have wheel windows, and in the chancel are stepped round-headed lancets.[52][53]
The church was designed by E. H. Shellard in Early English style, and the steeple was added later. It is in stone and has a roof in Welsh slate with ridge cresting. The church consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a north porch, a chancel with a north vestry, and a west steeple. The steeple has a tower with two stages, buttresses, a west door, a corbel table, and a broach spire with lucarnes. The windows are lancets, and at the east end are three stepped lancets.[54][55]
Originally Lees House, later used for other purposes, it is in Italianate style. The house is in brick with stone dressings, string courses, a modillioncornice, overhanging eaves, and a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and a square plan. The porch has double doors that have an architrave with a shell hood and a panelled parapet. To the left is a cantedbay window, and the other windows are sashes. On the garden front are pedimentedgables, a square bay window, and a fretted parapet.[8][56]
A cotton mill that was altered in 1909, it is in red brick on a rusticatedsandstoneplinth, and has a continuous string course above the ground floor. There are six storeys and fronts of 20 and five bays, and the windows have segmental heads. On the east side is a stair tower with a water tank, a string course, and lettering in white brick.[57][58]
The gate piers and gates were added in 1901. The wall is in rubble stone, and the piers are in banded ashlar. On the inner faces of the piers is scrolled decoration, and they are surmounted by ball finials.[6][59]
Built as a Congregational church, and later used by other denominations, it is in rusticated stone with a slate roof. The church consists of a nave with aisles and a tower, with a wooden clerestory above the nave. At the base of the tower steps lead up to an arched entrance with a recessed porch, and above this is a six-light window with Geometricaltracery. The tower is flanked by buttresses, at the top is an embattledparapet, and the windows are lancets. In front of the entrance are cast iron gates and railings on a low wall with stone piers.[50][62]
The Lyceum was built first, and the School of Art added in 1880–81 to an almost identical design. The building is in ashlar stone, the ground floor rusticated, and with a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys, and each part has a symmetrical front of seven bays. Each part has a central doorway, that of the Lyceum with a round arch and fanlight, and an architrave with carving in relief, and the School of Art has a square head and fanlight. Above each doorway is a cast iron balcony, over which is a three-light window with a double-arched architrave and foliate capitals. In the ground floor are square-headed sash windows, and in the upper floor the windows are round-headed, with carved laurel wreaths above. At the top is a parapet with urns, and above each entrance is an inscribed pediment.[63][64]
A pair of brick houses with a Welsh slate roof, two storeys, and a symmetrical front of five bays. In the centre is a square bay window flanked by doorways with Tuscanarchitraves in recessed arches. The outer bays contain canted bay windows, in the upper floor are sash windows, and in the roof is a single gableddormer.[65]
A brick house with a mouldedeavescornice and a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and a symmetrical front of three bays. In the centre is a doorway with a Tuscanarchitrave in a recessed segmental arch. The outer bays contain canted bay windows that have parapets with scrolled low relief decoration. In the upper floor are sash windows in moulded architraves with segmental heads, and the sills are carried on brackets.[66]
The conservatory is in brick with stone dressings. It has an octagonal entrance block on a square base, with a Welsh slate roof, and a Tuscanportico with a round-headed doorway. The windows are sashes, and there is bow window. In the centre is a pediment flanked by a modillioncornice on each side, and an open parapet with urns at the angles. On the roof is a wooden lantern, and glasshouses extend to the northwest.[68]
A block of 16 houses around a courtyard, they are in brick with dressings in stone, terracotta and polychrome brick. The houses have two storeys, and each house has a double-depth plan and two bays. The doorways have pilasters, and are round-headed with alternate red and white brick arches. In the ground floor are paired sash windows with similar arched heads, and in the upper floor are sash windows with flat heads. On the north and south sides of the block are entries with semicircular heads. Around the top of the block is a polychrome frieze with Greek key decoration, and a wooden eavescornice on yellow brick brackets.[69]
The fountain has a circular stone base, and a central shaft in polished granite. Four columns in polished granite with foliate capitals support a shallow basin. This is repeated in a smaller scale above, supporting a smaller basin that contains a statue of a boy holding a dolphin.[73][74]
The statue is in Alexandra Park, and commemorates Joseph Howarth, a man blind from birth who was a bellman and a Methodist lay preacher. There is a tall plinth in polished granite on which stands a life-size statue in sandstone depicting a man wearing a top hat, and carrying a bell and a stick.[73][75]
Once a Freemasons' Hall, the left bay was added later, followed by an extension to the rear in about 1924. It is built in rusticated stone with a Welsh slate roof, and is in Greek Revival style. There are two storeys, a basement, and an asymmetrical front of six bays. The second and sixth bays project forward, and have a cornice above a triglyphfrieze with a pediment at the top. The entrance in the second bay is approached by steps, and has a portico with flutedDoric columns. The windows are tall casements with architraves and mouldedaprons; three windows in the upper floor are blind. At the top is a triglyph frieze and an overhanging cornice. The rear range is in brick with stone dressings.[78][79]
The gateway is in brick with stone dressings, and consists of an arched entry with concave flanking walls that have terminal piers with stepped pyramidal caps. The arch has voussoirs and a keystone, and at the top is a pediment containing a crest in a roundel and surmounted by a spiked ball finial.[80]
A brick building with stone dressings, a modillioneaves course, a cornice, and a roof partly of Welsh slate and partly of asbestos sheet. There are three storeys, and a front of 16 bays. The gables are pedimented and there is an oculus in the south gable. On the front is a segmental arch with a rusticated surround and an entablature. The windows have arched heads with keystones.[81]
A terrace of ten brick houses with a dog-tooth and dentiledeavescornice and Welsh slate roofs. They are in Gothic style, and have two storeys and two bays each. All the houses have a doorway to the left with a recessed porch, and a stilted surround with foliate capitals. To the right is a cantedbay window, and in the upper floor are sash windows with triangular arched heads.[73][82]
The stone plinth wall encircles the churchyard, and carries cast iron railings consisting of short posts and long rails. There are four gateways that have stone piers with stepped copings, and timber gates.[83]
The school is in stone with a Welsh slate roof. There is a single storey and a symmetrical front with three gables. The outer gables are larger, and each has a gabled porch on its inner side. On the central gable is a lean-to porch, and above is a recessed arch containing a rose window and a coped gable and an iron finial.[84][85]
A house, later a convent, in Gothic style, and built in stone with a Welsh slate roof. It was extended in the 20th century with the addition of a chapel and accommodation block. The house has two storeys, with an attic and a square plan. On the three-bay entrance front are two porches, one half-gabled, the other with two storeys and a swept conical roof. The windows vary, some are mullioned and transomed, others are sash windows, there are oriel windows, one with a spirelet, and bay windows. The chapel extends to the east, and is in Early English style.[86]
A vestry was added to the church in 1833, which is in stone with a Welsh slate roof. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south lean-to aisles, a south porch, a south vestry, a chancel, and a west tower. The tower has angle buttresses, a west doorway above which is a three-light window with Decoratedtracery, a clock face, octagonal pilasters rising to pinnacles, and an openwork parapet. At the northeast is an octagonal stair turret with a spirelet.[87][88]
The former post office, later used for other purposes, is in brick on a stone plinth, with stone dressings and a Welsh slate roof, and is in Neoclassical style. There are two storeys, seven bays, and two doorways, each with a mouldedarchitrave. The windows are sashes with moulded architraves between pilasters, and above the ground floor is a cornice. At the top of the building is a cornice, a stepped parapet and a central shallow pediment.[90][91]
Originally the vicarage and hall for the Church of St Mark with Christ Church, later offices, they are in stone with a Welsh slate roof. The former vicarage has two storeys, two bays, and a central arched doorway in an arched porch. Flanking the doorway are three-light windows with arched heads. In the upper floor are three-light windows with mouldedlintels, above which are gables with quatrefoils. At the rear is a wing forming the hall, and in front of the building is a stone plinth wall with cast iron railings.[54][93]
The church was designed by R. Knill Freeman, and the tower was added in 1906. It is in stone with slate roofs and ridge cresting, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, north and south transepts, a chancel with a north vestry and south chapel, and a northwest tower. The tower has three stages, clasping buttresses, a clock face, and an embattledparapet. The north transept has an octagonal turret with a spirelet. The windows along the aisles are lancets, and elsewhere are windows with Decoratedtracery.[95][96]
A row of three houses, later offices, in brick with a plain wooden eavescornice, a Welsh slate roof, and glazed white brick at the rear. There are three storeys and eleven bays, and three doorways with architraves and pediments. The windows are sashes, those in the ground floor with hood moulds, and in the upper floors with brick arched heads.[28][99]
A former steam-powered cotton spinning mill designed by Joseph Stott in brick on an iron frame and with a Welsh slate roof. It has five storeys and a main block with sides of 18 and six bays. There is an internal engine house and an external boiler house to the north. To the southeast is an office range and a tower, and the chimney is to the north.[100]
The building was extended to the rear in 1893–94. It is in stone and has a roof of red tiles with a crested ridge. There are two tall storeys with a basement, and a symmetrical front with a central projecting block flanked by three bays on each side, behind which are two parallel ranges. In the central block, steps lead up to a doorway with a round arch with relief carving in the tympanum. Above this is an oriel window, and at the top is a copedgable on which stands a statue. The central block is linked to the outer bays by curved bays. The central outer bays each has a gabled dormer containing a rose window, and the other windows are mullioned and transomed.[90][101]
A brick office building in French Renaissance style, with stone dressings, a string course, an overhanging cornice, and a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and a front of 13 bays. The outer bays project forward as pavilions, and have hipped roofs with brattishing. The central bay also projects forward and contains a round-arched doorway with mouldedcorbels and a keystone. Above this bay is a tower with an oculus, a hipped roof and a clock with brattishing. The windows are round-headed, and those in the ground floor have aprons. Steps flanked by stone walls with cast iron railings lead up to the doorway.[57][102]
A cotton spinning mill designed by Joseph Stott, it is in brick with an internal construction of cast iron, steel and brick, and with a multi-range slate roof. It has four storeys with a basement and 21 bays, a four-bay extension, a stair and sprinkler tower, and a chimney with white lettering. The windows have segmental arches. There is also a single-storey office building in Italianate style with seven bays, round-arched windows, and a parapet with a central pediment containing the name and date.[103][104]
Originally an Anglican church, it was converted into a Ukrainian Catholic Church in 1988. The church is built in Ruabon red brick, with dressings in Yorkshire stone, and a slate roof, and is in Perpendicular Gothic style. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a chancel with a north chapel and a south vestry, and a northwest tower. The tower has three stages, buttresses, a northeast stair turret, a west doorway with a moulded surround, a fanlight, and a hood mould. The bell openings are paired, with colonnettes, and at the top is a pierced parapet and corner pinnacles. The grounds are enclosed by a stone wall with moulded copings, and gate piers, those at the entrance with decorative caps.[87][105]
The lodges and gateway are in sandstone with Welsh slate roofs. The gateway has a central segmental arch and smaller side arches, all with a parapet above and each flanked by turrets. The gates are in cast iron. The principal lodge is to the left, and has two storeys and an L-shaped plan. There is a clock tower with a spire, a gabled porch, mullioned and transomed windows, and an oriel window. The right lodge is smaller, with a gabled dormer, sash windows, some with transoms, and a cantedbay window.[84][106]
The bank is in ashlar stone with quoins and a rusticated ground floor, and is in Neoclassical style. There are two storeys, four bays on Yorkshire Street and five on Greaves Street. The entrances are in the outer bays in Yorkshire Street, and have round-headed doorways with fanlights. The windows in the ground floor are round-headed, and in the upper floor they have segmental or triangular pediments with balustrading below. At the top is a cornice and a blocking course.[107][108]
The bank, in French Renaissance style, is ashlar-faced and has a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys with a basement, and a front on Union Street of four bays. The outer bays project slightly and rise to form pavilion towers with hipped roofs and wrought ironbrattishing. The entrance is in the left bay and has a porch with polished Ionic columns, an entablature, and a round-headed doorway. Between the bays are pilasters with Ionic capitals. The windows in the ground floor have square heads, and in the upper floor they have architraves with round heads. There are five bays on the Queen Street front containing round-headed windows, and another pavilion tower at the far end. In front of the entrance are decorative cast iron railings on a low wall.[109][110]
The former county court, later a café and offices, was designed by Henry Tanner, and is in red brick with white terracotta dressings and a hippedWestmorlandslate roof. There are two storeys with an attic, a symmetrical five-bay block, with an entrance bay to the left, and a lower block to the right. In the entrance bay is a shallow segmental arch above which is a three-light window with a frieze carved in relief with a coat of arms and an inscription, and an embattledparapet. In the ground floor of the central block are mullioned and transomed windows with a continuous hood mould. The upper floor has gableddormers with polygonal pilasters rising to finials in the second and fourth bays. The right block contains another doorway and an oriel window on an elongated corbel.[90][111]
An office building by Alfred Waterhouse, it is in red brick on a graniteplinth, with buff and green terracotta dressings and a red tiled roof. There are three storeys with a basement and attics, and a symmetrical front with three bays flanked by polygonal four-storey turrets. At the base of the turrets are projecting gabled porches with round-headed doorways and flanking columns. In the ground floor is an arcade of round-headed windows, and in the upper floors the windows are mullioned and transomed. At the top is a modillioncornice and a lozenge frieze. Behind the turrets are wings extending to the rear, joined by a rear range.[112][113]
The observatory is in the form of a pagoda and has a square plan. Steps lead up to a polished graniteplinth on which is a single room with a doorway and windows. Above this is a swept roof with segmental blind dormers, and a timber screen carrying another, smaller ogivally-arched roof, on which is an onion dome and a weathervane.[73][114]
The bank, on a corner site, is faced with ashlar stone and has a Welsh slate roof. There are three storeys, four bays on High Street, four on the Lord Street return, a canted bay between them, and seven bays at the rear along Church Lane. The entrance is in the canted bay, and has a round-arched architrave, and at the top is a tower with a frettedparapet and a lead dome. The windows are recessed, between them are colonettes, and in the roof are dormers.[115][116]
A shop, originally also containing meeting rooms and halls, now divided into separate retail units, it is in brick with ashlar facing, and has a Welsh slate roof and three storeys. There is a main block flanked by two bays to the left and five to the right, and a rear wing extending from the left. In the ground floor are modern shop fronts. In the middle floor of the main block are five windows with entablatures, over which is an inscribed frieze. Above this is a massive semicircular window and a copedgable flanked by pinnacles. The other bays each contain a semicircular-headed window in the middle floor, and five round-headed windows in the top floor.[117][118]
Built as a solicitors' office, and designed by Edgar Wood, it has an ashlar front, it is in brick at the rear, and has a stone flagged roof and weatherboarding in the gables. There are two storeys, and three bays separated by pilasters. Above the central doorway is a large Art Nouveau panel including a thrusting keystone and carvings of trees, and in the upper floor are three small windows. The outer bays have a five-light mullioned and transomed window with a segmental head in each floor. In the roof are three gabled dormers, and at the rear is a two-storey cantedbay window with a parapet.[119][120]
The school, later used for other purposes, is in brick with dressings in stone and terracotta and a Welsh slate roof. It has two storeys with attics, a front of twelve bays, and two parallel rear wings. Its features include gables of various shapes with pinnacles, cupolas, octagonal pilasters in the upper floor, and decorative friezes.[52][123]
The building is in Edwardian Baroque style, and is built in brick with white terracotta dressings and a hipped Welsh slate roof. It has two storeys and three bays. The central bay is recessed and has a doorway with banded Ionicpilasters flanked by oval windows. Above it is a mouldedfrieze with an inscription and a cornice, and at the top is a lunette window with voussoirs and a cornice. The outer bays form towers with square windows in the lower floor and a cartouche above.[124][125]
The office building has a lower storey of polished granite, green glazed brick in the upper part, and a flat concrete roof. There are two storeys, a symmetrical front with a central entrance tower flanked by three bays on each side. Above the doorway is a round-arched window and a recessed tower. The outer bays contain a 16-pane window with an iron frame in each floor, those in the upper floor in shallow concave panelled granite architraves.[126]
The conservatory is in timber and glass on a brick plinth. There are three pavilions, the central one being the largest. This has a rectangular plan and a hipped roof, on which is a central lantern with a domed top, and weathervanes with brattishing at the ends. The other pavilions have square plans, and flank the central pavilion forming a symmetrical structure.[73][127]
A former steam-powered cotton spinning mill by F. W. Dixon, it is in brick with an interior of cast iron and steel. On a sloping site, it has four and five storeys, and sides of 25 and twelve bays. The tower is in the northwest corner, it is in Baroque style and two storeys higher than the main block, and there is a stair tower in the centre of the north side. There is a single-storey extension to the south, the engine house at the southwest has three storeys and five bays, on the west is a rope race, the boiler house is detached to the west, and the chimney to the south of the engine house.[128]
A former steam-powered cotton spinning mill by George Stott, it is in brick with an interior of cast iron and steel. There are four storeys and basements, sides of 36 and ten bays, and corner stair turrets with parapets. The mill has a stone band and corbelledeaves, and there is a taller tower at the southwest corner with an extra storey. To the northwest is an engine house, to the west is a rope race, and there is a detached chimney.[4][129]
The war memorial stands in a small triangular garden at a road junction. It is in sandstone, and consists of a narrow square platform, a square base, a plinth with a moulded foot and a square cap with a moulded cornice, and a tiered pedestal. On this is a bronze statue of a soldier in battledress with a bayonet in his right hand and his helmet held in his left hand. On the plinth are inscriptions relating to both World Wars.[73][130]
The war memorial is near the west gable wall of St Margaret's Church. It is in granite and consists of a Latin cross on a tall square plinth on a two-stepped paved base. The centre of the cross is carved with "IHS" in relief, and on the plinth is an inscription. Attached to the wall of the church behind the cross are two panels inscribed with the names of those lost in the two World Wars.[131]
The war memorial was designed by Thomas Taylor and the sculpture is by Albert Toft. It has a shallow stepped base and a large rectangular granitepedestal with coffered bronze doors and decorative motifs, On the pedestal is a bronze statue depicting a trench scene from the First World War including five soldiers. Also included in the listing are the memorial wall, piers, the gates and steps to St Mary’s churchyard, the forecourt walls, steps and balustrade on the south side, and the railings to the west side of St Mary's churchyard.[132]
The monument in Werneth Park commemorates Sarah Lees, a local politician and philanthropist. It is in stone and consists of a tall pylon on a hexagonal plinth on a circular base, standing in a circular garden surrounded by a wall containing four drinking fountains. On the circular base and on the plinth are low relief bronzes, including a bust of Sarah Lees and Art Deco motifs.[8][134]
The church is built in buff brick with a concrete tile roof. It consists of a nave, a porch, a baptistry, a sanctuary, a Lady chapel, confessionals, and two sacristies. In the sanctuary is a mosaic by George Mayer-Marton of Christ on the Cross in a combination of Neo-Byzantine mosaic and modernist fresco, measuring about 7.5 metres (25 ft) high and 5 metres (16 ft) wide.[135]
A house, later an office, in brick with a slate roof, two storeys and three bays, the outer bays projecting slightly forward. The central bay contains a round-headed doorway with an architrave, console brackets, and an entablature. The windows are sashes, and in the ground floor they have three lights. At the top of the building are a string course and moulded wooden eaves.[137]
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