Heysham Head House Lancaster, England

Listed Building Data

Heysham Head House has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1279830
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
29 December 1950
Name
HEYSHAM HEAD HOUSE
Location
HEYSHAM HEAD HOUSE, BARROWS LANE
District
Lancaster
County
Lancashire
Grid Reference
SD 40954 61244
Easting
340954.0000
Northing
461244.0000

Listed Building Description

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MORECAMBE AND HEYSHAM

SD4061 BARROWS LANE, Heysham 939-1/7/7 Heysham Head House 29/12/50

GV II

House. Early-to-mid C19. Sandstone ashlar with hipped slate roof behind embattled parapet. Rectangular plan, with corners which project as clasping buttresses. 2 storeys. East front 3 bays. Windows have chamfered surrounds and are sashed with gothick glazing. Central window on 1st floor has similar glazing above French doors which open onto the porch roof. The porch is of a single storey, with round corner turrets and an embattled parapet. The doorway is chamfered and Tudor-arched. North elevation is blind except for one bay otwards the right-hand side which has windows similar to those at the front. The south elevation has one window towards the left on the 1st floor. On the ground floor there is one window to the right and an opening to the left with gothick glazing above French doors. The rear elevation is roughcast and has been reconstructed following the demolition of extensive C20 additions made when the site was used as an entertainment complex. The house was undergoing extensive restoration work at the time of survey. Interior considerably altered.

Listing NGR: SD4095461244