1-7, Playfair Street
National Grid Reference: SD 71711 12962
BOLTON SD7112NE PLAYFAIR STREET 797-1/5/174 (North side) 26/04/74 Nos.1-7 (Consecutive) (Formerly Listed as: PLAYFAIR STREET Nos.1-11 (Consecutive)) GV II Terrace of 7 houses. c1850-60. Random rubble with slate roofs, and slate hung gable to No.7. EXTERIOR AND PLAN: 2 storeys, 7-window range comprising No.7 single unit, double pile plan dwellings. Built in 2 phases, stepped in height to accommodate to the sloping ground. Windows renewed in original openings with wedge lintels, and doors in plain architraves. End wall stacks. Integral stone walls enclose yards to rear of terrace. INTERIOR: not inspected. The terrace forms part of the planned industrial community of Eagley Bank, developed in association with the Chadwick’s Eagley Mills (Park Row and Playfair Street, qv). (Smalley PJ: A Study of Model Villages (Manchester Polytechnic dissertation): 1983-). Listing NGR: SD7171112962
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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: 1-7, PLAYFAIR STREET List entry Number: 1388224
