Wigan
Name | Remains | Date | Location | Description | Ref(s) |
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Astley Green Colliery | Mining site | k1908 | Astley 53°29′43″N 2°26′41″W / 53.495311°N 2.444649°W / 53.495311; -2.444649 (Astley Green Colliery) | The Pilkington Colliery Company began construction of the colliery in 1908, and the site opened for coal production in 1912. The colliery was closed in 1970 and is now Astley Green Colliery Museum. Most of the buildings associated with the colliery have been destroyed as has one of the mine shafts. | |
Cross base | Cross base | aMedieval | Junction of Green Lane, Standish Wood Lane and Beech Walk, Standish 53°34′49″N 2°39′43″W / 53.580335°N 2.662006°W / 53.580335; -2.662006 (Cross base) | The stone cross was one of four known crosses that marked the medieval route from Wigan to Chorley. The cross base is no longer in its original place, having been moved when the road was widened. | |
Cross base | Cross base | bMedieval | Green Lane, Standish 53°34′52″N 2°39′38″W / 53.581062°N 2.660506°W / 53.581062; -2.660506 (Cross base) | The stone cross was one of four known crosses that marked the medieval route from Wigan to Chorley. It is protected as a Grade II listed building. | |
Cross base | Cross base | cMedieval | Standish Wood Lane, Standish 53°34′25″N 2°39′38″W / 53.573511°N 2.66054°W / 53.573511; -2.66054 (Cross base) | The stone cross was one of four known crosses that marked the medieval route from Wigan to Chorley. | |
Gidlow Hall | Standing building | h1574 | Aspull 53°33′31″N 2°33′59″W / 53.558532°N 2.566397°W / 53.558532; -2.566397 (Gidlow Hall) | The present structure dates from around 1574, although it is thought to have replaced an earlier building. In 1840, the hall was rebuilt in the Gothic Revival style. Gidlow Hall is protected as a Grade II listed building. | |
The Great Haigh Sough Portal | Brick drainage | i1653 | Haigh 53°33′33″N 2°37′03″W / 53.559088°N 2.617436°W / 53.559088; -2.617436 (Haigh Sough drainage) | Between 1653 and 1670, the Haigh Sough drainage system was under construction; its purpose was to drain to drain the local collieries. The system extends for 936 m (3,071 ft) and has only one entrance. It was in use until 1929 and the entrance is now covered by a steel grille to prevent access. | |
Mab's Cross | Stub of stone cross | f13th century | Standishgate, Wigan 53°33′04″N 2°37′34″W / 53.551132°N 2.626076°W / 53.551132; -2.626076 (Mab's Cross) | Mab's Cross was one of four known crosses that marked the medieval route from Wigan to Chorley. In 1922, the cross was moved from its original position when the road was widened and is protected as a Grade II* listed building. | |
Standish Market Cross | Stone cross | dMedieval | Market place, Standish 53°35′12″N 2°39′38″W / 53.586545°N 2.660592°W / 53.586545; -2.660592 (Standish Market Cross) | The base of the stone cross is medieval, but the cross shaft is modern. It is protected as a Grade II listed building. | |
Moat of Moat House | Dried-up moat | j18th century | Haigh 53°34′36″N 2°36′13″W / 53.576598°N 2.603644°W / 53.576598; -2.603644 (Moat House) | All that remains is a dried-up square moat surrounding the 18th-century Moat House. | |
Morleys Hall | Standing building | eMedieval | Astley 53°29′20″N 2°28′04″W / 53.489019°N 2.467796°W / 53.489019; -2.467796 (Morleys Hall) | The current hall was built in the 19th century, however some 16th and 17th century timber framing is incorporated into the structure. In 1641, it was the home of Ambrose Barlow. The site is surrounded by a 12–15 m (39–49 ft) wide and 3 m (9.8 ft) deep waterlogged medieval moat, and Morleys Hall is a Grade II* listed building. | |
New Hall moated site | Moat | g16th century | Astley, Tyldesley 53°30′21″N 2°27′12″W / 53.505706°N 2.453352°W / 53.505706; -2.453352 (New Hall) | The moat surrounds the site of the original medieval building, which was replaced a by a post-medieval farmhouse. The moat is filled with water, however the ruined farmhouse is not part of the Scheduled Monument. | |
Winstanley Hall | Standing building | h1560s | Winstanley 53°31′21″N 2°41′14″W / 53.522389°N 2.68735°W / 53.522389; -2.68735 (Winstanley Hall) | Winstanley hall was built in the 1560s for the Winstanley family of Wigan, who were Lords of the Manor. It is linked with the neighbouring halls of Bispham Hall (built in 1573), Birchley Hall (1594), and Hacking Hall (1607). Winstanley Hall was extended in the 17th and 18th centuries, and further work was done in the 19th century including work by architect Lewis Wyatt in the Jacobean style. The building is currently in a decayed state, and lies unoccupied. It is also a Grade II* listed building. |
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