- Miners' Convalescent Home, Blackpool
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Miners' Convalescent Home 
Location: Blackpool, Lancashire Coordinates: 53.8453°0′0″N 3.0524°0′0″W / 53.8453°N 3.0524°WCoordinates: 53.8453°0′0″N 3.0524°0′0″W / 53.8453°N 3.0524°W Built: 1925–1927 Architect: Bradshaw Gass & Hope Listed Building – Grade II 
Location of Miners' Convalescent Home in LancashireThe Miners' Convalescent Home was a convalescent home for miners in the seaside resort of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It was built 1925–27 for Lancashire and Cheshire miners and was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales.[1][2] In 1995, English Heritage designated the home a Grade II listed building.[3]
The building was designed by Bolton architecture firm Bradshaw Gass & Hope in the Baroque Revival style.[3] It has a symmetrical plan and is on three storeys.[4] It is constructed of red brick with terracotta dressings; the hipped roofs are slate.[3] The central bays are recessed between projecting wings.[3] Towards the rear of the building there is a tower with an ogee cap.[5]
The building continued to function as a convalescent home until the 1980s and in 2005, was turned into apartments.[2][5]
See also
- Listed buildings in Blackpool
References
- Footnotes
- ^ Walton, p. 165
- ^ a b Blackpool Gazette, pp. 140–141
- ^ a b c d "Miners' Convalescent Home", National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1116645, retrieved 18 June 2011
- ^ Champness, p. 151
- ^ a b Hartwell & Pevsner, p. 151
- Bibliography
- Blackpool Gazette (2007), Blackpool: Then and Now, At Heart Ltd, ISBN 1845471539
- Champness, John (1989), Lancashire's Architectural Heritage: An Anthology of Fine Buildings, Lancashire County Planning Dept., ISBN 0902228714
- Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0300126670
- Walton, John K. (1998), Backpool, Edinburgh University Press, ISBN 1853312150
External links
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