Miners' Convalescent Home

Miners' Convalescent Home
Pictured in 1991
Miners' Convalescent Home is located in Blackpool
Miners' Convalescent Home
Location within Blackpool
53°50′43″N 3°03′09″W / 53.8453°N 3.0524°W / 53.8453; -3.0524
LocationBlackpool, Lancashire, England
History
Built1925–1927
Site notes
ArchitectBradshaw Gass & Hope
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated23 November 1995
Reference no.1116645

The Miners' Convalescent Home was a convalescent home for miners in the seaside resort of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It was built in 1925–1927 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; in 2005 it was turned into apartments.[2][5]

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References

Footnotes
  1. ↑ Walton, p. 165
  2. 1 2 Blackpool Gazette, pp. 140–141
  3. 1 2 3 4 Historic England, "Miners' Convalescent Home (1116645)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 June 2011
  4. ↑ Champness, p. 151
  5. 1 2 Hartwell & Pevsner, p. 151
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