2014

A celebration of architecture, history and culture

10th - 14th September Come along and join in as Burnley plays a full part in the nation’s big free celebration of architecture, history and culture.

The 2014 Heritage Open Days are organised locally by the Burnley Civic Trust, with support from Burnley Council and the support and active participation of all the venues featured here. Many thanks to all these organisations. The days are a great opportunity to discover our borough’s hidden secrets and many interesting features. All are welcome at every event. Entrance to everything is free on these days – even where venues normally charge. You may need to pay charges at car parks near some venues, including Towneley. Please check when you arrive. There is plenty going on. The information here is given in two forms: by venue, listed in alphabetical order, and in a timetable you can use to plan what you do.

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All information correct at time of going to press. Burnley Civic Trust and Burnley Council cannot be held responsible to any changes to this programme. AT A GLANCE

Date Venue 10 am 11 am 12 1 pm 2 pm 3 pm 4 pm 5pm 6 pm Wednesday Old Grammar School 10th Thursday St Andrew’s Church 11th St Catherine’s Church Park St Andrew’s Church St Stephen’s Church Friday 12th Towneley Hall Weavers’ Triangle Visitor Centre Canalside Hall Mount Zion Church

Oak Mount Mill

Queen Street Mill Saturday 13th St Andrew’s Church St Catherine’s Church St John’s Church St Peter’s Church Towneley Hall Weavers’ Triangle Visitor Centre Canalside Crematorium Extwistle Hall Mount Zion Church Oak Mount Mill Sunday 14th Towneley Hall St Catherine’s Church Weavers’ Triangle Visitor Centre

Please read the details of each venue for precise times and information on activities. Burnley Town Hall - Crematorium Behind the scenes at the council Accrington Road, Burnley Manchester Road, Burnley, BB11 9SA The crematorium will open its doors to allow Guided tour of the town hall, including people to find out more about something the impressive council chamber and a visit that affects us all but we don’t often discuss. to the recently re-opened old police cells. Tour of the crematorium; staff will be Well-known historian Roger Frost will lead available to answer questions. the tour. Date & Sunday 14th September Date & Thurs 11th September time: Noon to 4pm time: 2pm For more details, please email Extwistle Hall – [email protected] or a heritage walk around the area call 01282 477112. Extwistle Hall stands high on Extwistle Moor between (east of Brierfield) and the village of . The Hall, built Canalside of coursed sandstone on three sides of a 62 Lindsay Street, BB11 2SF. courtyard, is now a ruin. It was built in the 16th century in the Tudor style. Dating from the mid-19th century, the building was originally erected by the Date & Sunday 14th September Ancient Order of Foresters. Take a look time: 2pm around the stretch of land alongside Burnley Arranged by the Society and Embankment, which previously housed a Worsthorne Parish Council. Roger Frost rope factory and has been transformed into a and Pauline Hardwick will lead a guided community garden. The centre will be open walk around the hilly and historic footpaths to the public. of Roggerham and Worsthorne. Meet at Date & Saturday 13th September Roggerham Gate Inn, Burnley BB10 3PG. time: Sunday 14th September The inn will be open both before and after 11am to 4pm the event. Good walking boots or shoes This event is organised by the Canalside are essential. Contact Roger Frost for details Community Association. 01282 435863. Mount Zion Church, Burnley Road, BB12 8UA Burnley Road, Cliviger, BB10 4SN. A housekeeper has travelled through time Founded in 1878. to talk about life and work as a servant in the Date & Saturday 13th September 1890s... time 10am to 4pm Exhibition of photographs and archives on the history of the church. Photographs of the village at work and play from the 1880s. Refreshments served throughout the day. More details from Alan Scholes 01282 429371. Date & Saturday 13th September Gawthorpe Hall is a Jacobean historic house, time 1pm nestled in the shadow of Pendle Hill, east A heritage walk starting from the church, . Built between 1600 and 1605 for including Sowthward Bottom, Overtown, the Shuttleworth family. Mereclough, Walk Mill. The walk is around Enjoy a free visit to Gawthorpe Hall: Burnley’s three miles. Including information stops, it ‘little Downton’. will take around two hours. See the original plaster ceilings, decorative Date & Sunday 14th September panelling and luxuriant Victorian room time 10.45am showing off furniture, ceramics and portraits. Family service – with activities for children Date & Saturday 13th September time: Noon to 5pm Date & Sunday 14th September time 1pm to 5pm Ightenhill Park Exhibition of photographs continues. Ightenhill Park, Ightenhill Park Lane, Burnley. Refreshments served throughout the day. A walk around the site of the old Ightenhill Date & Sunday 14th September Manor House. time 6pm Well-known historian Roger Frost will lead Lancashire Songs of Praise. Everyone is most the walk. welcome. Date & Friday 12th September time: 2pm Meet at the Brassey Street entrance to the park. Please bring good walking boots or walking shoes. Oak Mount Mill Engine House Queen Street Mill Textile Museum Wiseman Street, off Westgate, Queen Street, , Briercliffe, Burnley, Burnley BB11 1RU BB10 2HX A restored mill engine in the heart of the Free admission. Special behind the scenes Weavers’ Triangle. The mill continued to tours throughout the afternoon. Sunday sees produce cotton until 1979, making it one of a cavalcade of historic vehicles – a spectacle the last steam-powered mills in Burnley to to behold as they complete their tour of close. Pennine Lancashire. More details - 01282 Come and look around the engine 412555 house dating from 1887, with restored steam Date & Saturday 13th September engine now operated by an electric motor. time Sunday 14th September Date & Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th Noon to 5pm time September 2pm to 4pm St Andrew’s Church Duke Bar, Colne Road, Burnley, BB10 1DU St. Andrew’s Church dates from 1867 and is noted for its ornate Victorian reredos designed by Charles Eamer Kempe and carved at the Zwink Studio in Oberammergau. It forms the centrepiece of this special exhibition. Date & Thur 11th, Fri 12th & Sat 13th Sept time 10am - 2pm Meet inside the church. For more details contact Father Peter Hapgood-Strickland - 01282 423185

The Old Grammar School St Catherine’s Church School Lane, Off Church Street, Road, Burnley Burnley, BB11 2DL Late Victorian Tractarian church with Join us for guided tours of this Grade 2 listed Byzantine features and a wrought iron building, opened 1873 as a grammar school Baldacchino. The stone built church has a for boys. The tours will be led by a manager decorative brick interior, wooden beamed from . ceiling and no internal columns giving an Date & Wednesday 10th September unrestricted view up to the High Altar. time 2pm to 4pm Date & Thur 11th, Sat 13th & Sun 14th Sept time 10am - 2pm Meet inside the church. For more details contact Father Parker - 07977 291166 St John’s Church, Cliviger St Peter’s Church Holme in Cliviger, Burnley Road, BB10 4SU Church St, Burnley, Lancashire BB11 2DL. A guided tour of this 18th century church and its interesting graveyard. Several notable Burnley people are buried here, including General Scarlett who led the charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava; Lady O’Hagan, the last resident of Towneley Hall, and Jerry Dawson, the Burnley and goalkeeper. Well-known historian Roger Frost will lead the tour. Meet from 10.30am at the church hall opposite the Ram public house. Date & Saturday 13th September time 11am At the start of the 19th century, St. Peter’s was the only Anglican church in Burnley, catering for a rapidly increasing population. St Stephen’s Church The church of St Peter’s is the oldest building Oxford Road, Burnley, BB11 3HL in Burnley. Refreshments available. Disabled access and toilet facilities with car parking One of the oldest churches in Burnley dating on site. For more information contact David from 1879. A display of memorabilia to do Smith on 01282 423154. with the church and its history. Volunteers will be on hand to answer questions. Light Date & Saturday 13th September refreshments will be available. time 1.30 to 4.30pm Date & Friday 12th September Tours throughout the afternoon of the time 10am to 4pm beautiful church interior, the belfry and to the tower roof. Date & Saturday 13th September time 2pm Guided tour of the churchyard by Roger Frost, local historian. Towneley Hall Weavers’ Triangle Visitor Centre , Burnley, BB11 3RQ 85 Manchester Road, Burnley, BB11 1JZ. The ‘jewel in Burnley’s crown’: a fascinating Date & Friday 12th September building, with period rooms covering several time Saturday 13th September centuries of life at the hall. Sunday 14th September Visitors came from all over the country when 2pm to 5pm Towneley was recently featured on Antiques Look around the former wharfmaster’s house Roadshow. and canal toll office. Displays about Burnley’s There will be costumed re-enactments in the textile industry, its workers, and the Leeds hall. Entrance to the hall is free – but please and Liverpool Canal. note that car parking charges apply. Date & Sunday 14th September Date & Friday 12th September time 2.15pm time Saturday 13th September A guided walk along the canal towpath Sunday 14th September lasting about one hour. Please wear suitable The Hall is open from noon until 5 shoes or boots. each day with one hour mini-tours of the Hall at regular intervals: 12.30, 1.30, 2.30, 3.30