Fred Dibnah's House (rear elevation)
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Fred Dibnah's House (rear elevation)
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 5 Feb 2018
A view from the yard, towards the rear of Fred's house (Image]). The house, originally a park keeper's lodge, was built in 1854 to serve Bolton's first public park, established by the Earl of Bradford on his estate. This grade II listed building (Historic England List entry Number: 1388245 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1388245 ) is of an interesting design, the street façade is one storey whilst the rear is two storey as the land falls away sharply towards the River Tonge. To the right hand side is the brick extension which Fred built in the 1990s. The house and its approximately one third of an acre of land was opened to the public as the “Fred Dibnah Heritage Centre” in 2010. It is expected to close in March 2018.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.576432
Longitude
-2.413464