Kearsley Vale Social Club, Stoneclough (Vale House)

Listed Building 1067300, first listed in 1986, Derelict in 2000 (see link) Originally a house built in 1834, later used for other purposes (Social Club), it is in brick on a stone base, with stone dressings, a sill band, a top cornice and a slate roof. There are two storeys and four bays, the second bay projecting forward, and the fourth bay recessed with an additional storey. On the front is a porch with paired Ionic columns, and above the door is a segmental fanlight. The windows are sashes, that above the doorway in an architrave, and at the rear is a conservatory or House, now social club. 1834. For Crompton family, founders of Stoneclough Paper Mill. Brick with stone dressings, slate roof. 2 storeys, 4 bays, 2nd bay breaks forward, recessed bay to right has added 2nd storey. Stone base, 1st floor sill band and top frieze and cornice. Windows have gauged-brick flat arches and sashed with glazing bars; central bay of 1st floor window in architrave. End bay of ground floor has canted bay window. Windows to right return of 3rd bay. Entrance has Ionic porch with paired columns. Segmental fanlight with glazing bars; doorcase has glazed side panels and paired 3-panel doors. Rear has central conservatory. Left return has C20 extension of no special interest. Converted to residential dwellings in 2000.