Briercliffe
Briercliffe (historically Briercliffe-with-Extwistle) is a civil parish in the borough of Burnley, in Lancashire, England. It is situated north of Burnley. The parish contains suburbs of Burnley (including Harle Syke and Haggate), and the rur ...
is a
civil parish in the
borough of Burnley,
Lancashire, England. The parish contains 21 buildings that are recorded in the
National Heritage List for England as designated
listed buildings. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, two at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
Until the 19th century, the parish was rural, and most of the older listed buildings originated as farmhouses or farm buildings. The other listed buildings from this period include a
medieval cross base, a
country house
An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these peopl ...
that is now in ruins, and a
packhorse bridge. The cotton industry arrived in the parish in the middle of the 19th century, and its western part became a suburb of
Burnley. The listed buildings from the later period are a
parish church, and two cotton weaving mills.
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Lists of listed buildings in Lancashire
Buildings and structures in Burnley