Beardwood Cliff
In 1858, Daniel Thwaites had this house built upon the site of an old sandstone quarry leaving town on Preston New Road. Its Italianate design matched that of the home recently built for his brother John half a mile nearer Blackburn at Troy. As these pictures show, the interior of the house boasted ornate fireplaces, ceiling mouldings and rooms for taking leisure - such as a game of billiards - in comfort. Outside there were tennis courts, landscaped rock gardens and numerous outbuildings. After Thwaites moved to Billinge Scar nearly two decades later, Beardwood Cliff was bought by the Thompson family, cotton magnates, from whose family album these pictures come. The building was taken over during the First World War by the Sisters of Nazareth as a home for orphaned children, and in due course became Nazareth House old folks' home. In 1988 the main buildings were demolished as unsuitable, and since then the lodge house on Preston New Road has followed.
Matthew Cole
Why not view the house at a time when Cotton Magnate William Thompson owned Beardwood Cliff in the 1890s:
Bedroom
Dining Room and Sitting Room
Entrance Hall and Stairwell
Entrance Lodge
External Views of the House 1 & 2
Formal Gardens
Gardens
Kitchen Garden and Glass Houses
Morning Room and Sitting Room
Ornate Fireplace
Pond with Fountain 1 & 2
Rose Garden
Tennis Court 1 & 2
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