Architect: Walter Pott Year: 1907 (?1926 extension, architect Charles Wilkinson) Archive sources British Postal Museum & Archive: POST 91/264 (site photographs); 118/6232 (photograph) National Archives: WORK 13/213, 885 Selected bibliographical references Blackburn Standard 27 Oct 1900, p. 2 Manchester Courier & Lancashire General Advertiser 30 Oct 1900, p. 6; 8 Oct 1907, p. 8* History Opened: 11 Nov 1907 Closed: 1972 Current use: Public house *The Mayor refused to attend the opening ceremony in protest against this "inadequate and unsatisfactory" building |