Darwen Bank was a substantial residence situated on the banks of the River Darwen at Walton-le-Dale. Approached by a private drive from Cottage Lane, the house stood within landscaped grounds that included pleasure gardens, plantations, orchards, meadow and pasture land amounting to around fourteen acres. By the late eighteenth century, it had become one of the principal private residences overlooking the industrial district around Mosney and the growing textile concerns of the area.
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