Lister Park, Bradford, England

The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.

A public park laid out between 1870 and 1904 on the site of gardens and a park relating to Manningham Hall probably of late 18th- or early 19th-century date. Lister Park retains a wide range of late 19th- and early 20th-century structures and features including a purpose-built art gallery.
 

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Lister Park lies about 3km north-west of the centre of Bradford in the suburb of Manningham. The roughly 22-hectare site is on land which slopes down to the east in an area which is predominantly residential. The boundaries, which are delineated by a mixture of walling and fences, are formed by Emm Lane to the north, Keighley Road to the east and North Park Road on the west and south-west sides. The roughly triangular area of land conforms in shape with a pattern of holdings shown on a map of 1613.
 

REFERENCES Used by English Heritage

K Lemmon, The Gardens of Britain 5, (1978), pp 179-80

Lister Park, (Bradford MBC 1998)

Maps

[all reproduced in Bradford MBC 1998]

Map of Manningham, 1613

Map of the Borough of Bradford, 1834

Map of Bradford, 1887-8

OS 6" to 1 mile: 1st edition published 1850

OS 25" to 1 mile: 1st edition published 1889; 2nd edition published 1908

Description written: December 1998

Amended: March 1999

Edited: November 1999