Railway Hotel, Kirkham
| Railway Hotel | |
|---|---|
The building in 2024 | |
| Location | Kirkham, Lancashire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°47′12″N 2°53′03″W / 53.78665°N 2.88421°W |
| Area | Borough of Fylde |
| Built | c. 1850 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Designated | 11 June 1986 |
| Reference no. | 1072026 |
Location of Railway Hotel in the Borough of Fylde Railway Hotel, Kirkham (Lancashire) | |
The Railway Hotel is a building on Station Road in Kirkham, Lancashire, England. It was built around 1850, around a decade after the Preston and Wyre Railway arrived at Kirkham,[1] and has been designated a Grade II listed building by Historic England since 1986. The Station Road on which it stands is the "lower" section, beneath today's B5192 "upper" Station Road,[2] which passes Kirkham and Wesham railway station.
Originally a railway hotel, later a public house, it is built in brick on a stone plinth with stone dressings and a slate roof. It is in two storeys and has a three-bay front. The slightly projecting porch has rusticated quoins and a semicircular arch, and the windows have moulded architraves. On top of the building is metal lettering forming the word "THE RAILWAY", while at the roof line, above the door, is a rectangular moulding containing the word "HOTEL".[1][3]
In 1996, when the property was in operation as the Railway Inn, a network of tunnels was found behind the building's cellars. It is believed another building once stood on the site, possibly Walton Hall.[4]
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More of its property frontage
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Neighbouring buildings. Note its rooftop signage
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Pictured in 2013, when it was the Railway Inn
See also
References
- ^ a b Historic England & 1072026
- ^ A Walk on the Wild Side (29 May 2022). A tour of Kirkham & Wesham Lancashire. Retrieved 10 October 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 358
- ^ "Riddle of pub ghost". Lancashire Telegraph. 29 August 1996. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- Sources
- Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
- Historic England, "Railway Hotel, Kirkham (1072026)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 31 May 2014