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, which passes Kirkham and Wesham railway station.
| Railway Hotel | |
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 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) | |
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 (only visible from upper Station Road) is metal lettering forming the word "THE RAILWAY", while at the roof line, above the door, is a rectangular panel containing the word "HOTEL".[1][2]
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.[3]
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More of its property frontage -
Neighbouring buildings. Note its rooftop signage -
Pictured in 2013, when it was the Railway Inn
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Historic England & 1072026
- ^ 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