Listed buildings in Broughton, Lancashire

Broughton is a civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England. It contains 13 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Broughton, and surrounding countryside. The listed buildings consist of three houses, a cottage that as been converted into a museum, two churches, one of which has associated listed structures, two schools, a pinfold, and a milestone.

Key

Grade	Criteria[1]
II*	Particularly important buildings of more than special interest
II	Buildings of national importance and special interest

Buildings

Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
Bank Hall and Bank Hall Farmhouse 53°48′18″N 2°43′26″W / 53.80513°N 2.72381°W	—	Late medieval (probable)	A manor house or farmhouse, later converted into two dwellings, it has a timber-framed core, including a full cruck truss. It is clad in brick which is partly rendered, and has a slate roof. The building has has two storeys, and a T-shaped plan, with a front of six bays and a rear wing. The windows are sashes. Inside are a large inglenook and a bressumer.[2][3]	II
St John the Baptist's Church 53°48′12″N 2°43′01″W / 53.80344°N 2.71682°W		1533	The oldest part of the church is the tower. The rest of the church was rebuilt in 1823 by Robert Roper, and further additions were made in 1905–06 by Austin and Paley. It is in sandstone with slate roofs, and consists of a nave, a north porch, a chancel with an organ chamber to the south, and a west tower. The tower is in three stages with diagonal buttresses, an embattled parapet, and a southwest stair turret.[2][4]	II*
Daniels Farmhouse 53°48′05″N 2°41′41″W / 53.80125°N 2.69477°W	—	Mid to late 17th century	A sandstone house with quoins and a roof of blue slate. It has two storeys and T-shaped plan with a main range and a later rear wing. The windows are mullioned. Inside is a large inglenook and a bressumer.[5]	II
Mounting block 53°48′12″N 2°43′02″W / 53.80340°N 2.71720°W	—	18th century (or earlier) (probable)	The mounting block is at the gateway to the churchyard of St John the Baptist's Church. It is small and in stone, and consists of two steps.[6]	II
Church Cottage 53°48′14″N 2°42′59″W / 53.80380°N 2.71637°W		18th century	The cottage has been restored and converted into a museum. It is in rendered brick with a thatched roof. The cottage has two bays, the first bay with 1 ^1⁄2 storeys, and the second bay with two. At the rear is a lean-to extension. In the first bay is a casement window, and in the second bay are sliding sash windows in both floors.[2][7]	II
Pinfold 53°48′27″N 2°43′20″W / 53.80739°N 2.72223°W	—	18th century (probable)	The pinfold is in sandstone with walls about 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) high. These form a rectangular enclosure about 10 metres (33 ft) long and 8 metres (26 ft) high. The walls have rounded coping, and there is a gate with a lintel at the northwest.[8]	II
Stocks 53°48′12″N 2°43′02″W / 53.80333°N 2.71717°W	—	18th century (probable)	The stocks are near gateway to the churchyard of St John the Baptist's Church, and were restored in 1902. They consist of two stone slabs, with two wooden beams and metal shackles, and have housing for two occupants. Behind is a stone bench carrying an inscription relating to the restoration.[9]	II
Sundial 53°48′12″N 2°43′00″W / 53.80337°N 2.71672°W	—	18th century (probable)	The sundial stands to the south of St John the Baptist's Church. It is in stone,and consists of an octagonal vase-shaped pedestal with a moulded square foot and cap. On the top is a brass plate and a gnomon.[10]	II
Milestone 53°48′44″N 2°43′33″W / 53.81219°N 2.72575°W		Mid to late 18th century	The milestone is in stone, and has a triangular plan with convex sides and a rounded top. The sides have panels with the distances in miles to Garstang and to Preston.[11]	II
St Mary's Church and Presbytery 53°48′04″N 2°40′41″W / 53.80106°N 2.67795°W		1792–94	A Roman Catholic church in brick with a sandstone plinth and quoins and a slate roof. It has a cruciform plan with five bays and two-bay transepts. At the west end is a bellcote and a semicircular Tuscan porch. The presbytery attached to the east of the church has two bays and two storeys, and a two-story canted bay window.[12][13]	II
Roman Catholic School 53°48′04″N 2°40′46″W / 53.80124°N 2.67936°W		1836	The school has later been used as a nursery. It is in sandstone with a slate roof, and has an H-shaped plan. The building is symmetrical with a three-bay central block and singe-storey gabled cross wings with tablets in the tympani. At the top of the main block is a moulded cornice and a parapet with a pediment containing the date in Roman numerals. The central doorway has a moulded architrave and a cornice.[14][15]	II
Broughton Church of England Primary School 53°48′14″N 2°43′01″W / 53.80381°N 2.71684°W		1843	The school is in sandstone with a slate roof, and is in Jacobean style. It has a single storey with three wide bays, and there is a later wing at the rear. On the front are buttresses and windows, three of which have three stepped lights under gablets. To the left is a porch with a Tudor arched doorway, above which is a panel and a crowstepped parapet, and there is a similar porch behind the right bay.[2][16]	II
Stone House 53°48′46″N 2°42′48″W / 53.81277°N 2.71338°W	—	1911	A house with Arts and Crafts features in sandstone with stone-slate roofs. It has two storeys, and an L-shaped plan, with a three-bay main range facing south and a long rear east wing. The windows are mullioned, and some also contain transoms. The outer bays of the main range are gabled, and the upper floor of the centre set-back bay is timber-framed with an oriel window and a balcony. Some of the interior furniture, dating from about 1700, was moved from the Castle Inn in Preston.[2][17]	II

References

Citations

1. Historic England
2. Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 175
3. Historic England (1164294)
4. Historic England (1164208)
5. Historic England (1317864)
6. Historic England (1073563)
7. Historic England (1073564)
8. Historic England (1073567)
9. Historic England (1164227)
10. Historic England (1073562)
11. Historic England (1361644)
12. Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), pp. 315–316
13. Historic England (1073565)
14. Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 316
15. Historic England (1164264)
16. Historic England (1164244)
17. Historic England (1073524)

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
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• Historic England, "Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, Broughton (1164208)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 July 2015
• Historic England, "Daniels Farmhouse, Broughton (1317864)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 July 2015
• Historic England, "Mounting block beside south gate pier at gateway to churchyard of Church of St. John the Baptist, Broughton (1073563)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 July 2015
• Historic England, "Church Cottage, Broughton (1073564)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 July 2015
• Historic England, "Pinfold in corner of field to south of No.442 Garstang Road, Broughton (1073567)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 July 2015
• Historic England, "Village stocks on south outer side of gateway into churchyard of Church of St. John the Baptist, Broughton (1164227)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 July 2015
• Historic England, "Sundial circa 5 metres south of Church of St. John the Baptist, Broughton (1073562)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 July 2015
• Historic England, "Milestone on west side of road circa 50 metres north of Helm's Farm, Broughton (1361644)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 July 2015
• Historic England, "Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary and attached presbytery, Broughton (1073565)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 July 2015
• Historic England, "Roman Catholic School, Broughton (1164264)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 July 2015
• Historic England, "Broughton Church of England Primary School (1164244)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 July 2015
• Historic England, "The Stone House, Broughton (1073524)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 July 2015
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